Hey Poles, learn Slovak!

**Roy** · 06-30-2019, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by Viridian1

Ja szukam …

Better not.

**Roy** · 06-30-2019, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by Ford

How well do Poles understand this?

Relatively badly. Maybe a little over 50%, some of the things I think I understand I coukd very easily misunderstood (false friends etc). But I think after spending a month or so mostly among Slovak speakers I'd understand most of it and maybe start speaking some actual Slovak too as the language is grammatically very similar to Polish and the pronunciation is easy. It is definitely the more ''Polish'' language out of the pair: Czech & Slovak - and her accent seem more natural / neutral sounding to Polish ears. Slovjak dialect (from Eastern Slovakia) is even more similar.

**Mingle** · 07-21-2019, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by Dandelion

Slovaks and Czech should learn Polish. How else would a Pole be able to ask directions?

A bit off topic maybe, but what happened to you learning Czech?

**Dandelion** · 07-21-2019, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Mingle

A bit off topic maybe, but what happened to you learning Czech?

Still learning it whenever I can. Whenever I'm not obligated to other duties.

**Mingle** · 07-23-2019, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by Dandelion

Still learning it whenever I can. Whenever I'm not obligated to other duties.

It's been a while. You could have learnt it by now if you were dedicated

How far are you now? A1? A2?

Ülev · 07-23-2019, 09:33 PM

Veleti language better
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...tructed-Veleti

Originally Posted by Litvinski

Veleti, an extinct West Slavic language, reconstructed:

http://picosong.com/3QBS/

http://jezykotw.webd.pl/f/index.php?topic=881.0

About the people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veleti

**Dandelion** · 07-24-2019, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by Mingle

It's been a while. You could have learnt it by now if you were dedicated

How far are you now? A1? A2?

I'm not dedicated because I'm focused on my new job and soon moving to the Netherlands (closer to work and I like it better there tbh). Other priorities than learning a language. Also, even if I was dedicated, A1 in Czech in such a short time. Good luck. People can become conversational in such time, though (one YT'er did exactly did).