Polish and other West Slavonic languages and "pozor vlak" :)

Lyzko

Jun 17, 11, 17:09 #31

As hard as it is for a native Pole to master Danish, as well as vice-versa of course, the same holds true for both the latter to master English resp. educated US-pronunciation. Often, so to speak, the hand is quicker than the eye; things look easy, but the truth way belies the impression. Or as the Poles put it 'Pozory często mylą' (Skinnet bedrager ofte)

@FlaglessPole, Jeg sagte, at jeg kan flydende, ikke perfekt, dansk-:))

FlaglessPoleThreads: 7 Posts: 1,394 Joined: Aug 19, 10 ♂	Jun 17, 11, 17:19 #32
Lyzko: Jeg sagte, at jeg kan flydende, ikke perfekt, dansk-:)) Jeg sagde... ok ok ok nu holder jeg op! :))))))))) btw why don't you register?

Lyzko	Jun 17, 11, 17:27 #33
register??? = at tilmelde sig ?? Jeg er allerede tilmeldt, Łyżka aka "Marek" I've been a visiting member (gaestmedlem) for over three years, at least. -:))

Antek_StalichThreads: 6 Posts: 1,533 Joined: May 6, 11 ♂	Jun 17, 11, 17:31 #34
Why don't you log in, Łyżko?

Lyzko	Jun 17, 11, 17:38 #35
....already have, but PF keeps rejecting my log-ins-:))

FlaglessPoleThreads: 7 Posts: 1,394 Joined: Aug 19, 10 ♂	Jun 17, 11, 17:41 #36
Lyzko: ....already have, but PF keeps rejecting my log-ins-:)) ..must be that Danish proficiency filter

Lyzko	Jun 17, 11, 17:54 #37
??? Danish Proficiency Filter?? Sagde du det for sjovs skyld, eller hva'?

FlaglessPoleThreads: 7 Posts: 1,394 Joined: Aug 19, 10 ♂	Jun 17, 11, 18:00 #38
Lyzko: ??? Danish Proficiency Filter?? Sagde du det for sjovs skyld, eller hva'? Obviously, has the Danish sarcasm eluded you completely? And don't worry I think most readers know by now that you have above average knowledge of the language so no need to turn PF into Danish forum ;)

Lyzko	Jun 17, 11, 18:12 #39
More than "average" I'd say. Certain as good as your English LOL!!! No, Danish irony hasn't eluded me at all, spotted it at once (hence my superfluous tag)-:)) I, familiar enough with Storm P. Borge Rosenbaum (Victor Borge) etc. to sense the jesting Dane where- and whenever they rear their humorous head Skaal!

FlaglessPoleThreads: 7 Posts: 1,394 Joined: Aug 19, 10 ♂	Jun 17, 11, 18:21 #40
Lyzko: More than "average" I'd say above does mean more than as far as I know, but I was just being polite. You could go back to that thread with the Swedish chick speaking Polish where you wrote in Swedish. She was obviously lot more tactful and well behaved than me but dude I wouldn't be saying I speak fluent Danish and Swedish seeing what you wrote in both languages... just saying.

Lyzko

Jun 17, 11, 20:07 #41

...to each his own-:) Jedem das Seine (...und dir das Meiste) he-he!

Just curious though how you found the quantum leap from Danish to Polish. Brutal? Sadistic? Plain tough? Hard? A piece of cake? Again, just curious-:) Probably, you pay far greater attention to the rules of Polish than English grammar. As I've said before, Danes think of English as almost second nature so they are often careless with it. Word of caution: HANDLE WITH CARE!!. We bruise easily.

FlaglessPoleThreads: 7 Posts: 1,394 Joined: Aug 19, 10 ♂	Jun 18, 11, 03:39 #42
Lyzko: Just curious though how you found the quantum leap from Danish to Polish. Brutal? Sadistic? Plain tough? Hard? A piece of cake? Again, just curious-:) Neither, my dad is Polish so I've always, to a lesser or higher degree, been exposed to Polish language. Even my surname is very Polish sounding.

Antek_StalichThreads: 6 Posts: 1,533 Joined: May 6, 11 ♂	Edited by: Antek_Stalich Jun 18, 11, 08:13 #43
FlaglessPole: Even my surname is very Polish sounding. Relief. You cannot be the son of my Polish Dane friend, then. (His name is Swedish sounding). It could have been a coincidence, you know ;)

Lyzko

Jun 18, 11, 14:27 #44

Apropos of absolutely nothing, a Dane once told me my Danish was so good, no Swede would guess I'm German-:)))) He then asked me why in G-d's name I learned Danish, to which I replied that I was in Denmark and so what other bloody language should I speak then??! He suggested English (..in more or less repairable English!) to which I the replied, "You mean to practice?", upon which my Danish interlocutor chimed in "Ahem, uh - dude, I don't think I need to f****g "practice"!!"

And there you have it, the root of why I steadfastly refuse to speak English in foreign countries LOL
The same conversation played out in Poland during my first, and only, trip there in the mid-90's.

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