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the comparison of slavic languages...
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To SubEspion:
I appreciate the amount of information you've given, though it's sometimes out-of-date. That's why i have to rectify:
1. As it was already mentioned the state of Yougoslavia doesn't existe anymore. The Croatian and the Serbian are considered to be different languages. Of course, people speaking croatian and serbian can understand each other, but in the same way Polish people can understand a lot in f.ex. Slovak language but nobody would say it's the same language. Not only the alphabet is completely different, but also a lot of vocabulary (not only the word "train", which you gave as an example, and, by the way, in croatian a train is "Vlak"not "Viak").
2. The same comment applies to Slovak and Czech languages. F.ex. on products sold in this part of Europe there are inscriptions separately for Slovak and Czech language, so the difference exists.
3. You said Polish language is spoken by almost 35 mln. It would mean that more than 4 mln people living in Poland cannot speak Polish,
cause the population of Poland is 38 mln. by now. More over, the Polish diaspora all over the world is estimated to be arround 10 mln. people.
4. The example of Polish language you cited shows how that langauge was spoken 100 years ago. Nobody speaks like that now.
5. You forgot to mention Ukrainian and Belarussian languages among slavic languages. They are considered to be languages different from Russian (especially the Ukrainian).
I appreciate the amount of information you've given, though it's sometimes out-of-date. That's why i have to rectify:
1. As it was already mentioned the state of Yougoslavia doesn't existe anymore. The Croatian and the Serbian are considered to be different languages. Of course, people speaking croatian and serbian can understand each other, but in the same way Polish people can understand a lot in f.ex. Slovak language but nobody would say it's the same language. Not only the alphabet is completely different, but also a lot of vocabulary (not only the word "train", which you gave as an example, and, by the way, in croatian a train is "Vlak"not "Viak").
2. The same comment applies to Slovak and Czech languages. F.ex. on products sold in this part of Europe there are inscriptions separately for Slovak and Czech language, so the difference exists.
3. You said Polish language is spoken by almost 35 mln. It would mean that more than 4 mln people living in Poland cannot speak Polish,
cause the population of Poland is 38 mln. by now. More over, the Polish diaspora all over the world is estimated to be arround 10 mln. people.4. The example of Polish language you cited shows how that langauge was spoken 100 years ago. Nobody speaks like that now.
5. You forgot to mention Ukrainian and Belarussian languages among slavic languages. They are considered to be languages different from Russian (especially the Ukrainian).
Hey ya!!!
I have not known that so many people live in Poland. Well, it's a quite big country, but so many...good, you are near Spain, although Spain is the second largest country in Europe, after France. I had not thought about Russia because it is the largest country in the world and it is not only in Europe, but in Asia aswell, right
I think that about 40 mln habitants live in Spain (more then 5 mln are in Madrid)
Now I would like to know how many habitants live Warsaw, what are the 2nd, 3rd...cities and how many people live in them?
If you are interested in it about Croatia I shall tell you with pleasure, but next time because I have to go now.
I hope it's not a big task from my side
See you soon!!!
I have not known that so many people live in Poland. Well, it's a quite big country, but so many...good, you are near Spain, although Spain is the second largest country in Europe, after France. I had not thought about Russia because it is the largest country in the world and it is not only in Europe, but in Asia aswell, right
I think that about 40 mln habitants live in Spain (more then 5 mln are in Madrid)
Now I would like to know how many habitants live Warsaw, what are the 2nd, 3rd...cities and how many people live in them?
If you are interested in it about Croatia I shall tell you with pleasure, but next time because I have to go now.
I hope it's not a big task from my side
See you soon!!!
Hum...
Hello everybody...
I appreciate really your comments so I'll answer to all of you. But
just before, you need to know that the descriptions that I did came
from my friend who is from Czech Republic and note that I am only
14 years old so I do not know everything.
Anabelle → It is not really really the same language I know, did I
wrote that ? Because maybe, I did mistakes because
English is not my mother tongue so...
I do not speak Slavic languages, my friend and her friends
so I do not know what I wrote in Serbian and et caetera...
I know for Ukrainien and Belarussian but I was really
bothered to write at the end...
Bambino → Slavic languages are not my specialities. In Eastern
Europe, I do not know a lot of things. And I am not in
Italy now so I can forgot and it was necessary to yell.
And Italy has border with Croatia ? Not Slovenia ?
I'll take the example for Spanish-Italian for very near by
the vocabulary but it is the same language...
Helena → Yugoslavia does not exist anymore... Ah...
All your comments help me and next time, I'll be more carefuly but
please, I like the style that Anabelle and Helena explain but Bambino,
I can understand without shout. Goodbye all...
