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Комментарии • 8 тыс.

  • @MinecraftAmatorPL
    @MinecraftAmatorPL 8 лет назад +2283

    1. W is like V
    2. Ł is like W (example: woo!)
    3. Ó and u are like "oo"
    4. cz is like ch (example: challenging)
    5. sz is like sh (exapmle: shower)
    6. ch and h is like h (example: hide)
    7. dz, ą, ę, ś, ć, ń and others are too hard for me to explain to you.

    • @delphic5973
      @delphic5973 8 лет назад +157

      ń is kind of like knee.. But the 'ee' is almost in a higher tone???

    • @MinecraftAmatorPL
      @MinecraftAmatorPL 8 лет назад +34

      +Serce Polskje I can agree with this

    • @PhellipeDiaz
      @PhellipeDiaz 8 лет назад +6

      S sounds like sh sometimes. Right?

    • @MinecraftAmatorPL
      @MinecraftAmatorPL 8 лет назад +53

      +Phellipe Diaz I think not, s always sounds like s

    • @PhellipeDiaz
      @PhellipeDiaz 8 лет назад +2

      WaszkaGFC
      I was told that it sounds like sh when there's an ´ above it XD My gf is of polish descent.

  • @meganriggs3432
    @meganriggs3432 7 лет назад +1540

    how many polish people laughed their asses off? *raises hand*

  • @stormryder7197
    @stormryder7197 5 лет назад +1251

    I'm not even Polish and this is still painful
    Edit: thank you, everyone! I've never gotten a thousand likes on a comment before

    • @akudumb3021
      @akudumb3021 5 лет назад +98

      Storm Ryder
      I’m Polish and it’s literally 100x more painful. Imagine that lol

    • @tzouisa
      @tzouisa 4 года назад +1

      Holiday Pup SAME!!!!

    • @pugsgaming2317
      @pugsgaming2317 4 года назад +5

      I'm not polish but I can pronounce all of theese and I know some polish I can speak some but not read

    • @gxchanxgget8786
      @gxchanxgget8786 3 года назад +1

      I'm polish and I lost it

    • @wejvi32
      @wejvi32 3 года назад +6

      I am a Russian learning Polish, but native Polish speakers have praised me for my pronounciation so this is just as painful as a native speaker

  • @SmokeMedia
    @SmokeMedia 6 лет назад +1422

    The announcer for the cities isnt saying the names properly herself

  • @chickensdontclap147
    @chickensdontclap147 8 лет назад +591

    Adam Mickiewicz is rolling in his grave...

    • @MinecraftAmatorPL
      @MinecraftAmatorPL 8 лет назад +18

      +Dallas Jokic With a speed of light (z prędkością światła).

    • @roniulka1607
      @roniulka1607 8 лет назад +7

      +Dallas Jokic OMG I so totally agree with you haahahha

    • @Jones131
      @Jones131 8 лет назад +2

      I totally read the last name as Mickie wics

    • @MinecraftAmatorPL
      @MinecraftAmatorPL 8 лет назад

      +Paprosz :D Yes, I am.

    • @maciekucki110
      @maciekucki110 8 лет назад +1

      prawda-true

  • @rainbowgirl6597
    @rainbowgirl6597 7 лет назад +1161

    This is a try not to laugh for Polish people....I lost

  • @uriplayz8713
    @uriplayz8713 5 лет назад +1265

    “Alright, Poland. You won.”
    Damn, that’s a first. Being Polish we never heard it often since the 40’s.
    POLSKA SILNY!!

    • @ShersterQ
      @ShersterQ 5 лет назад +19

      I take it you live abroad?

    • @por1264
      @por1264 5 лет назад +2

      @@ShersterQ what

    • @por1264
      @por1264 5 лет назад +20

      What about the fall of communism?

    • @sara_thegrape
      @sara_thegrape 4 года назад +10

      POLSKA SILNA!

    • @matthewkierwa3509
      @matthewkierwa3509 4 года назад +12

      wypierdalaj wojna byla dawno mamy 21 wiek dorosnij ;)

  • @Krackerlack
    @Krackerlack 5 лет назад +230

    respect for the person who's named Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz

    • @grantorino2325
      @grantorino2325 3 года назад +6

      *kurwa* !

    • @boopnose5503
      @boopnose5503 3 года назад +4

      "Rz" is like a "sh" but with less air coming through your mouth, and vibrating your vocal chords. Cz is like ch but with more air and more of a "u" sound. Sz is like a sh but same. The funny e (ę) is like a ewu but with the back of your tongue pressed against the roof of your mouth. So Grzegorz is like a Gshegosh, and Brzęczyszczykiewicz is like Bsh-ewuh-chy-sh-ch-y-kie-veech.

    • @gamermapper
      @gamermapper 3 года назад

      Try to read it in Russian it's way easier

    • @swolzer
      @swolzer 3 года назад +11

      chrząszczyrzewoszyce powiat łękołody

    • @grzyb11
      @grzyb11 2 года назад +1

      @@grantorino2325 you think polish people are gonna laugh at that??
      We’ll just look at you and think “oh another one of these cringy kids”

  • @mz202
    @mz202 6 лет назад +1253

    Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz

    • @izqamsp6232
      @izqamsp6232 6 лет назад +16

      Sosniowiec xd

    • @magorzatamalarczyk3524
      @magorzatamalarczyk3524 6 лет назад +21

      Jestem z polski i nie umiem tego powiedzieć XD / I from poland and I can't say it XF

    • @RichieLarpa
      @RichieLarpa 6 лет назад +17

      Jestem Czech i to imię + nazwisko nie jest trudne dla mnia.

    • @lenxia9213
      @lenxia9213 6 лет назад +21

      źle napisałeś nazwisko lol to jest BrzĘczyszczykiewicz

    • @jakasosobazinternetu4299
      @jakasosobazinternetu4299 6 лет назад

      XD

  • @Learn_Languages__239
    @Learn_Languages__239 8 лет назад +1752

    Pierogi

  • @nicknp5978
    @nicknp5978 6 лет назад +496

    Being Slavic, this is cringy AF. BTW got the all right. Greetings to Poland from Bulgaria!

