http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm Learn how to speak Polish Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:04:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1555 -MathCounts- Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:48:39 +0000 http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm#comment-1555 Relatively close. Relatively close.

]]> http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1556 HabsFan-in LoneStarSt8 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:48:39 +0000 http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm#comment-1556 It varies from person to person. I know someone who speaks Polish and when I spoke to them in Czech they seemed to understand but would reply in English (which was easier for both of us) though they seemed to appreciate the effort. It varies from person to person.
I know someone who speaks Polish and when I spoke to them in Czech they seemed to understand but would reply in English (which was easier for both of us) though they seemed to appreciate the effort.

]]> http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1557 polskajason Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:48:39 +0000 http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm#comment-1557 I've found Czech is a little too different. Slovak is considerably easier for a Polish-speaker to understand, as is Ukrainian. I’ve found Czech is a little too different. Slovak is considerably easier for a Polish-speaker to understand, as is Ukrainian.

]]> http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1558 nemeczek Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:48:39 +0000 http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm#comment-1558 You could understand some Czech if you knew Polish. Besides, the sound of the Czech language makes Poles smile. Do not ask why. You could understand some Czech if you knew Polish. Besides, the sound of the Czech language makes Poles smile. Do not ask why.

]]> http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1559 moravianhawk Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:48:39 +0000 http://www.talkpolish.info/how-close-is-the-polish-and-czech-language.htm#comment-1559 Both languages are relatively close, but hearing it for the first time, it is rather misunderstood at first encounter. If I need to read about Polish affairs, and have to go to polish websites, I need to look for English version of the article. I cannot understand written Polish language. When I lived in Ostrava, which is near Polish borders with significant Polish minority, I could not understand at all anything in Polish for the first months of my life there. Over the time, I could pick up some sense of their language. The same problem I see for the Poles, when they are in Czech lands. The biggest fun is using a verb szukać which in English look for, but in Czech it mean to fuck. Now use it in common language when your mind must translate to their meaning… Either way, both nations do not feel much closeness, and there is no mutual desire to comprehend each other on any level. This translates to mutual dislike to understand spoken languages. Both languages are relatively close, but hearing it for the first time, it is rather misunderstood at first encounter. If I need to read about Polish affairs, and have to go to polish websites, I need to look for English version of the article. I cannot understand written Polish language. When I lived in Ostrava, which is near Polish borders with significant Polish minority, I could not understand at all anything in Polish for the first months of my life there. Over the time, I could pick up some sense of their language. The same problem I see for the Poles, when they are in Czech lands. The biggest fun is using a verb szukać which in English look for, but in Czech it mean to fuck. Now use it in common language when your mind must translate to their meaning… Either way, both nations do not feel much closeness, and there is no mutual desire to comprehend each other on any level. This translates to mutual dislike to understand spoken languages.

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