I was responsible for localization for work and Polish…
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Google “Polish counting”. It’s almost like the Polish people intentionally made it hard to learn their language.
Why
Submitted 1 day ago by Szrda@szmer.info to memes@sopuli.xyz
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Saganaki@lemmy.one 1 day ago
ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 10 hours ago
For those who did a search only to get back pages of less-than-useless SEO slop that just recites the number line, here is something that better describes some of the grammatical insanity.
also, czterydzieści cztery is imo one of the less pronounceable words (well, two of them) in Polish.
Saganaki@lemmy.one 7 hours ago
I keep forgetting how awful the internet is without ad blockers…
Great link & description, though. Super solid.
djsaskdja@reddthat.com 1 day ago
I’d do the same thing if my country was invaded every few decades.
harcesz@szmer.info 21 hours ago
Some part of it is because we use to have a dual for in language (as in between single and plural). The rest is pure sadism as far as I can tell from my years in Polish educational system.
Demdaru@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
…let’s see you having neighbours like that and keep uour language sane >_>
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Man, I miss filthy Frank/Pink Guy.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
It’s my favorite slavic language. I wish it wasn’t so goddamn complicated so I can learn it.
harcesz@szmer.info 21 hours ago
A dlaczegóż pytasz?
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 hours ago
This meme, but with hungarians in Europe. I aged a couple of years reading wiki on their language.
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 19 hours ago
Finnish and estonian too
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
That’s NSFL territory, heh.
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
never ask a man his salary never ask a hungarian where did their language come from
Comment105@lemm.ee 10 hours ago
A mentally ill dragon outcast settled in Hungary and taught the locals a language as a joke.