    • @user-qz9zu1fq9k
      @user-qz9zu1fq9k 6 лет назад +66

      Even the narrator is not pronouncing the names properly :\ She must be American-Polish

    • @karolina-vl1pw
      @karolina-vl1pw 5 лет назад +3

      cześć

    • @grantorino2325
      @grantorino2325 5 лет назад

      Tova nee struvashho nishho!
      😞

    • @raizenbraizen2647
      @raizenbraizen2647 5 лет назад +9

      greetings to poland from Russia

    • @travellover8509
      @travellover8509 4 года назад +3

      How did u get them right cause u guys use Cerilic in Bulgaria and them letters r just used in the polish alphabet

  • @aleksandra6273
    @aleksandra6273 6 лет назад +145

    Szła pchła koło wody, pchła pchłę wpchła do wody i ta pchła płakała, że ją tamta pchła popchała.

    • @sara_thegrape
      @sara_thegrape 4 года назад +10

      Polski jest najlepszy!

    • @walterweiss7124
      @walterweiss7124 Год назад

      popchała ją ze stołu z powyłamywanymi nogami :P

  • @RealistikDash
    @RealistikDash 8 лет назад +3256

    I'm polish and im just laughing

  • @daniluk710
    @daniluk710 9 лет назад +1187

    AND thank you buzzfeed!
    Please do more videos including Poland

    • @Radoslavos91
      @Radoslavos91 9 лет назад +17

      He should drive a fiat 126p :P. That would be fun to drive for him.

    • @erixon2012
      @erixon2012 9 лет назад +50

      Radoslavos91 Americans driving with manual gearbox.

    • @Radoslavos91
      @Radoslavos91 9 лет назад +2

      erixon2012 Some people still do :)

    • @thedoctor7247
      @thedoctor7247 9 лет назад +3

      erixon2012 whats gearbox? how old is it?

    • @erixon2012
      @erixon2012 9 лет назад +1

      ILoveAnime ILoveAnime Gearbox - An mechanical device responsible for changing gears and the propeller shaft by which the power is transmitted from an engine to a live axle. But in the difference of automatic - there we change between all gears, not like in auto where we set range of gears that change automatically. It's that old as the first machines that worked at various levels.
      (I hope I explained)
      BTW : What anime would u recommend, I'm bored lately.

  • @iloveefluffd6645
    @iloveefluffd6645 6 лет назад +502

    polish words honestly look like a game
    Of scrabble

  • @lukaszdvihal5851
    @lukaszdvihal5851 6 лет назад +84

    Włocławek= Lacákik, i'm dying of laugh :D

  • @nusabrdnik1481
    @nusabrdnik1481 8 лет назад +141

    the great thing about slavic languages is that i speak slovenian and i can understand some of the things people are saying in the comments in polish.

    • @Langermar
      @Langermar 8 лет назад +4

      +Nuša Brdnik I am Russian and I understand what Poles writing, but I can not understand them when they are speaking. It is too fast and too pshe :D
      Does Slovenians understand Polish speech?

    • @nusabrdnik1481
      @nusabrdnik1481 8 лет назад +6

      +Люций Бойправ yeah some of it. slovenian and polish is more similar then russian and polish

    • @Robertoslaw.Iksinski
      @Robertoslaw.Iksinski 8 лет назад

      +Nuša Brdnik I'm Polish and written Slovenian is very understandable for me.
      PS. Tvoja fotografija każe da ti si lepotica :)

    • @nusabrdnik1481
      @nusabrdnik1481 8 лет назад

      Robertosław Iksiński same goes for written polish to slovenians. in hvala:)

    • @Robertoslaw.Iksinski
      @Robertoslaw.Iksinski 8 лет назад +1

      Nuša Brdnik Only in Polish and Slovenian: Zachód/zahod = West.
      In other Slavic languages: West = Zapad
      and Zachod/Zahod = WC :)

  • @phs2Chelsea
    @phs2Chelsea 9 лет назад +635

    People from Poland have my respect forever. Holy crap!

    • @ameliaswiderska5522
      @ameliaswiderska5522 9 лет назад +35

      Why Thank you :)

    • @theflowerswhoknowme7
      @theflowerswhoknowme7 9 лет назад +1

      Thanks ? It doesn't bother me😂

    • @Triggerhappy2805
      @Triggerhappy2805 9 лет назад +1

      Pedro Henry The ones on my street are scammers

    • @IZoMione
      @IZoMione 9 лет назад +37

      Pedro Henry It's really not that bad... Btw even the person who read city names didn't do it right.

    • @user-yq1kq9bw4q
      @user-yq1kq9bw4q 9 лет назад +2

      Well, thank you sir 😂

  • @mynameismery4177
    @mynameismery4177 5 лет назад +36

    Ah lubię patrzeć na ludzi którzy się męczą z polskim xD

    • @oferzilberman5049
      @oferzilberman5049 2 года назад +2

      Język Polski to świetny język... Fonologia tego brzmi jak masz miękki ziemniak w ustach, i słowa wyglądają jak wylew mózgowy dla kogokolwiek kto nie zna kombinacji jak "sz" i "rz", ale dla mnie jest w tym coś magiczne, i lubię jak ten język brzmi. Nigdy nie zmęczę się z Polskim

  • @kamilam66
    @kamilam66 3 года назад +19

    "How does it sound?"
    "Częstochowa"
    "..nooo"

  • @theWater763
    @theWater763 8 лет назад +256

    Warsawawawawawa XD
    Why didn't you add Szczecin, it would break them XD

    • @shadowsneak100
      @shadowsneak100 8 лет назад +1

      +theWater763 Oh hey I have a question on this pronunciation actually! Would it be more of a tsze-shii-n or Ste-ze-shii-n? Or some combo? Or more glide-y like tszshii-n? :p
      How does one pronounce the Szcz part?

    • @Asiagosik
      @Asiagosik 8 лет назад

      +Shadow Sneak
      you just pronounce 'sz' like 'sh' (shelf) and 'cz' like 'tch' (match). I am not sure how to explain the sound of 'ci', though. it's kind of like 'cz', but a lot softer. And 'e' is not e like in 'easy', but e like in 'elementary'.

