If I was to choose between these two languages (which I may have to) which should I learn? Opinions, please! 
-
Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.
-
CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
Russian or Polish?
- Thread starter PraiseYouInTheStorm
- Start date
schwarzes_schaf
think for yourself
i had to learn russian at school. didn't like it and forgot everything i learned. dunno if polish is difficult to learn. but if i had to choose i'd take russian coz some of my aunts and uncles live there.
Upvote
0
- Mar 6, 2006
- 11,851
- 525
- 37
- Faith
- Atheist
- Marital Status
- Private
- Politics
- UK-Greens
I found Russian really hard just because I didn't get the alphabet. It took me about 5 weeks to learn that, and the course lasted only 5 weeks. It might have been easier if I'd had longer, but I didn't really get it. Although I do think Russian sounds nicer.
Upvote
0
Well, I don't have to choose for another 2 years.
I was just wondering, really...
See, there's a lot of Polish people in Ireland nowadays, but also many people from ex-Soviet countries here too, who would speak a bit of Russian.
Upvote
0
schwarzes_schaf
think for yourself
do you think you will need it for your job later? then i think russian is better, exept you want to work in poland 
Upvote
0
if you just want to have a next hobby - chose Russian. i'm Polish and i speak Russian a little. I have noted Russian's grammar is a little less complicated for people of English language.
pozdrawiam
pozdrawiam
Upvote
0
schwarzes_schaf
think for yourself
no! don't learn german. that doesn't even sound good.
(if I wouldn't speak german, or a-kind-of-german, I'd never ever learn it!)
if i had to choose between german and dutch i would definitely learn german.
and i'm not saying that coz i'm german.
i just think it makes more sense if you have to choose between those two. if you have other options like russian or chinese, sure german would be one of the last. i'm thinking about learning swedish or norwegian. anyone who has experience with one of this languages?
Upvote
0
no! don't learn german. that doesn't even sound good.
(if I wouldn't speak german, or a-kind-of-german, I'd never ever learn it!)
Too late, I've been learning German for four years now and I love it.
if i had to choose between german and dutch i would definitely learn german.
and i'm not saying that coz i'm german.
i'm thinking about learning swedish or norwegian. anyone who has experience with one of this languages?
Apparently Swedish is similar to Dutch and German... or so I have heard!
Upvote
0
I have a book at home about the Russian language, and I have tried to learn a bit. But it's really difficult! I find it hard to get the words in my memory. That seemes as chipping in concrete!
If I'm now in Russia, I can perfectly say to the people in their own language that I do not really speak Russian, and I can tell what other languages I can speak.
I believe that's not because of the alphabet. Learning the biblical Greek was not that difficult for me. And Greek has also an other alphabet.
Learning an other alphabet is not so difficult.
About Polish I don't know anything. The only thing I know is that it uses the Latin alphabet. And that it has one more case than Russian.
I wouldn't say that Polish would never be useful in Europe. In Holland I see many cars with a Polish licence number/number-plate. They are here for work. I think they usally speak German or English - the Polish persons I met in 2005 spoke German. But if you are doubting about learning Polish or Russian, maybe this is something to think about?
If I'm now in Russia, I can perfectly say to the people in their own language that I do not really speak Russian, and I can tell what other languages I can speak.
I believe that's not because of the alphabet. Learning the biblical Greek was not that difficult for me. And Greek has also an other alphabet.
Learning an other alphabet is not so difficult.
About Polish I don't know anything. The only thing I know is that it uses the Latin alphabet. And that it has one more case than Russian.
I wouldn't say that Polish would never be useful in Europe. In Holland I see many cars with a Polish licence number/number-plate. They are here for work. I think they usally speak German or English - the Polish persons I met in 2005 spoke German. But if you are doubting about learning Polish or Russian, maybe this is something to think about?
Last edited:
Upvote
0
Similar threads
