Thursday, October 30, 2008

Thursday

Cold, rainy day in Pozna艅. I went across the street to AGA, it's like a mini 7-11 store to buy some pastries but forgot the name of them. I'm in there so often that the ladies there know me and when I got the pastries they were happy to remind of the name of them. They also took a little time to help me get the pronunciation right. Now if I could only get them to spend about 8 hours a day helping us learn the language :-) Our problem is that many of the words have multiple meanings.

Take the word, obchodzi膰. It can mean walk around, as in...Would you like to walk around the park with me. It can mean celebrate, as in...when do you celebrate your birthday, It can also mean mishandle, as in....Don't mishandle my account. So in order to learn the word you have to learn all of it's meanings. I think you get the idea.

We're closely monitoring the U.S. election via CNN International. There is a lot of coverage of this election internationally. We see it on the Polish, German, French, Spanish and Russian channels everyday. Our votes are already cast, now we're just waiting for Nov. 4th.


Zimny, deszczowy dzie艅 w Pozna艅. Poszed艂em poprzez ulic臋 do AGY, to jest jak, 偶eby sklepu 7-11 mini kupi艂 kilka ciasta ale zapomnia艂 nazwisko ich. Jestem w tam tak cz臋sto, 偶e panie tam znaj膮 mnie i kiedy dostawa艂em ciasta oni byli szcz臋艣liwi by przypomnie膰 o imieniu o nich. Oni te偶 zaj臋li troch臋 czasu by pom贸c mi dosta膰 wymow臋 w prawo. Teraz je偶eli m贸g艂bym tylko dosta膰, 偶eby wydawali oko艂o 8 godzin na dzie艅 pomagaj膮cy nam ucz膮 si臋 j臋zyka :-) Nasz problem jest, 偶e wiele ze s艂贸w maj膮 wielorakie znaczenia.

We藕 s艂owo, obchodzi膰. To mo偶e oznaczy膰 spacer dooko艂a, jak in...Would ciebie jak by przej艣膰 si臋 park ze mn膮. To mo偶e oznaczy膰 celebruj膮, jak in...when robi膮 celebrujesz twoje urodziny, To mo偶e te偶 oznaczy膰 藕le traktuj膮, jak in....Don′t 藕le traktuj膮 m贸j rachunek. Tak by nauczy膰 si臋 s艂owa, kt贸re musisz nauczy膰 si臋 wszystko z tego jest znaczenia. My艣l臋, 偶e dostajesz ide臋.

Dok艂adnie kontrolujemy ameryka艅ski wyb贸r przez CNN Mi臋dzynarodowy. Tam jest du偶o om贸wienia tego wyboru na arenie mi臋dzynarodowej. Widzimy to na polskich, niemieckich, francuskich, hiszpa艅skich i rosyjskich kana艂ach codziennych. Nasze g艂osy s膮 ju偶 rzucane, teraz w艂a艣nie czekamy na listopad 4..