    • @shadowsneak100
      @shadowsneak100 8 лет назад

      Hmm... so something like sh(e)-tche-shiin? The (e) being non-voiced?

    • @Asiagosik
      @Asiagosik 8 лет назад

      +Shadow Sneak yeah, kinda.

    • @makoss1234
      @makoss1234 8 лет назад +7

      +theWater763 Stargard Szczeciński will be better haha

  • @GTAVictor9128
    @GTAVictor9128 8 лет назад +223

    Here's all the Polish cities mentioned and how to roughly pronounce them in English;
    1)Chełm --> Hewm or Heum.
    2)Grudziądz --> Grujondz.
    3)Włocławek --> Vwotswavek or Vuotsuavek.
    4)Rzeszów --> Zheshuv.
    5)Częstochowa --> Chenstohova.
    6)Bydgoszcz --> Bidgoshch.
    7) Łódź --> Wuj or Wooj.
    8) Warszawa --> Varshava.
    Hope that helps!

    • @Sellipsis
      @Sellipsis 8 лет назад +6

      This is far easier on my brain. Thanks.

    • @GTAVictor9128
      @GTAVictor9128 8 лет назад

      Vurtax
      No problem ;D

    • @narata1541
      @narata1541 8 лет назад +3

      Looking at your pronunciations relieved so much stress. Thanks!

    • @GTAVictor9128
      @GTAVictor9128 8 лет назад

      Narata
      Again, no problem. Glad this helps :D

    • @marcelina259
      @marcelina259 8 лет назад +5

      I'm polish so I don't need this lol

  • @acidmana6141
    @acidmana6141 3 года назад +28

    "You won Poland"
    Germany and Russia: Press X to Doubt

    • @sarmat1910
      @sarmat1910 2 года назад +5

      Really ignorant comment. According to war records Poland beat both of them almost twice as much as they did combined.

    • @PolishGod1234
      @PolishGod1234 2 года назад +4

      Poland won majority of battles against Russia through history, same can be said for Germany - those two only shined when Poland was weakened

    • @talibaninternetexplorer
      @talibaninternetexplorer 2 года назад

      @@PolishGod1234 exactly, in 1v1 Germany and Russia barely won against poland

  • @Grzegorz_Brzeczyszczykiewicz
    @Grzegorz_Brzeczyszczykiewicz 3 года назад +3

    "Alright, you won , poland"
    *haven't heard that much since the commonwelth have we?*

  • @florence.24
    @florence.24 6 лет назад +883

    This is so hilarious I mean I'm polish and I'm dying

  • @DeathlessCat
    @DeathlessCat 9 лет назад +284

    I speak polish. What's Your superpower? ;)

    • @andromeda_lw
      @andromeda_lw 9 лет назад +15

      Hahahaha tak bardzo prawdziwe :D

    • @TheZephyrax
      @TheZephyrax 9 лет назад +8

      SWEDISH

    • @RaiderXD1789001
      @RaiderXD1789001 9 лет назад +2

      DeathlessCat How about Dutch?

    • @Guciom
      @Guciom 9 лет назад +1

      Joseph Gillespie You must be one of the Great Old Ones!!!

    • @DeathlessCat
      @DeathlessCat 9 лет назад

      RaiderXD1789001 Well, I can't have every superpower, can I? I leave this one for You, can You handle it? ;)

  • @thepusheengirl
    @thepusheengirl 6 лет назад +74

    Polosh peeps where you at?

    • @humanbeing1280
      @humanbeing1280 3 года назад +3

      Right there idc that this comment is 2 years old

    • @cursed434
      @cursed434 3 года назад +3

      @@humanbeing1280 and ur comment 2 weeks ago

    • @reeeeeee4831
      @reeeeeee4831 3 года назад

      @Alexandra Adamczyk and yours is a week ago

    • @saandaczysko
      @saandaczysko 3 года назад

      @Alexandra Adamczyk and yours is three days ago u³u

    • @gabrielajakubczyk2082
      @gabrielajakubczyk2082 3 года назад

      Here and your comment is 2 years old

  • @dinkey4921
    @dinkey4921 6 лет назад +19

    I cant wait for a part two where they try to pronounce warmatowice sienkiewiczowskie

  • @konraddominiak649
    @konraddominiak649 9 лет назад +1531

    chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie :) )))))))

    • @marekpielach6468
      @marekpielach6468 9 лет назад +19

      uczyć się Polskiego ,uczyć -inaczej język sobie połamiecie.

    • @TheJoker-hn6xq
      @TheJoker-hn6xq 9 лет назад +40

      ***** I cóż że ze Szwecji ;D

    • @LukaszTM2008
      @LukaszTM2008 9 лет назад +4

      The Joker haha aż mnie nerwy biorą jak to wymawiam :P

    • @bean3001
      @bean3001 9 лет назад +11

      ***** o, to jest proste: ksiądz bździ w trzcinie

    • @herrramme1536
      @herrramme1536 9 лет назад +14

      Wyścigowa wyścigówka wyścignęła wyścigową wyścigówkę

  • @cathmarieantoinette
    @cathmarieantoinette 7 лет назад +72

    Polish person reporting in.
    Sz = Sh
    Cz = Tch (Like 'butcher')
    Ć - like the beginning of 'Cinquecento' or 'Ci' in 'Cialdini' surname. ('Ci' is spelled 'Ći')
    Ł = 'W' in ''winner'
    W = 'V' in 'Venus'
    Rz, Ż = 'J' in 'Jean Michel Jarre'
    Dż = 'J' in 'John Johnson'
    Ś = Like 'Sh' in "Shalala lala' song by Vengaboys ('Si' is spelled 'Śi')
    Ź = 'g' in 'magia' in Portuguese ('ʑ')
    Ch = 'H' in 'Hello' or 'High' (Just ignore 'C', our 'Cheeseburger' 'Ch' is 'Cz')
    Ę = 'ɛ', like 'e', in 'Kendall Jenner', it's not the best example though
    Ą = Like in French 'Monde' (we would write it 'Mąd')
    Ó = U, like in 'Museum'
    0:41 this guy is correct with most of the names.

