my language notebook

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Hello, Polin here!

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My languages:

Polish: native

English: C1

Russian: B1

Japanese: N4

Slovenian: A2

Serbian: A2

Italian: A2

Ukrainian: A2

Czech: A1

Finnish: A1

Spanish: A1

Ainu: idk but probably more than the average person xd

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oblačila 🇸🇮 одећа 🇷🇸 clothes

majca / мајица / t-shirt

srajca / кошуља / shirt

bluza / блуза / blouse

jopica / дукс / hoodie

pulover / џемпер / jumper

jakna / само / jacket

plašč / капут / coat

krznen plašč / бунда / fur coat

bunda / јакна / winter coat

puhovka / перјана јакна / down jacket

obleka / хаљина / dress

trenirka / тренерка / tracksuit

kopalke / купаћи костим / swimming suit

modrček / грудњак / bra

hlačke / гаће / underpants

spodnje perilo / доњи веш / underwear

hlače / панталоне / trousers

kavbojke / фармерице / jeans

krilo / сукња / skirt

rokavice / рукавице / gloves

nogavice / чарапе / socks

hlačne nogavice / хулахопке / pantyhose

pajkice / легинге / leggings

dokolenke / дубоке чарапе / long stockings

kapa / капа / cap

kapuca / капуљача / hood

klobuk / шешир / hat

ruta / марма / headscarf

čevlji / ципеле / shoes

škornji / чизме / boots

superge / патике / sport shoes

copati / папуче / slippers

petke / штикле / high heels

japonke / јапонке / flip flops

sandali / сандале / sandals

gumijasti škornji / гумене чизме / rain boots

pas / каиш / belt

gumb / дугме / button

zadrga / рајсфершлус / zipper

vezalka / пертла / shoe lace

nakit / накит / jewelry

verižica / ланац / necklace

ogrlica / огрлица / choker

obesek / привезак / pendant

uhani / минђуше / earrings

zapestnica / наруквица / bracelet

prstan / прстен / ring

svila / свила / silk

bombaž / памук / cotton

usnje / кожа / leather

volna / вуна / wool

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also I have met my idol, not personally of course, as he's long dead, but the amount of excitement I was filled with when I saw this in the Museum of Sybir Remembrance

he's the guy, the polish guy who studied the Ainu people, I love him so much for that

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so I have not abandoned my studies, rather I've been engaging in everything because everything is so fascinating. I had a wonderful opportunity to visit many orthodox churches and learn a lot about them as part of my studies

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I tried playing Sethian, a game that promised to be similar to Chants of Sennar, but it's completely babysitting me telling me exactly what to put in and translating everything for me, no fun, also it bugs out if you dare input some sentences you figured out before you're supposed to know them

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I always express admiration for how polish is just not borrowing words that other slavic languages got from non-slavic languages, but I draw the line at the declension causes, I keep mixing up genitive and accusative because it doesn't translate easily in my head, in russian it makes sense, Родительный падеж and Винительный падеж, in bulgarian it makes sense, Родителен and Винителен, in ukrainian it kinda makes sense, родовий (passes the vibe check) and знахідний (starting to get weird), czech didn't even try with genitiv and akuzativ so please tell me how did the polish language get stuck with dopełniacz and biernik

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I’m going to lose it

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I keep forgetting most people don't have an '"innate" ability to read things because when I was 8 I taught myself hiragana katakana cyrillic and old norse because learning to write in my native language was apparently too boring. However because of this I'm cursed to never learn any more script ever (I have 0 learning skills for this). One day I will break this curse.

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I feel like the thing thats really different about the polish trans experience is that because the language is heavily gendered and asking about a persons gender is very much not normalized, now that my body looks mostly androgynous people started referring to me with grammatical forms that have never been uttered by human tongue before. Last week a woman couldn’t decide what gender I was so after trying several she settled on speaking to me in plural and infinitive

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I was reading a book (Mitologia Słowian - Aleksander Gieysztor) where the author is suggesting Polish words associated with religion are of Iranian origin. He's also citing other linguists with their theories and such, but that's not my point. I was genuinely happy learning this like it reminded me "oh right, this is my passion" and thought "I wish I could do this as a job" and I'll find a way to do it, somehow, someday.

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The Japanese word ジャガ芋 (potato) written also as ジャガイモ or じゃがいも comes from combining the word ジャガタラ, a corruption of Jakarta and 芋 used to describe most tuber vegetables. The connection comes from Dutch traders coming from Dutch East Indies being the ones to introduce potatoes to the Japanese. Used to be also written as ジャガタライモ, later shortened to the form used nowadays, probably due to the misspelling.

The Ainu word エモ (potato) comes from the Japanese いも. Potatoes in Ainu cuisine are listed as “imo” on the wikipedia page. Hokkaido was and still is the leading producer of potatoes in Japan, due to the it’s colder climate, making it a good alternative to rice, which I also see as the way the Ainu were introduced to the crop.

The other Ainu word for potato - コソイミ - made me a bit sceptical. It was not listed in the dictionary, however I found it in some online resources listed as the primary word used. So I dug deeper. Turns out both words are correct, furthermore, イモ is also apparently accepted as an Ainu word. So, コソイミ comes from the Japanese 五升芋 written also as ごしょういも or ゴショイモ which is, I think, Jerusalem artichoke (assumption made based on these posts) more commonly known as 菊芋 or キクイモ.

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made this blog specifically to celebrate turning my life 180° and going for slavic studies instead of staying in STEM