Which language: Polish or Russian?
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 at
6:44 am
I've always wanted to learn Polish. I've even been practicing for 2 years. The only reason why I want to learn it is because I am Polish. Today I found out that I am only a little Polish. I'm more Russian so I think I should learn that.. I also wanted to learn Polish to speak to my Great Grandma, Friends & my crush.. but maybe by learning Russian I can meet new people...
So which language do you think I should learn? 
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If there are people of Polish descent and you’re already studying it – don’t give up. Polish language and Polish culture are worth your attention, there is no doubt about it. Perhaps you need a different approach, different books, web-sites, someone to practice, to talk to.
Have you been on any of these web-sites? Check it out:
http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/
http://languagelearninglab.com/default.aspx
http://grzegorj.w.interia.pl/kurs/index.html
http://www.apronus.com/polishlessons/lekcje.htm
Being a Russian myself I’d never say: "Don’t study Russian, study another language!"
Of course, study Russian because:
a) there are millions people worldwide speaking Russian (it can be the only useful language in Moldova, Turkmenistan or Armenia communicating to people who don’t speak foreign languages, and that’s the overwhelming majority of population older than 40!)
b) Russian culture is one of the greatest and richest cultures in the world, and Russian literature belongs to the highest achievements of the human mind.
Here are some on-line courses and helpful web-sites about Russian:
http://www.russianlessons.net/
http://masterrussian.com/
http://learnrussian.elanguageschool.net/
There is some misleading information in one of the answers. Russian and Polish sound very differently. There much more fricative consonants in Polish, they appear much more often than in Russian, and the melody of the language is very different. Russians don’t understand Polish language without special training, and Polish people understand Russian better only because they studied it at school.
THE CONCLUSION:
If you go for the sentiment – study Polish.
If you go for the pragmatism – study Russian.
Russian – it is more used in many countries
More people speak Russian, and it’s I’d go with that. Pronunciation-wise, they’re pretty similar, but the learning curve is steeper in Russian because of the alphabet.
You can have three Languages if you like Polish, Russian, and English
I speak 5 Languages: French, Turkish, Hindi, English, and Maouri – New Zealand.
Try to continue speaking Polish and then you go onto Russian as your second language.