  • @wonderwinder1
    @wonderwinder1 3 года назад +5

    “You won, Poland. You won”. 😂😂😂

  • @ChristinaWintherLolk
    @ChristinaWintherLolk 6 лет назад +32

    Where's Szczecin lol

    • @Solider
      @Solider 5 лет назад +1

      Powiedzieli by coś w stylu sezin, sezcin

  • @user-up4tz1on5x
    @user-up4tz1on5x 8 лет назад +339

    Is Polish really that hard? If yes, I want to learn it!

    • @tweektweak4384
      @tweektweak4384 8 лет назад +67

      +香口膠 You know... for foreigner that's really hard to learn :v We have many strange letters like "ę, ą, ł, dź, dż, ś, ć..."
      and much more parts of speech than in english. Learning polish is very unpractical, 'cause only in Poland people speak Polish :

    • @tweektweak4384
      @tweektweak4384 8 лет назад +52

      you know... in english is like "two, second, twice" and in polish "dwa, dwoje, dwojgu, dwóm, dwie, drugi, druga (...)". we have MUCH MUCH more words XD

    • @adam15021992
      @adam15021992 8 лет назад +30

      +香口膠 You know, pronunciation is one thing, being hard depends on languages you already know. There are some rules you have to follow and that's it. It's not like English - in Polish, spelling indicates pronunciation perfectly (well, almost). I reckon our grammar is fucked up. Almost every word changes its form depending on the sentence and collocation it's used in, furthermore - words that change their forms have a lot of them. For example, let's take a word "come" - "przyjść". I guess there are 4 forms of "come" (plus "have", "will" etc.) and I've just listed 43 forms of "przyjść" plus words that are not considered as a verb. You have to know when to use each of them and the list is probably not over. We also have two plural forms of nouns (WTF). And it's just the beginning of the journey. If you like challenges - go for it and learn Polish, good luck! :)

    • @Martusiaxxx
      @Martusiaxxx 8 лет назад

      +香口膠 I can help you xd

    • @_.8602
      @_.8602 8 лет назад

      I can help you! ( I'm from Poland 😉)

  • @Julia-bf2kq
    @Julia-bf2kq 7 лет назад +148

    our language is hard. What did you expect?

  • @cultliter1294
    @cultliter1294 5 лет назад +53

    XD It is hilarious to me when People try to pronounce Polish things
    I am Polish I cringed and laughed.

  • @alxndradoll
    @alxndradoll 4 года назад +6

    0:57 I nearly peed my pants laughing 😂

  • @mateuszbiernar4641
    @mateuszbiernar4641 9 лет назад +260

    Its funnier when your actual Polish

  • @-smash-9095
    @-smash-9095 9 лет назад +519

    Ha... try this Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz urodzony Chrząszczyżewoszyce powiat Łękołody

    • @-smash-9095
      @-smash-9095 9 лет назад +58

      MasHer Zet Gregory Brzęczyszczykiewicz born Chrząszczyżewoszyce district Łękołody

    • @zofiaskok4462
      @zofiaskok4462 9 лет назад +6

      xD o kurde

    • @fds7476
      @fds7476 9 лет назад +24

      MasHer Zet Maul halten!!!

    • @daniellubrecht4742
      @daniellubrecht4742 9 лет назад +2

      MasHer Zet Brzęczyszczykiewicz :V

    • @lemmypop1300
      @lemmypop1300 9 лет назад +17

      MasHer Zet Gšegož Bšenčiščikjevič urodzoni Hšonščiževošice povjat Uenkouodi.

  • @kasiainwonderland
    @kasiainwonderland 4 года назад

    This is still one of my favourite videos!

  • @d0ka326
    @d0ka326 4 года назад +2

    Omg I'm from Łódź and Shane said that word is his favorite! I'm so proud

  • @horhevamp8890
    @horhevamp8890 8 лет назад +74

    As a foreigner living in Poland I remember I was like that in the beginning. Now I can say szczeczin like a pro!

    • @maidy199
      @maidy199 8 лет назад +2

      +Horhe Vamp You monster, I cannot scroll to the comments below coz I am stuck trying to pronounce that word...

    • @zuziazuzanna3237
      @zuziazuzanna3237 8 лет назад

      +Horhe Vamp It's Szczecin :)

    • @horhevamp8890
      @horhevamp8890 8 лет назад +2

      Thats too easy. Throw in some more sz cz in there!

    • @asziboj
      @asziboj 8 лет назад

      Yeah same I live in Poland too!

    • @zuziazuzanna3237
      @zuziazuzanna3237 8 лет назад +2

      Horhe Vamp What do you think about: Konstantynopolitańczykiewiczówna or Szczebrzeszyn

  • @blinski1
    @blinski1 9 лет назад +168

    Polish pronunciation is really fairly easy. Each letter generally always sounds the same, and their sound is pretty close to generic latin; their sound is clear, hard, always has the same lenght, accent is generally always the same (second to last syllabe), Polish is slow, you can hear every letter spoken.
    How to ruin it? It is just COMPLETELY NON INTUITIVE for the foreigners beacause of our own symbols and unexpected sound of vowels and merged consonants. It just doesn't come to mind that 'sz' is 'sh', 'dż' is 'g' (as in 'gel'), 'ł' is like Portugese 'l' (just like in the word 'Brazil' pronounced in Portugese) or 'ą' is just like French 'ont'. It is not that there are dozens of them to learn - there are few, it's just about ten minute learning.
    Main problem is that there are lots of them in ALMOST EVERY word! It's not only because of words of Polish origin containing sounds strange to one's ear, but also because Polish language has some kinky idea of 'polishing up' most of the foreing words coming from Latin, French, German, English etc. We exchange trivial r's to rz's, o's to ó's, l's to ł's, d's to dź's and so on; so in the end we often end up with something sounding completely different and looking barely like the original word.

