>want to learn Greek
>Accents
>mfw I hear Anglos trying to pronounce Latin
>mfw they actually, literally say in nominay patree
>mfw they can't pronounce deus for the life of them
>>51509798
I have a british friend that likes listening to black metal and can't fucking pronounce the names of the albums for shit even though he says he says that he pronounces it "the correct way"
> En sortay deeayboley
>>51509798
How the fuck do you pronounce Deus then? Duce?
>>51511191
DEH USS
>>51511279
That's literally the only way I've ever heard it pronounced though, must be just Americans
>>51511305
they - us or deuce
>>51509737
>Accents
Calm down, this is really not an issue at all.
If anything Greek accent is similar to Spanish I suppose.
I've also heard a lot of tourists speaking Greek and locals will usually be amazed and compliment at them.
>>51511408
I mean Acute, Circumflex and Grave
That's because anglo pronunciation is fucked up.
Instead of pronounce the letters as they should be you fucking do I don't even know what you do.. It's weird and unnatural.
>>51511473
>anglo pronunciation is fucked up
>Instead of pronounce the letters as they should
While some countries stick to a convention on how letters are pronounced within words, they still have their exceptions. English has grown so much such that it has even more exceptions than the rule. This is frustrating, yet that's how language works.
akva can easily be aqua and indeed that's how it's pronounced in several languages
i agree the anglo version is shit
>>51511473
I thought the rule was the more exceptions in your language the greater it is?
>Beta
>Sometimes it pronounced V
Seriously fuck Greek
>>51511460
You mean accent marks? I'd rather have a language showing me where to stress a syllable rather than English where you have to take a guess and hope you stressed the right one.
>>51511830
But I literally never worry about what to stress in English, I just talk and it works
>>51511866
That's because you've heard those words before. The accents serve for both natives and non-natives.
How'd you pronounce Ely for example?
>>51512020
EE-Lee
>>51511866
Try being a Pole speaking English. Makes you feel retarded and you start to stutter.
>>51512111
Leszek, you're adorbs.
>>51512111
I pronounced Władysław like Wee-Lad-E-Saw to a Polish qt and she laughed at me ;_; we all have problems
>>51512445
>nie może mówić po polsku
I'm sorry for you. That's all you need to get those polish qts
>>51512592
>>51512657
Best year of my life spent in Poland
I miss all your girls, Michał
>>51512657
For what it is worth, Duolingo will soon open it's beta to learn Polish for English speakers
>>51512829
Was it hard to learn Polish?
>>51511830
>where you have to take a guess and hope you stressed the right one
>tfw russian
>>51511700
>mfw foreigners can't pronounce our place names at all
>correcting a yank
>'I went to Edin-burrow'
>'It's Edinbruh'
>'Edinburro-
>'Edinbruh'
>'Edin-'
>>51513090
>tfw they told me how to pronunce Greenwich
>>51512926
To be honest, I'm far from fluent (I lack practice since I came back) but when I was there, I was able to have small talk conversations at best. Polish is pretty hard to learn, especially as a Latin language speaker. You have so many rules which don't make sense at all. Polish grammar is a bitch.
But in the end, Polish is a quite rewarding language to speak. It's complex and sounds beautiful and Poles are always glad when you try to speak their language.
I'd love to be able to read some Polish literature in its original language someday.
>>51513255
good lad
>>51513255
>>51513384
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhZ7e51Yj8c
here, have a swede cooking in polish.
>>51513255
>Polish literature
>>51513384
dzięki senpai
>>51509737
why would anyone want to learn Greek
>>51513486
Koine was the Lingua Franca until like 700AD
>>51513426
>kiwi literature
>>51513424
Why not
>>51513574
Not even shitposting senpai, I don't know of any good Polish authors, which is sad as even Russia has some of the greatest
>>51513663
Poland has as many Nobel prizes in Literature as Russia.
I think I'm pretty pleb when it comes to Polish authors. I read Gombrowicz, Kapuściński, Lem and Witkiewicz
>>51511636
Also the Great Vowel Shift back in the day messed things up quite a bit.
