I am Ukrainian, and I don't understand Polish at all! :) I can "catch" separate words when reading or hearing Polish, but I don't get the whole message when someone is speaking. I always feel stupid when others call this language so easy and so similar to Ukrainian - if it's so, why I don't understand it? ((
Thanks for your reflections, Julia! Would your boyfriend understad you if you talked Ukrainian with him? It's the experiment I'd have. ; ))
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My latest reflection "I Wasn't Ready for Goodbye": https://medium.com/word-garden/i-wasnt-ready-for-goodbye-11abd69465f1
Cheers!