    • @nowy5
      @nowy5 9 лет назад +1

      blinski1 "Polish pronunciation is really fairly easy" this is not completely true always, it is not enough in all words to read word in Polish only with letters, it is possible in Russian (despite o and a)

    • @blinski1
      @blinski1 9 лет назад

      nowy5 I don't know what you mean by 'it is not enough in all words to read word in Polish only with letters'. Care to elaborate:)

    • @nowy5
      @nowy5 9 лет назад

      blinski1 nie wystarczy w każdym słowie przeczytać słowo po polsku tylko za pomocą liter

    • @blinski1
      @blinski1 9 лет назад

      nowy5 Of course, there are also facial expressions and hand gestures, but they use them everywhere:)

    • @dopeshitdickbrain
      @dopeshitdickbrain 9 лет назад +1

      blinski1 also ł is more like long u

  • @Departing_Sanity
    @Departing_Sanity 2 года назад +1

    7 YEARS NOW AND I'M STILL HERE LAUGHING AT THIS

  • @user-vo8ep8jz8c
    @user-vo8ep8jz8c 5 лет назад +22

    I'm an Indian, and I must say, I'm shocked at the way the names are actually pronounced.

  • @mitsukosuki
    @mitsukosuki 9 лет назад +414

    polish is the most beautiful language, but also one of the hardest to learn :D

    • @theflowerswhoknowme7
      @theflowerswhoknowme7 9 лет назад +13

      If your first language is English then it is, but if your first language is polish it's not :D I am polish ( you also start learning a language in the womb )

    • @mitsukosuki
      @mitsukosuki 9 лет назад +18

      theflowerswhoknowme7 też jestem polką :D ale i tak uważam, że polski jest trudny, wystarczy posłuchać :D

    • @nikolaskibicka6436
      @nikolaskibicka6436 9 лет назад +2

      Mieszkałam w Polsce tylko trzy lata. Wtedy zamieszkałam w Angli i teraz gadam lepiej po Angielsku niż po polsku. I dare a English person to read that out!

    • @poverfullsparow
      @poverfullsparow 9 лет назад +13

      blablabla Ja tam jestem polką i nie podoba mi się jak polski brzmi. Język w ogóle nie jest melodyjny, przez co źle brzmi w piosenkach. Według mnie piękniejsze są innę języki jak Hiszpański, Japoński, Rosyjski, Francuski, Walijski, Angielski.
      Piękno języka zależy od preferencji danej osoby.

    • @mitsukosuki
      @mitsukosuki 9 лет назад +9

      Pandahero z tych co wymieniłaś jedynie hiszpański i rosyjski brzmią naprawdę ładnie, np. francuski jest dla mnie zupełną porażką, ale to świadczy tylko o tym, o czym napisałaś - wszystko zależy od indywidualnych preferencji ;)

  • @jay8819
    @jay8819 6 лет назад +150

    "They throw all those consonants together". . there is literally at least one vowel

  • @klaudiaruszczyk8811
    @klaudiaruszczyk8811 6 лет назад +1

    I'm from Grudziądz and I was pissing myself during this (great content guys) 😂😂😂

  • @zgredereksmieszka7932
    @zgredereksmieszka7932 2 года назад

    The man in the black sweatsheart just killing it! So many almost perfect pronounced words!

  • @user-vh3jd6qe7d
    @user-vh3jd6qe7d 9 лет назад +413

    You read the letter Ł just like the english W, SZ like SH, CZ like TCH, Ą like OH, Ę like EW, Ó like OO(smooth) etc etc ;-)

    • @cait.
      @cait. 9 лет назад +71

      This is my favorite comment on this video! Thanks! :)

    • @user-vh3jd6qe7d
      @user-vh3jd6qe7d 9 лет назад +2

      ***** You are welcome :-)

    • @agataa6067
      @agataa6067 9 лет назад +123

      Kunigdąbsław Mgdolwicz Twój nick rozjebał system.

    • @user-vh3jd6qe7d
      @user-vh3jd6qe7d 9 лет назад

      Agata A w fantazji jest wszystko mozliwe ;-

    • @EhnaRivekan
      @EhnaRivekan 9 лет назад +13

      Kunigdąbsław Mgdolwicz Thanks, that was helpful. I've been trying to learn Polish but i have such a hard time with the pronounciations.

  • @Aldronex
    @Aldronex 9 лет назад +38

    Im polish and i was laughing all way through we need more polish on buzzfeed

    • @GoddessFourWinds
      @GoddessFourWinds 9 лет назад +4

      Aldronex I'm an American...who only speaks American English (with some very basic Kindergarten-level Spanish)...and I laughed all the through! (I find it hilarious when we can't speak other languages. >.

    • @mentalbreaker74
      @mentalbreaker74 9 лет назад

      Aldronex me too, but since i really like them that was nice to hear them trying to say something in polish :3

  • @pawelkrawczyk8355
    @pawelkrawczyk8355 4 года назад +5

    Oh boy being polish and watching this makes me feel like a very smart person

  • @druXydraws
    @druXydraws 2 года назад +1

    THIS IS SO ENTERTAINING

  • @GizolPL
    @GizolPL 8 лет назад +350

    W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie.

    • @VictoriaBajorek
      @VictoriaBajorek 7 лет назад +19

      lets hear them say this

    • @gabs3669
      @gabs3669 7 лет назад +4

      Moja kuzinka mię to nauczyła

    • @dym8408
      @dym8408 7 лет назад +2

      kuzynka* mnie* poproś kuzynkę o więcej lekcji ;)

    • @ajskap1
      @ajskap1 7 лет назад +1

      Pyjtolele haha😂

    • @vanessah2481
      @vanessah2481 7 лет назад +1

      Dawid Giżycki. chench pro sheh dohbrinots

  • @aidsofspades7622
    @aidsofspades7622 9 лет назад +203

    AND THE PERSON PRONOUNCING THEM "CORRECTLY" WASN'T PRONOUNCING THEM CORRECTLY EITHER LMAO!!!

    • @76Arfa
      @76Arfa 9 лет назад +3

      Princess Phantasm Myślę że po prostu ta osoba chciała im ułatwić wymówienie...

    • @aidsofspades7622
      @aidsofspades7622 9 лет назад +1

      Ja uważam że ta osoba po prostu jest z Ameryki. Z resztą nieważne bo i tak było piekielnie śmieszne.

