retired_jabda

:thup:

Polish isn't that bad, I thought myself the Polish alphabet a while back for a history project, so Poles are surprised when I say names like �odz correctly.

retired_nsiziba

completely misspelling my name is not the best way to attract me tbh

retired_nsiziba

I'll answer all your questions in the evening, now I'm off

retired_jabda

:thup:

retired_nsiziba

Ok, I'll start with some basic things, ask about more if you're interested.
Czech basically equals Slovak, if you know one language, you'll perfectly undestand the other one. If you know one of these, you'll understand the meaning of Polish sentences but they're no way identical as someone tried to tell you in this thread. Polish is the closest one to these though, Slovenian and the other Baltic languages are even more different. As for Russian being the best basis, it seems like a stupid idea because they have a completely different alphabet, azbuka, which is a pain to learn. True, words sounds similarly but reading and writing is difficult.
And finally, I don't want to look like bragging or something but it is believed Czech is one of the most difficult languages to learn so good luck. If you choose Czech you'll have a wonderful internet teacher in me though, that'll make it easier for you

retired_Craven

What internet advice could you pass my way as I'm learning Czech just now?

retired_nsiziba

dunno, what do you wanna know? HodnÄ› Å¡tÄ›stÃ* a vytrvalosti

retired_nsiziba

and Baltic in my previous post should be Balkan of course

retired_Craven

Well my current homework is a short written exercise on my daily routine, like having breakfast, going for a walk etc.

Also is it better to Ja bich chtel or dam se when ordering? Its the former, yeah?

retired_jaydeschizo

1st- If you're British and trying to learn a Slavic language- good luck

Hmm, most things which are important has already been told in this thread. Another thing about Russian- it's not that similar to Polish as most people think. My parent's generation could easely speak with the Russian, but that's coz when Poland was a commie-coountry Russian was forced to be learned in school. I never had any Russian lessons and tbh I really understand very little Russian. Some years ago I was in Moscow and it didn't really help me that I was Polish tbh

And as said before, Slovakian and Czech are the closest to Polish. Serbian is more like Russian or Bulgarian. Hungarian isn't similar to any Slavic language (or to any other language I've heard)