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To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
yup, it is difficult! I've lived here nearly 2 years now and have been going for classes for 1.5 years and I'm about able to carry out a moderate difficult conversation.

if you only know English, Polish is insanely difficult (I had the advantage of having learnt a few other languages before) as there are numerous things different in the language: cases, genders, declinations etc.

However, in pronunciation, once you learn how to pronounce, it is simpler than English as the letter or combination of letters is always pronounced the same

C is always pronounced as "ts"
rz is always pronounced as "sh" as in pleasure
ż is always pronounced as "sh" -- kind of similar to the "rz"
y is always pronounced as "ih"
w is always prounced as "v" in English
i is always pronounced as "ee"

So transliterating it is TsementAsh ShedoVskee

The emphasis is always on the penultimate syllable.

It's quite worth learning Polish, even as at a basic level from www.supermemo.pl etc. as I think it's good to know something of a few languages...

85 posted on 04/12/2012 1:02:02 AM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Cronos

I’ve heard it said that English is one of the hardest languages to learn,if not THE hardest.

No wonder! You hear people say “Don’t got no”,”Ain’t got no”, “Where is it at?”,etc.

People trying to learn our language are going to be confused!


86 posted on 04/12/2012 1:12:44 AM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you,Pumpkin. You are the best cat in the world. You're my Sweet Pea.)
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