    • @aidsofspades7622
      @aidsofspades7622 9 лет назад +1

      Prawdopodobnie ^^

    • @kamilachalat5232
      @kamilachalat5232 9 лет назад

      Ikr !!

    • @KelyrinYourSafeSpace
      @KelyrinYourSafeSpace 9 лет назад +1

      Princess Phantasm ohhh I'm learning polish and that's what I was thinking ! I was like ... "heLm????"

  • @polishnorwegianandspanish9145
    @polishnorwegianandspanish9145 2 года назад

    You are doing great. It’s funny in a right way

  • @cutie-vi3vj
    @cutie-vi3vj 6 лет назад +9

    I can speak polish and i'm proud

  • @wodnyrak
    @wodnyrak 9 лет назад +81

    Fun fact: "Często-chowa" in Polish literally means "often-hides". We have not yet determined what they are hiding.

    • @gopnikbratan2074
      @gopnikbratan2074 2 года назад +3

      @Милош Ђошић Brate Srbsko what war? Lets drink a good Rakija
      🇵🇱❤🇷🇸 now i listen my balkan music 🪗 Pozdrav iz Poljske

    • @m.l.9152
      @m.l.9152 11 месяцев назад

      Also, Łódź is also how you say boat in polish!

  • @Rigel_6
    @Rigel_6 7 лет назад +126

    How to pronounce Polish 101:
    Pl to En
    W=V
    Ł=W
    SZ=SH
    CZ=CH
    CH=H
    and then there are the softened ones, can't really explain it on paper, sorry.

  • @Devilmaster1170
    @Devilmaster1170 3 года назад +1

    at 2:11 I'm done crying "these words looks like trying being crossed out three times" that's guy is gold Pozdrawiam

  • @filipwawszczak4204
    @filipwawszczak4204 3 года назад

    I’m happy you put Częstochowa because my dads from there and my whole family is polish

  • @yeahright6048
    @yeahright6048 7 лет назад +259

    Lmao I'm Polish this video is halarious

  • @przemekg8962
    @przemekg8962 7 лет назад +185

    try Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz Chrząszczorzewoszyce powiat Łękołody

    • @inquisitorsteele8397
      @inquisitorsteele8397 6 лет назад +6

      Przemek G Hey I remember that one from Nazi humor video.

    • @laphroditei6749
      @laphroditei6749 6 лет назад +4

      Polecamy ''jak rozpętałem II wojnę św'' ♥

    • @GangsterDolphins
      @GangsterDolphins 6 лет назад +1

      Przemek G I can say everything but the long as one

    • @sansgirlfriend
      @sansgirlfriend 4 года назад

      that's easy to say when you're polish xd

    • @happyfridge_
      @happyfridge_ 4 года назад +1

      @@sansgirlfriend True (Prawda)

  • @softwareofexcellence
    @softwareofexcellence 6 лет назад

    The z is silent but it makes you squeeze a bit more out of the preceding letter right?

  • @dumdumdimdimdemdimdum9143
    @dumdumdimdimdemdimdum9143 3 года назад +2

    I'm learning Polish due to my gf. Watching this makes me feel happier that my Polish is better than that haha.

  • @zosia9575
    @zosia9575 7 лет назад +69

    "This is how they write LOLZ, right?" No, but it is how we write boat.

  • @incognito6751
    @incognito6751 7 лет назад +96

    The narrator definitely pronounced Grudziądz wrong.

    • @rafakawka4795
      @rafakawka4795 7 лет назад +2

      Incognito nope

    • @marek9081
      @marek9081 7 лет назад +11

      Yeah, the 'r' is a bit off. It's an English 'r', not Polish.

    • @Slowsay
      @Slowsay 7 лет назад

      Incognito its normal

    • @juliaochendal5055
      @juliaochendal5055 6 лет назад +1

      Incognito nie, dobrze powiedział

    • @jerry8517
      @jerry8517 6 лет назад

      Grudziądz is my city

  • @m13.studio
    @m13.studio 6 лет назад +5

    The best part is that the lady reading it “correctly” really isn’t

  • @supernxva2463
    @supernxva2463 6 лет назад +2

    I’m polish and I literally enjoyed this video soooooooooo much😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @minatozakisana6883
    @minatozakisana6883 9 лет назад +715

    Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz= mission impossible for Americans :P

    • @The666CZARNY666
      @The666CZARNY666 9 лет назад +102

      Wiktoria Nowakowska This is impossible for every non-Polish. :P (Especially for Germans, yeah? :D)

    • @Galvars
      @Galvars 9 лет назад +92

      Wiktoria Nowakowska That only one mission of epic quest to pronounce:
      - Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz Chrząszczyżewoszyce powiat Łękołody.

    • @Muzzer27
      @Muzzer27 9 лет назад +3

      Galvars Why do you write down made up words? Only the name Grzegorz really exists, the rest is bullcrap from a movie, don't make foreigners even more confused than they already are.

    • @Galvars
      @Galvars 9 лет назад +31

      Muzzer27 Oh lad, every one of it exist in real world. Name Grzegorz is real.. surname Brzeczyszczykiewisz also exist.

    • @Muzzer27
      @Muzzer27 9 лет назад

      Galvars Check it up, these are nonsense words used in a commedy flick, they weren't supposed to be and weren't indeed real. What's the use of challenging foreigners to pronounce words that don't make much sense in the Polish language?

  • @Askorpina
    @Askorpina 9 лет назад +167

    The next challenge: Konstantynopolitańczykiewiczówianeczka (young resident of Constantinople). Good luck with this one :)

    • @TheGielnik
      @TheGielnik 9 лет назад

      Askorpina Konstantynopolitańczykówianeczka*

    • @blackorda17
      @blackorda17 9 лет назад +19

      ***** spotkałam się też z Konstantynopolitańczykowianeczkówna
      albo takie coś:
      Konstantynopolitańczykowianeczkówna wyindywidualizowała się z rozentuzjowanego tłumu, który był usatysfakcjonowany :D

    • @Muzzer27
      @Muzzer27 9 лет назад +2

      Askorpina Troche przesadziłaś z długością;)

    • @markobasten9327
      @markobasten9327 9 лет назад +2

      Askorpina Spirytusinek najwydestylowanoniuchniejszy

    • @Askorpina
      @Askorpina 9 лет назад +5

      Moi kochani, słowo "Konstantynopolitańczykiewiczówianeczka" jest jak najbardziej poprawne z punktu poprawności językowej, chociaż, rzeczywiście, mniej popularne niż krótsza forma (porównaj: dziewczyna, dziewczyneczka) ;) A po co iść na łatwiznę?
      Marko Basten Chemia to zło.

