I can't decide which language I should learn. I am decided on a Slavic language but I find it hard to choose between Polish and Russian. I love both cultures (well, excluding the Bolshevik part in Russia), I know the Cyrillic script and I can read Russian words without stuttering, yet I find it a hard choice.
Polish sounds better to me, but Russian proves to be more useful; Poles on the Internet usually speak English whilst Russians do not. So, what would you choose? I like non-biased answers if you are a Pole or a Russian.
>>61624484
Russian
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>>61624512
You can't /thread your own post
Get the fuck out
Russian is international. also its easier
>>61624484
Italian. It's more easier and useful for you than them.
A latin language
>>61624616
Doesn't seem easier to me, at least the pronunciation. I don't know where "a" is read "a" and when it is read "o".
>>61624628
Yes, Italian would be easier but I don't find it appealing.
>useful for you
So you are hinting that I will go to "work" in Italy like my swarthy countrymen?
>>61624548
/thread
>>61625108
You'll be able to earn more money than in Russia or Poland if you work in Italy.
>>61624484
Russian desu senpai
>>61625288
But I don't want to go abroad to work, I barely leave my town, let alone my country. I just want to learn a foreign language because I only speak Romanian, English and some French. Polish and Russian would help me in video games because they are both really represented by players who aren't really skilled in English. And Slavic languages are more appealing to me than Latin/Germanic ones.
>>61625381
Motivate please.
>>61625108
>So you are hinting that I will go to "work" in Italy like my swarthy countrymen?
I guess going to Russia with your yellow friends and doing Krokodil is preferable (No work available there)
>>61625482
Nice meme, but who would be these yellow countrymen?
>>61625517
> yellow countrymen
Tatari si transnistreni
>>61625517
meant yellow friends*
We don't have such thing in here though, but they would be objectively better than the swarthy ones.
>>61625549
>transnistreni
>yellow
That is a fake bydlo nation, but they are lesser Russians, their rednecks were sent there.
How are they yellow?
And the Tatars are in Constanța, they don't go to Russia, check your facts mate.
>>61625471
But Slavic languages are generally difficult.
>>61625606
Not that hard as Japanese, Finnish or Turkish though.
>>61625471
Russian is simply much More useful than polish, as you said earlier most poles that you'll ever meet on the internet can speak english and ruskies not so often, also russian sounds nice
>>61625680
Weird to hear that from a Pole, usually you guys are really arseblasted when it comes to Russia. Thanks for the opinion!
>>61625606
My language is harder than Russian in almost every aspect. Think Russian x1,5
Would it still be easier than Japanese, my weeaboo proxy friend?
>>61625727
Good you said that so I can steer clear of Serbian.
I'm another guy who isn't attracted to Italian nor Spanish language.
I don't like a flow of utterances with a lot of vocals like those in Japanese one.
Slavic languages sound really beautiful compared to them.
>>61625651
Turkish grammar is four time lighter than ours, has three times less the irregularities and is easier to read/pronounce
I encourage you to read any short introduction on Turkish grammar. If it wasn't such a chasm in terms of vocabulary and word order it would be twice as easy. The vocabulary is the only real problem for us
>>61625651
>Latin languages are easy for you because Rumanian belongs to them
>Turkish language is easy for us because it's similar to Japanese in grammar
>>61625820
You have pointed me to Italian a few posts ago. Now you have changed your mind it seems...
>>61625815
Serbo-Croatian grammar compared to Russian is like having a backpack full of rocks and you add another giant one just in case it isn't heavy enough
I can completely understand the intricacies of Russian grammar and without peeking intk dictionaries, about 60% of the average sentence, and it looks looe you wrote a Serbo-Croatian sentence and stripped it of "descriptiveness" in half
Let's say you have an English sentence "I am going to work soon". And on the other side, you have a sentence "I gonna work soon". The latter is how Russian and Bulgarian sound to us
>>61625925
I'm not him.
a Jap mark2 showing up in this thread.
>>61624484
Why not Gypsy? It's an universal language in which you could communicate in most European countries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iUGfURqyhs
>>61626012
Kek this is true lel
>>61624484
Learn Slovene. It doesn't sound like caveman speak (Russian) or TV static (Polish).
>>61626624
lol
It's more irrelevant than Japanese and Turkish
>>61626624
It's the most irrelevant Slavic language after FYROMian.
>>61626012
>I gonna work soon"
Peasants. SImple russian animals.
