#polish language

it gets even more badass - because the pre-christian slavic traditions and language were rather poorly documented, and throughout history, there have been attempts to erase the records, we can't actually know for sure what exactly some of them were supposed to mean, or how were they used. we're left with names that could belong to a demonic antagonist in a fantasy book, their sound harsh, their origin shrouded in mystery.

But can you imagine reading book seeing sentence starting with 'Ty' and being like wait is it Tiberius or You.

So my first language is polish and I read all Cassie books in it, and in translations sometimes shows up some friction, so this is one in this version.

Most of the time (I would say around 95%) it's pretty obvious bc of context like adjective verb, or Ty showing up in conversation doesn't make sense. BUT there's that 5% when you're like "oh wait it's the other one".

It's not something very annoying nor big of a problem, it's mostly funny how sometimes you need to stop and think who they are talking to/about.

Tbh it's only irritating when you trying to look for something and see "Ty" and it's not him but sentence starting with 'you'.

But scene when someone would say to Ty smthg along the line: "You... you didn't have to do this." after translation to polish will be "Nie... nie musiałeś tego robić" bc of our adjective verbs we can tell the person by it, so we don't use pronouns that often. So our sentence literally translated back to english is "didn't... didn't have(in form for: you, male) this do"

also some exaples (not the best one but will do) translation:

Karolina Wydra: "Let's call her Zosia. What do you think?"

I say, "great!"

Joanna Wrózynska: We don't know much about Zosia, but in later episodes of the series we learn that she comes from Gdansk and that her favorite ice cream is mango-flavored. How much do you remember about Poland?

Karolina Wydra: I remember a lot. I was 11 years old when I left. That's why I speak Polish well.

However, sometimes when I try to explain to people that when you leave at 11 years old, you don't have sophisticated Polish, but rather the Polish of a child. In the sense that I lack some vocabulary. And now there's a lot of new slang that I don't even know. I say, "My God, what is that? What does that mean?"

So l remember a lot of things. I grew up in Opole and also in the countryside at my grandmother's in Wilamowa. I remember school, friends from Poland. I remember many things. Wroctaw. My mother is from Wroctaw, my grandmother is in Wroctaw, my cousin is in Warsaw. I didn't spend much time in Warsaw. Maybe I was in Warsaw once or twice. I've been to Krakow twice. I love Krakow, it's beautiful. So I remember many things from Poland.

Joanna Wrózynska: Do you come here often?

Karolina Wydra: Unfortunately, no. No, I don't come here often. The last time I was here was maybe three years ago? Something like that. No, not that often.

Joanna Wrózynska: Maybe during the second season of Pluribus you'll have the opportunity to promote the series in Poland?

Karolina Wydra: Oh, that would be great!

Joanna Wrózynska: A world created by others, a world without wars. A life lived in peace and beauty. All people are kind to each other. But do you think that, despite everything, this is a better world than the one we have now?

Karolina Wydra: You know what, I'll be honest with you, many elements of this new world that Vince created are better in my opinion, yes.

Because it would be wonderful if we lived in a reality where people love each other and are tolerant of each other, where people don't have to fight over religion.