  • @martyna2579
    @martyna2579 6 лет назад +11

    This was so funny to watch; I’m polish 😂

  • @Saeglopur89
    @Saeglopur89 4 года назад

    I showed this in traffic on our way to Toruń with friends from Netherlands and Norway :D

  • @AllxChannel
    @AllxChannel 9 лет назад +63

    BUZZFEED I LOVE YOU FOR DOING THAT. You know, for making Poland visible to the other people. And I thought I couldn't love your youtube more

  • @olsikowa
    @olsikowa 7 лет назад +1269

    I love it :D Polish rules :D

  • @BbYyTtOo
    @BbYyTtOo 4 года назад +1

    I lost it when she said, well this looks like a bunch of letters you pull out of the bag of scrabble 😜😜😜😜😜 BYDGOSZCZ !!!

  • @mariahx9428
    @mariahx9428 5 лет назад +4

    I couldnt breathe the whole time 😂😂😂 i love polish

  • @timt2753
    @timt2753 9 лет назад +82

    I want to visit Poland. Every Polish person I've met have been so warm and friendly. Really great people !

    • @laika9105
      @laika9105 8 лет назад +1

      you didn't see our onions swearing all the time :P

    • @timt2753
      @timt2753 8 лет назад +2

      Hahaha Polandball ? :D

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 8 лет назад +479

    Polish is very difficult. I tried to learn a little. Can't.

    • @nicolemyszka260
      @nicolemyszka260 8 лет назад +1

      Its actually easy! My friend has been learning Polish for 3 months and she is very good

    • @PaulTheSkeptic
      @PaulTheSkeptic 8 лет назад +5

      Nicole Myszka My girlfriend speaks fluent Polish. I tried to learn a little and I just can't wrap my mouth around the words. They're almost unpronounceable.

    • @sixsticks3452
      @sixsticks3452 8 лет назад +1

      Ukrianian is even harder man, epespecialy for Canadians and americans.

    • @PaulTheSkeptic
      @PaulTheSkeptic 8 лет назад +1

      SixSticks Haven't tried that.

    • @sixsticks3452
      @sixsticks3452 8 лет назад

      You will see the difference.

  • @an13laa
    @an13laa 5 лет назад +1

    omg i’m polish, and it made me happy that keith and shane were in this video

  • @chinmaysalaskar3657
    @chinmaysalaskar3657 2 года назад

    What’s the name of the one in purple?

  • @tehelea
    @tehelea 9 лет назад +834

    Hi! (Sorry for bad English)

    • @1MPUL5IVE
      @1MPUL5IVE 9 лет назад +68

      But... But.... All u said was hi....

    • @candiceerigha780
      @candiceerigha780 9 лет назад +1

      Mikel Ibarra lol

    • @MrPranker247
      @MrPranker247 9 лет назад +15

      Thats the joke.... Or are u joking?!

    • @aabehayat4427
      @aabehayat4427 9 лет назад +30

      Olivia o
      Your English is 1st class.
      In fact,
      You'd beat me in an English test.
      - Native English speaker.

    • @BullshitDetector
      @BullshitDetector 9 лет назад +18

      Olivia o pierdol się (przepraszam za mój zły polski)

  • @dom_i
    @dom_i 7 лет назад +31

    It's so funny seeing people struggling to pronounce words you may use everyday 😂

  • @patrycjazdunek8799
    @patrycjazdunek8799 5 лет назад

    whenever i’d speak polish on the phone to family people always ask if everything is okay after because it sounds so aggressive

  • @arek8520
    @arek8520 6 лет назад +6

    I wish they had my hometown Krakow (pronounced krackov or krackoff)

  • @RussiangirlKsenia
    @RussiangirlKsenia 7 лет назад +521

    Polish is so difficult but is really interesting and beautiful language.❤️❤️

    • @theoneanimation3872
      @theoneanimation3872 7 лет назад +6

      it's not difficult

    • @theoneanimation3872
      @theoneanimation3872 7 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @xkhv_5658
      @xkhv_5658 7 лет назад +3

      Jesteś Polakiem?

    • @undeadbandit835
      @undeadbandit835 7 лет назад +20

      Polski to jeden z najtrudniejszych języków świata, duhhh

    • @xkhv_5658
      @xkhv_5658 7 лет назад +9

      Anastazja Lopes Nawet niektórzy Polacy nie potrafią się posługiwać tym językiem, więc jeśli nie jest się Polakiem lub kimś kto bardzo dobrze zna ten język, nie może się wypowiadać, że ten język jest bardzo łatwy.

  • @dominikc4027
    @dominikc4027 9 лет назад +194

    I speak polish so im laughting so hard im crying right now

  • @karolinafrisch5052
    @karolinafrisch5052 5 лет назад +1

    This made me laugh sm!!! Polish was my first language so it does not seem that hard.

  • @dominikazajac418
    @dominikazajac418 5 лет назад +1

    This moment when you're polish and you have so much fun about this video😂

  • @coloneldutypl9196
    @coloneldutypl9196 8 лет назад +136

    Fun to watch when jesteś z Polski

    • @krysiamilfowa5780
      @krysiamilfowa5780 8 лет назад

      tak

    • @empyrionin
      @empyrionin 8 лет назад +1

      +Colonel DutyPL Or any other European for that matter, especially Eastern. Takes like 30 seconds to learn how to pronounce each digraph and phoneme in Polish, then it makes sense. I agree, if you don't even have 30 seconds for that, it's probably disastrous . :D

    • @zuziax5708
      @zuziax5708 8 лет назад

      tak

    • @AnonymaLyrics
      @AnonymaLyrics 8 лет назад

      bardzo fun

  • @MrRicoPL
    @MrRicoPL 8 лет назад +188

    Hello I am Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz from Chrząszczyrzewoszyce in Łękołody county .