>>61626712
>>61626743
>anime and Erdogan
>relevant
Choose one.
Slovene is the best sounding Slavic language. The further away you go from Slovene, the more barbaric (south and east) or robotic (north) the Slavic languages get.
>>61626756
says a pshek) even czechs dont understand your memelanguage
>>61626756
Rude...
>>61626822
Get the fuck out back to your shithole, russian serf
>>61626902
no your government invited me)
>>61626821
Japan is spready known to be a relevant country, and Turkey is developing steadily.
Turkey has a chance to get enough power to counter Europe.
>>61627098
>Japan is already known to be a relevant country*
Russian.
Russian is spoken in many other cunts such as mine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, etc, while polish is spoken only in Poland.
Also russian sounds better than polish even for slav ear.
>>61627266
>Russian is spoken in many other cunts
In CIS
>>61624484
Poland has the habit of dissapearing from maps, so i would say learning Russian is a safer bet
>>61627499
Are you implying something kraut?
>>61627499
Haha, nice banter.
>>61627575
>>61627604
Some of you guys are alright, don’t go to Poland next year
>>61624484
Russian.
Poles will learn English.
>>61624484
Polish is arguably slightly more difficult--less obviously phonetic writing system (it is actually fairly regular, but the orthography is more complex), one additional case. And Russian can be used in a greater number of countries--it's still an important lingua franca in Central Asia, and most commie or ex-commie countries have people who studied in the good old CCCP (I've met Russian speakers in Laos, Vietnam, Cuba, Mongolia, former DDR, and a few other countries). So my vote as a Yank who speaks some Russian is for Russian.
But Polish is moderately more similar to other West Slavic languages, including Czech and Slovak, and I find the parallels with the South Slavic languages (except for Slovene, which is surprisingly similar to Russian for a Yugoslav language in my opinion) closer than they are with Russian. So Polish might offer a slightly better foundation for learning other languages if you want to learn those too. With my Russian I can get along pretty well in Ukrainian, and can read Bulgarian and Belarusian nearly fluently, but with Czech, Slovak, and Serbocroatian (not to mention Polish) it helps only a little.
>>61624484
>excluding the Bolshevik part in Russia
>not liking the best period of russian history
>>61627964
>who is Ivan III
>who is Peter the Great
>>61627964
choke yourself braindead mongol
pic rel you
>>61628012
Why should I do that?
>>61628007
Tsarist Russia by definition cant be the best at all.
>>61627964
Novgorod Republic period
>>61628188
Why not?
But what about Kievan Rus or Duchy of Moscow?
The best period of russian history is year 1612
>>61628409
1610-1612 was arguably worse because Poles were still destabilising Russia
1612 was the attack, after it they started consolidating again
>>61628340
>But what about Kievan Rus
It was almost 1000 years ago, so it's hard to compare it with later periods.
>Duchy of Moscow?
Despotic and backward one that gave rise to Moscow tsardom and Russian Empire.
>>61628305
Not bad, but still cant be compared with USSR.
>>61624484
Russian. Why would ANYONE learn polish ?
>>61628706
It sounds really nice.
I would also learn Norwegian, but it's not that important for me to understand black metal without searching for translation.
Learn Russian it has the most native speakers out of all slav languages. And learning a language should be motivated first and foremost by it's usefulness unless it's for science or personal reasons.
>>61624484
Russian since it's the most spoken Slavic language. Also everyone who wants into space must learn it.
>>61629240
really ?
and everyone who has ever been in ISS knows Russian?
>>61627868
this except for
>the good old CCCP
>>61629490
yep
>>61627868
Thanks for the advice. I have begun studying Russian anyway.
>>61624484
Russian. Better literature. Pic related is the epitome of polish literature, and it's a work of blatant plagiarism.
>>61624484
Polish, because it sounds good, Poles are strong men and their girls are fucking qt.
>>61636148
>blatant plagiarism
and Sapkowski ripped off who exactly?
French, you should french
>>61636897
Michael Moorecock, author of Elric of Melniboné.
Nice give more 10/10 books about long hair vikings slavs Trolls gods knigts
Books like lord of the rings, hobbit, volkadav iż roda čornech psov ,
???
>>61639796
>protagonist of some literally who fantasy novel has white hair
>hurr Witcher is le ripoff xD
this is why people think Americans are retarded
pic related another ripoff of glorious Elric of No One Heard about It according to your logic
>>61625108
A is read O?
