@NHonigdachs@norden.social
But Slavic languages are even more fun between them - if you're Pole in Russia (or the other way around) you have this great feeling that you almost understand everything... and then you hear a combination that just fries your brain 😂
For example 🇵🇱 sklep (shop) means in 🇷🇺 catafalk. 🇵🇱 uroda (beauty) means 🇷🇺 ugly person. So you can imagine how funny situations you can get yourself into 😂
So you are Polish who knows Russian? Interesting!
Yes, I wasn't very good at the burial terminology 😃 I speak quite good Russian, travel to Russia too.
@NHonigdachs@norden.social
@lord @NHonigdachs@norden.social
Very likely, most -ski have some Polish origins. In 17-19 century there was a lot of mixing of Polish and Russian families as well as lot of cultural exchange, which unfortunately later stopped almost completely as USSR was perceived as an occupier. Today few people speak Russian in Poland and few know Russian literature, especially modern.
@lord @NHonigdachs@norden.social
Nothing prevents us from looking at Russian literature and culture in a new way today - I always highlight that Russia != Putin when talking to my friends.
What kind of dialogue can we talk about when the entire government machine is trying to create such an opinion among the population?