    • @nooryass311
      @nooryass311 8 лет назад +11

      I TAK ROZPOCZELEM DRUGA WOJNE SWIATOWA

    • @kaliopoli5523
      @kaliopoli5523 8 лет назад +3

      +Ophelia Holmes najlepszy polski film, może tylko Vabank jest lepszy.

    • @ducis3446
      @ducis3446 8 лет назад

      Poczekaj chwilę, ja muszę iść zabić się przez to XD

    • @agatowskka
      @agatowskka 8 лет назад

      +MrRicoPL jaki Szczebrzeszyn?? Chrząszczyrzewoszyce :P

    • @MrRicoPL
      @MrRicoPL 8 лет назад

      Agata Bujakiewicz Dobrze ,że mi przypomniałaś ,bo zapomniałem jak to dokładnie brzmiało. Już poprawiam. Dzięki :)

  • @dlugaszyjagaming
    @dlugaszyjagaming 6 лет назад +6

    1:21 Mieczysław no może tak :)

  • @piotrciesielski7907
    @piotrciesielski7907 2 года назад +2

    1:31 If I was American I'd say "Often hides" because "często" = "Often" and "chowa" = "hides"

  • @Asad-fi1tr
    @Asad-fi1tr 8 лет назад +178

    Jezu ludzie po co wy piszecie "I'm from Poland", "I'm polish" ....nikogo to nie obchodzi lol

    • @yankobzykant5579
      @yankobzykant5579 7 лет назад +21

      I'm Polish

    • @Asad-fi1tr
      @Asad-fi1tr 7 лет назад +2

      XDD

    • @johnykosbe4750
      @johnykosbe4750 7 лет назад +11

      w sumie, chujowe to jest, ale cieszmy się, że przynajmniej możemy tak pisać "jestem polakiem". Francuzów, czy Szwedów już niedługo będą karać za pisanie rzeczy typu "jestem francuzem" "jestem szwedem".

    • @notperfect1174
      @notperfect1174 7 лет назад +2

      twoją mama huhu

    • @nataliaoledzka8704
      @nataliaoledzka8704 7 лет назад

      ?

  • @thisisitthisiswhat
    @thisisitthisiswhat 9 лет назад +98

    I like how at the end he said 'Dovidenia' which is actually in Slovak language. In Poland you say 'Do Widzenia' if I'm not mistaken

    • @NiesamowiteWszystko
      @NiesamowiteWszystko 9 лет назад +15

      Michaela Fuchsová It sounds kinda the same.

    • @adorinadorin
      @adorinadorin 9 лет назад +1

      Niewidzialna ręka rynku Michaela sounds to know better, as you see she is Fuchsova, what suggest she is from Slovakia, and can know the small - but difference - between theirs d and ours dz :)

    • @qutasiq
      @qutasiq 9 лет назад +10

      adorinadorin And "Niewidzialna ręka rynku" is in Polish, so he's Polish. It sounds the same. Anyway, it's pronounced by an American, so it's not ideal :)

    • @fasdklsfg5073
      @fasdklsfg5073 9 лет назад +1

      Yuuta Fujimoto that means " Invisible hand of free market"

    • @MilanRubiksCube97
      @MilanRubiksCube97 9 лет назад

      Michaela Fuchsová It's a Serbian word.

  • @antonia1313
    @antonia1313 5 лет назад +4

    Keith... Take Polish classes
    Prosze

  • @karolinapodlaszewskaa
    @karolinapodlaszewskaa 6 лет назад

    all i needed in life are Keith and Shane reading a name of my city 💞

  • @vojtasjedyny
    @vojtasjedyny 8 лет назад +63

    Lesson #1: in Polish W is spoken like yours V. Wrocław = Vrotz-wah-v.
    Bye!

    • @SIMcityplayer2002
      @SIMcityplayer2002 8 лет назад

      Lesson#2: Never say the 'z,' it's always silent.

    • @Vengir
      @Vengir 8 лет назад +15

      +SIMcityplayer2002 Absolutely untrue. "z" often is combined with "r", "c", "s" or "d" to create a specific sound, but it's not silent. It's as if I said "h" is silent in "th" - it doesn't work that way. In addition to that, "z" is often its own sound, or even a word (a zero-syllable-long one)!
      You could perhaps say that by modern standards that "c" that stands before "h" is silent. It's a simplification (especially since some regions still differentiate between "ch" and "h"), but not entirely incorrect.

    • @matiodopolska5181
      @matiodopolska5181 8 лет назад +1

      +vojtasjedyny no w końcu jeden co się domyślił

    • @TheGamer-hl4cv
      @TheGamer-hl4cv 8 лет назад

      hey you polish i am

    • @PhellipeDiaz
      @PhellipeDiaz 8 лет назад +2

      Wiśniewski = Vish-nie-fski

  • @bendybus5165
    @bendybus5165 7 лет назад +72

    Im learning Polish now.
    I didn't know a requirement was to have a tongue that is 3 meters long.
    Also, no Szczecin? My favourite Polish city?

    • @happyvalleykid6324
      @happyvalleykid6324 6 лет назад +1

      bendybus Szczecin is my favorite Polish city too! Mainly because it's the only one I've ever been too...

    • @tomsilver
      @tomsilver 6 лет назад +3

      No Szczecin, no Gdańsk, no Olsztyn, no Siedlce... disappointing lol

    • @lavendercowboy2499
      @lavendercowboy2499 6 лет назад

      I've been Szczecin it's quite nice

    • @janetkelsh2625
      @janetkelsh2625 6 лет назад

      Ikr and no zakopane my favourite like hey buzzfeed is that too hard to put 2 more cities ???

  • @aniakedziora3097
    @aniakedziora3097 5 лет назад +1

    my parents grew up in two of these cities and i was cracking up listening to them pronouncing them 😂

  • @Ama-hi5kn
    @Ama-hi5kn Год назад +1

    Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz. Once you can pronounce that. You are ready to learn Polish. I am still working on it.