It's the other way around, when the ephasis is not on O it is usually pronounced as an A
Word Boris for example - emphasis on I, thus you say Baris
>>61625721
We aren't, the butthurt Polish equivalent of netoyous are just incredibly vocal and dedicated.
>>61624484
>Poles on the Internet usually speak English whilst Russians do not.
ehhhh, and yet again ruskies win by being obnoxious shits
Anyway, if it's usefulness is what you care about, you probably shouldn't learn either of them, it's simply not worth your time.
>>61636148
>Pic related is the epitome of polish literature
Pfft!
>>61641321
Pleb taste my nigga.
>>61625680
Gee, I wonder who might be behind that post!
>>61625721
>Weird to hear that from a Pole
>Pole
see
>>61626926
>>61626822
>>61636148
>Witcher
>epitome of polish literature
Wew lad, more like "the only piece of Polish literature I've ever heard of". It's like calling Game of Thrones the epitome of American literature.
Either I'm getting less sensitive to bait or burgers are actually getting more retarded with every passing day.
>>61641497
Oh you poor fool.
>>61642152
>>61641321
>romanticism
trashed
t. /lit/
>>61642152
>muh old shit
fuck off grandpa lmao
>>61641913
Those covers are rad.
>>61642206
>>61642261
Oh you little shits.
>>61642320
>Oh you little shits.
That's the best you have you uneducated pleb?
>>61642320
No one gives a fuck about this old fuckery just like no one gives a fuck about muh Hamlet get with the times nigga.
>>61642366
YOU'RE telling me I'M uneducated.
>>61642400
Not like you've shown anything better.
>>61642461
Yes, considering the fact that you reached the peak of your literate capabilities in high school and think that romanticism is the best genre.
I am telling you.
>>61642461
Every squared nigga on the block knows realism and naturalism are the best periods
Nigga fuck romanticism lmao baka
>>61642520
>think that romanticism is the best genre.
I don't senpai. Just enjoy history.
>>61642594
Baka yourself.
>>61642798
>Sienkiewicz
>history
wew he has as deep an insight as most youtubers 2bh
>>61642798
I'm not surprised the
>we wuz Vandals 'n shiet
tard considers Sienkiewicz a valid source of historical knowledge
>>61642853
If you want to be such a cunt - historic themes.
>>61642890
I know he's not entirely a credible historical source you idiot.
>>61642798
Also, wróć do polski, kurwo gastarbaiterska
Russian better than polish.
>>61643113
We wuz Vandals and shiet Grzegorz.
>>61643149
Well said
>>61643273
Well some Vandals/Lugii were the ancestors of the Lechites.
>>61643322
Zapomniałem zapytać, chcecie jego?
Zapomniałem, że on jest dzika diaspora
>>61643875
Lmao
If you are gonna live in Poland then polish, if not-russian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WGCiaWkd2Q
>>61643875
Najchętniej to nie, ale życie w Polsce może go trochę nauczy realizmu.
>>61644279
And this late time of night should teach you to go to bed.
>>61644279
Zgadzam się całkowicie
>>61643958
Dlaczego się ty śmiejesz, cioto """"wandalska""""? To smutne
>>61644601
Wandalem nie jestem, tylko Polakiem.
>>61643149
#rekt
Ładnie pojechałeś po dzieciaczku. Pewnie rodzice się rozwiedli i mamusia nie planuje powrotu do rodzinnego kraju. Niech gnije wśród brązowych za spamowanie czana.
>>61644852
Nigdy tego nie planowała. Jak się zrobi gorąc to ucieknę z powrotem. ;)
>>61644668
Mamy powiedzenia w Chorwacji, młody orle...
"Najveći Turčin je poturica", co znaczy "The biggest Turk is the Turkified one"
Pamiętaj to
>>61645083
Quite true.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6nb15RnqlI
>>61645032
A czyli jednak trafił że sie rozwiedli?
>>61624484
obviously Russian,it is more useful for your interests
>Polish sounds better to me
Indeed , it sounds like softer russian,but still you won't have the same ''power'' in job,culture et.c fields as in with russian
>>61645271
Tak, ale to nie ma znaczenia, bo i tak wyjechali na stałe, lub do emerytury.
If you learn Russian, you can learn any slavic language you want
>>61645410
That applies to any Slavic language.
>>61641681
I can assure you my friend that i'm a 100% Pole
Post name of books guys
>>61646401
The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
