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Do Poles speak English?


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xixichibozhu
  May 4, 08, 07:17  #1

I surfed on the Internet and many Chinese in Poland said that few poles speak English.Oh~~~~My God~~~~

I can only speak English. Though i am hard learning Poland language, it's impossible for me to communicate with poles.

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Seanus
  May 4, 08, 07:18  #2

Do Poles speak English? Does a bear sh*t in the woods?

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Polson
  May 4, 08, 07:18  #3

They do speak English... At least young people, cause they learn it at school (+ another language like German, French, Spanish, Russian, etc.) :)

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xixichibozhu
  May 4, 08, 07:22  #4

Seanus:
Does a bear sh*t in the woods?


what does sh*t mean? Sorry, i am not familiar with this kind of English. Forgive my stupid question.....

Do you mean poles speak English? That's great!

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Leeloo
  May 4, 08, 07:23  #5

That is definitely true that they do, I work in the company where peopole do speak at least one language!

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Seanus
  May 4, 08, 07:24  #6

Many Poles speak English but not as well as many other European countries like the Scandinavian ones, Germany, Belgium, Holland etc etc

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Polson
Edited by: Polson  May 4, 08, 07:25  #7

Leeloo:
I work in the company where peopole do speak at least one language!

Polish ?... ^^ LoL

xixichibozhu:
Do you mean poles speak English?

Maybe not older people, but young Poles learn it at school, so yeah you'll find persons speaking English in Poland ;)

Hey, Seanus is back !...

Seanus:
not as well as many other European countries like the Scandinavian ones, Germany, Belgium, Holland etc

Yeah, Germanic countries...maybe because English is a Germanic language :)

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xixichibozhu
  May 4, 08, 07:28  #8

Seanus:
Many Poles speak English but not as well as many other European countries like the Scandinavian ones, Germany, Belgium, Holland etc etc


i heard that languages in European countries like polish, germany, are similar with each other, just like dialects. Is that true? Do poles who have never learned Germany understand it?

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Leeloo
  May 4, 08, 07:28  #9

well not Polish, how many languages you know?

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Seanus
  May 4, 08, 07:28  #10

I had the day off yesterday :) The French are quite good at English too :)

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Polson
Edited by: Polson  May 4, 08, 07:30  #11

xixichibozhu:
Do poles who have never learned Germany understand it?

Noo ! ^^ Polish is west-slavic language, German is a Germanic language :)

Leeloo:
well not Polish, how many languages you know?

Me, hum...maybe 3, 4 or 5... well, depends on what you mean by "know" :)

Seanus:
The French are quite good at English too :)

Please............... Have you ever heard a French dude speaking English ? :)

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xixichibozhu
  May 4, 08, 07:32  #12

Chinese people usually have difficulty understanding different dialects in China. For example, Shanghai dialect is hard to understand, as well as cantonese.

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LwowskaKrakow
  May 4, 08, 13:01  #13

xixichibozhu:
have difficulty understanding different dialects in China.


Polish and German are not considered dialects but are languages although they do come from Indo European linguistic group of languages.( latin alphabet, )
They share some similarities in grammatical structures and sometimes in vocabulary but they sound even more different than the Shanghai dialect would sound to someone speaking Mandarin .
Cantonese and Mandarin would be like German and Polish.

If you speak English, no problem in big cities( no warrantee in the country side and with old people like everywhere else) in Poland and among the youth.

The Polish speak English but the English seldom speak Polish!

In Europe the English are lucky because everybody speaks their language, for them it is something obvious. ( English is definitely easier than Polish too!)

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Guest
  May 5, 08, 10:42  #14

hi,i am the cantonese which was in poland when 3 mouth before
so young people there speak english



                              
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Seanus
  May 5, 08, 12:38  #15

Well, OK, many of the French I've heard have lived in England for some time. What's wrong with their English?

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plk123
  May 5, 08, 13:12  #16

nah, not one pole on here speaks any english. wtf???

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Lori
  May 5, 08, 21:34  #17

Let's be more polite, please. Yes, many people in Poland speak English. I find when I'm polite even more people speak will speak English with me. I've been to Poland four times as a volunteer to help teach English to school children and will be going back the 5th time.

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xixichibozhu
  May 6, 08, 08:03  #18

Lori:
Let's be more polite, please. Yes, many people in Poland speak English. I find when I'm polite even more people speak will speak English with me. I've been to Poland four times as a volunteer to help teach English to school children and will be going back the 5th time.


you are so sweet~~~~

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