Polish/Ukrainian words similarities

Nimitta

Aug 31, 10, 11:33 #91

By the way, Sidewinder, South Russians (Krasnodarsk area) pronounce "g" the way we, Ukrainians, do. The same is true for some areas of Sibera. I was surprised to hear Ukrainian "g" from Russians.

As for similarities between Polish and Ukrainians, I have just been to Poland. I spoke Ukrainian, yes. :-) "Do you work here, in our city? For how long?" a receptionist at a little hotel asked me. I said that I did not work in Poland. She thought I spoke Polish. :-) The languages are close enough for me to talk by phone with shop owners (about transmission for my sister's car). Yes, I had to find how transmission sounds in Polish (I knew it would be different from Ukrainian). It was something like skrinka begov (for Ukrainians sounds literally like "a little box of running" :-))

Having some wits, a Ukrainian who speaks Ukrainian (not surzhik) would understand Polish and be understood by people. With an aid of a dictionary to fill in differences, I think a Ukrainian would not need anything else to learn how to speak. Writing is another thing.

♂

Edited by: Moderator Aug 2, 11, 13:25 #92

You can decide for yourself:

Days of week (starts from Monday, of course)
ponedIłok, wiwtOrok, seredA, czetwEr, pjAtnytsia, subOta, nedIlia

Months
sIczeń, liUtyj, bErezeń, kwIteń, trAweń, czErweń, łYpeń, sErpeń, wEreseń, żOwteń, łystopAd, hrUdeń

Seasons
zymA, wesnA, lIto, Osiń

Times of day
rAnok, deń, wEczir (not wEcir - there's no directly soft ć in Ukrainian!), nicz

Numbers
nul' (0), odYn (1), dwa, try, czotYry, pjat', szist', sim, wIsim, dEwjat', dEsiat' (10)

sto (100), tYsiacza (1000), mil'jOn (1,000,000), mil'jArd (1,000,000)

male - czołowIk
female - żInka
child - dytYna
son - syn
daughter - doczkA
parents - bat'kY
father - bAt'ko
mother - mAty, mAtir

One example I found very characteristic: ciastko - tIsteczko. Sounds close, yet it is different in spirit!

latarnia - lichtAr...

♂

Aug 13, 11, 08:40 #93

For Ukrainian & Pole it s easy to understand each other.
I ve met guys from Poland who didn t speak english, but UKR-PL mix was enough for a friendly talk )
We have LOTS of words that are not quite similar, but SO-O-O close!
Let s communicate more! )
P.S. But both our nations should speak english fluently now. That s a fact. We live in a global world.
& when some our (UKR) polititians talk about russian - i say: e n g l i s h - is "the must" today!

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