I polacchi apprezzano quando gli americani imparano la loro lingua?
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I polacchi apprezzano quando gli americani imparano la loro lingua?
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Considering that the source for this map is Instytut Danych z Dupy (i.e. stereotypes), pretty much anyone will appreciate someone trying to learn their language, even if they will communicate in English with you for convenience.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s American, French, Martian or whatever – we know that Polish is hard and no one expects you to get it instantly. But:
1. It’s a good sign if someone at least spends some time for basic sentences (please, thank you, good morning) – I think it applies to all languages. It just shows that guest wanted to know more about the host.
2. If you’re going to live here for a longer period of time, you will have a hard time if you won’t try to start learning Polish. Don’t expect that everyone will speak English in like grocery shops, city services etc. Again, it applies to other languages as well – I don’t expect to get far with only English if I’d like to live in France for couple of months or years.
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Polish people are actually pretty Happy if you try!
To be honest when I hear a foreigner speak Polish I’m typically impressed for the first 5 seconds then try to see if they speak english because it’s likely easier to communicate especially people from English speaking countries.
I live in my own country so I expect people to speak polish at least at the basic level.
What’s your definition of learn Polish?
1.Kurwa, PIEROGIES, dzień dobry, bober?
or is it
2.Jestem John, uczę się Polskiego, miło mi poznać.
The former will just piss people off. The latter is appreciated.
Depends. On easy topics, polish is welcomed. But If I have to take complex conversation with someone lacking skill to speak Polish I will insist to switch to English
Polish people are quite happy when other nations learn polish and they are chill when people make mistakes. Only when it comes to ukrainians they expect only the perfect polish
I always switch to English with foreigners asking for directions or whatever because I don’t have time to struggle through decoding their attempts. Sometimes they will straight up tell me it’s rude because they’re “trying to practice” and that’s great and all but I don’t care and am not a teacher
From personal experience reactions to a foreigner speaking Polish goes like that:
Zabka level – WOW OH MY GOD 😍
Intermediate – Well actually… 🤓
Upper intermediate – No one kurwa talks like this, it’s 21st century 😐
C2 certificate obtained – Spierdalaj na front 😡
Why is Ireland and England shaded in the same colour? Gaelic is the native language of Ireland!
Even though the language is not widely spoken, it is respected deeply when I have had the chance to speak with locals from gaelic regions.
P.s – I am Irish and when I make mistakes speaking Polish, I do see that it is appreciated that I have made the effort to learn the language. The younger generations speak good English, however I have found that the older generations have better Russian or German meaning speaking Polish is needed to communicate.