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snes1423
256 MB  Posts: 458 A Man born of Mechina 
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on: September 19, 2025, 00:07
so well i know some German and some polish the 2 languages i am most proficient in are Kashub and of course American-English i feel as though Kashub/Kashubian is a dead Language/dialect as i don't see or hear it too much online at least one of my favorite sayings/proverbs from that language/dialect is Céch z kùńdëm gò brëkùje do ceniô Which refers to the fact that sometimes humans who gain too much end up with nothing but a hellish life as in greed Nadôj sã, że môsz céchùjący dzéń/ noc ë tidzénk! Ùtrzëmôj sã czë nie sã pósła ł czile dniów - sne1423 |
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lauland
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512 MB Posts: 674 Symtes 7 Mewconer!
Reply #1 on: September 19, 2025, 04:51
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I like to call myself a "closet linguist". Was foreign exchange student to Quebec when in high school. (We were from Louisiana and poor, Paris wasn't an option). Have enough French and Spanish to watch Netflix in those languages, but use the (native) captions (not English...but heck I watch English things with captions anyway because people mumble these days). Many Comedy and Action movies/shows speech can be too fast, or I miss some slang unless I can see it, so I need them. Smattering of probably a half dozen others, the other romance languages, some Latin and Greek, tiny bits of Japanese and Chinese. Bits and pieces of many others. Basically a language geek, mostly autodidact. Speaking of your languages (haha), I just happened to have recently watched a Polish comedy/mystery, "In for a Murder" (aka "W jak morderstwo") on Netflix. The English title they gave it is terrible and totally lost the play on the letters W and M, which were key in part of the plot. I can't say it was a "great" movie, but there are far worse ways to spend your time, and it was fun and I enjoyed it. I'd say it falls into the "Cozy Mystery" category. When I watched it I heard words that'd come into Polish from English or Latin, but also recognized several words that were surprisingly close to Russian. (Prob just Slavic in general, and Russian only one I'm even slightly familiar with).
Last Edit: September 19, 2025, 04:54 by lauland
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snes1423
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256 MB Posts: 458 A Man born of Mechina
Reply #2 on: September 19, 2025, 07:04
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w môlu brëkòwnika zãczë zajimôwné, abò nié? In English: in for a murder sounds very interesting us actors or no? (First is not polish fyi its Kashub) the Kashub people are one of the largest ethnic minority's in Poland they used too (not sure about any longer) be centered around Gdansk my grandmother passed down that and Polish to me over the course of 12-13 years she got it from her mother who got it from her mother-in law who emigrated from that area of Europe during the KulturKampf as did her future husband in 1878 i learned German on my own time in 8th grade in honor of her as she died earlier that year and she attempted to teach me it but i didn't listen that and in 9th grade i had to make up a credit so i took and online class through Pearson of Latin now obviously i don't think anybody outside the catholic priesthood uses Latin but then again who knows there might be a 1800 year old guy secretly living amongst people in Italy 
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #3 on: September 19, 2025, 23:04
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I used to live and work in the Czech Republic, but that was almost a decade ago.So I lost almost all of my Czech language skills by now.
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snes1423
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256 MB Posts: 458 A Man born of Mechina
Reply #4 on: September 19, 2025, 23:42
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@68040 you been to Konitz? maybe you know your history about the saxon duchies regiment of the grand armee?? and there role during the naploenonic wars specifically in 1812-14? had a ancestor who we have a painting of and also have his military hat who was one of the heads of a Calvary unit and he was given multiple medals for it including the order of the black eagle
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68040
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512 MB Posts: 950 68k - thy kingdom come, thy will be done !
Reply #5 on: September 20, 2025, 17:18
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@snes1423- I stayed in Bruno (formerly Brünn when it was German). All the Czech history I know circles around the former Bohemia, for it is the place where I spend the better part of a year of my life back then.
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lauland
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Reply #6 on: September 20, 2025, 17:34
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Netflix is awesome for language learning! If you do search and type in a language some of the choices shown will be lists. I just did "polish" and it shows "Polish Movies & TV", etc etc. I do this all the time for French and Spanish etc. I tend to focus on Comedies and Mysteries because Thrillers/Dramas can be too heavy/depressing in the world we find ourselves in lately. They are made by Netflix, but in those countries with native actors. snes, Polish ones you might be interested in: "Death before the Wedding" "Aniela" (the i is an upsidedown exclamation for some reason) "1670" (historic comedy, might be RIGHT up your alley) "Project UFO" "Planet Single Greek Adventure" (Not a reality show, but a comedy) "Kiss, kiss!" "Divorce" etc many many more etc Don't trust what it shows, because it will mix in other languages (at least for me), so I check the Audio & Subtitles to see what they actually are. (ie when I chose Polish it mixed in Hindi, Turkish, and Spanish ones too, but might just be my Netflix since I knows I watch so much foreign stuff).
Last Edit: September 20, 2025, 18:08 by lauland
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eelco
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32 MB Posts: 41 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #7 on: September 20, 2025, 21:36
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@68040: you mention having lived and working in the Czech Republic for a time. But you didn't tell us what your native language is. I'm curious now! I speak Dutch as the Netherlands is where I'm from. Used to be kind of unique to speak proper English, but nowadays everyone does it. Heck, go to Primark where I live and they only seem to hire non-native speakers (mostly students from abroad).
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1179 System 7, today and forever
Reply #8 on: September 21, 2025, 00:44
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I was born and raised in the U.S. I'm afraid. But I did pick up a few foreign languages: some French and Spanish with a sprinkling of German, that last one just enough to sound like a likable-enough tourist! Funny enough, I do get a lot of compliments wherever I do travel to countries where they speak these languages though as far as my pronunciation 
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snes1423
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256 MB Posts: 458 A Man born of Mechina
Reply #9 on: September 21, 2025, 01:32
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i know enough german and polish to communicate fully in those languages but unlike kashub and obviously English im not fluid/proficient in those languages Latin was one language that i had a lot of interest in but went nowhere with after getting the credit for my class i took had to read a lot of Latin books like augustine of hippo (modern annaba algeria) and his books like my confessions that and other people like origen Aristotle Josephus Marcus Aurelius Eusibius etc.,
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