I appreciate really your comments so I'll answer to all of you. But
just before, you need to know that the descriptions that I did came
from my friend who is from Czech Republic and note that I am only
14 years old so I do not know everything.
Anabelle → It is not really really the same language I know, did I
wrote that ? Because maybe, I did mistakes because
English is not my mother tongue so...
I do not speak Slavic languages, my friend and her friends
so I do not know what I wrote in Serbian and et caetera...
I know for Ukrainien and Belarussian but I was really
bothered to write at the end...
Bambino → Slavic languages are not my specialities. In Eastern
Europe, I do not know a lot of things. And I am not in
Italy now so I can forgot and it was necessary to yell.
And Italy has border with Croatia ? Not Slovenia ?
I'll take the example for Spanish-Italian for very near by
the vocabulary but it is the same language...
Helena → Yugoslavia does not exist anymore... Ah...
All your comments help me and next time, I'll be more carefuly but
please, I like the style that Anabelle and Helena explain but Bambino,
I can understand without shout. Goodbye all...
À vouloir fuir la pluie, on tombe bien souvent dans la rivière.
You've got sharks, as well, my mum told me...?bambino wrote:And yes, we do have borders with Italy on the sea.
She told me the story of tourists ignoring the warning to bathe beyond some point, and resting their feet in the sea... 
...where the sharks bit them! 
(Around Opatija)
"Al principio era el Verbo..."
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Nykkjen
- Guest
I made a little investigation about the subject, which pleased me quite a bitserenita wrote:You've got sharks, as well, my mum told me...?
(Around Opatija)
Sharks (the huge, nasty, human-blood-craving type seen on Baywatch) do not normally LIVE in the croatian sea... Although, sometimes they come in these waters following ships or bunches (don't know the right word) of tuna-fish, but those are rare, rare, rare examples, and chances of actually meeting one of these guys swimming the sea is one in a million
Some divers report seeing the type of sharks here called "modrulj" (just 2m long, hehehe) who, luckily, prefer gorging upon the tuna instead of skiny divers.
Last assault by sharks in Croatia happened 10th August 1974, when one of those big fellows decided, as we say, "grease his moustache" with a german tourist.
The case you mentioned, near Opatija, happened... guess when...
In 1934...
P.S. - I just returned from the seaside. I swam happily, enjoyed the sights and wonderful feeling of spliting the waves..., and here am I - alive, with all parts of body in their place
Hi Nykkjen!!!!!!!!!!!
What's up?
Where were you and with whom? Thank you for those information, but i still don't want to swim this year...well...maybe a little. I do not think that sharks choose where should they go...they just come and have a lunch, and then just leave the coast.
They come always to big cities on the coast like Split or Rijeka, aswell as Trieste in Italy and you know why....they simply follow ships to harbours.
P.S. the name of this forum is: the comparison of Slavic languages and not sharks in Adriatic sea!
What's up?
Where were you and with whom? Thank you for those information, but i still don't want to swim this year...well...maybe a little. I do not think that sharks choose where should they go...they just come and have a lunch, and then
just leave the coast. They come always to big cities on the coast like Split or Rijeka, aswell as Trieste in Italy and you know why....they simply follow ships to harbours.
P.S. the name of this forum is: the comparison of Slavic languages and not sharks in Adriatic sea!
Hello !bambino wrote:Hey ya!!!
I have not known that so many people live in Poland. Well, it's a quite big country, but so many...good, you are near Spain, although Spain is the second largest country in Europe, after France. I had not thought about Russia because it is the largest country in the world and it is not only in Europe, but in Asia aswell, right
I think that about 40 mln habitants live in Spain (more then 5 mln are in Madrid)
Now I would like to know how many habitants live Warsaw, what are the 2nd, 3rd...cities and how many people live in them?
If you are interested in it about Croatia I shall tell you with pleasure, but next time because I have to go now.
I hope it's not a big task from my side
See you soon!!!
As far as population is concerned PL is on 6th place (after DE, FR, GB, IT, ES). We have almost the same number of population as Spain, that's why PL ans ES can be comparable in many fields, especially we try to follow their way to succes when joining the EU.
Warszawa has about 2 mln of inhabitants. Other biggest cities having around 600 000-900 000 of inhabitants are: Lodz;, Katowice, Gdansk, Wroclaw, Kraków, Poznan;. In fact, today (it's very very hot
) i wish i found myself in less populated area, somewhere in the country, lake or forest, cause spending all summer in the big city isn't nice at all. What i can do there to relax is only to See you!