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Rootsweb.com RSS Feed for HERBARZ http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/HERBARZ Rootsweb.com RSS feed for HERBARZ en-us Copyright 2005 by MyFamily.inc 2008-08-04T11:58:25-06:00 helpdesk@rootsweb.com helpdesk@rootsweb.com Rootsweb.com 2005-05-01T00:00:00-06:00 1 hourly Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217872705 I agree on Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur is also a good program. Jim On Aug 4, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Kaytee wrote: > Thank you George, I will look for the website. Much appreciated! > > Cathy Hoffman > > -----Original Message----- > From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of George Lucki > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:33 AM > To: herbarz@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > > Try Rosetta Stone. The program is just excellent. > > -----Original Message----- > From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Kaytee > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:21 AM > To: herbarz@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > > Yes Leon, congratulations on learning a new language. > > For those of us with learning disabilities namely myself, who comes > from all > Polish and all Ukrainian backgrounds who listened to both languages > on a > daily basis and who watches next to no television and who should be > able to > speak a little of both languages, and who can not and would really > like to > learn would like to know if anyone has any suggestions for > resources. I > think I would learn best from a computer program so that I could > hear as > well as see. > > Thanks > > Cathy Hoffman > > -----Original Message----- > From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of George Lucki > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:03 AM > To: herbarz@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > > Leon - congratulations. > You are absolutely right. If people want to learn Polish they will > put in > the time and effort to learn. It does take time and effort to learn > any > language. > George Lucki > > -----Original Message----- > From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Leon Stevens > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:53 AM > To: herbarz@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > >> Sounds like you already speak Slovak. Don't know if you can do the > same with Polish. < > > I have no Slovak background whatsoever. This is my first attempt to > achieve at least a reading comprehension of Slovak, and it appears > to be > already bearing fruit. I am learning Slovak in order to determine the > precise influence it has upon the Polish "goral" ("mountaineer") > dialects, as well as to have access to literature written in Slovak > about the mountaineers of the (now Slovak) northern Spis region, > formerly a part of the P-L Commonwealth since the reign of Jagiello > and > the mountaineers of which share a common culture and language with > those > of today's Poland. (Speaking of Walachia, they are descendants of > migrating Walachian shepherds.) Yes, you can do exactly the same with > Polish. I learned the rudiments of classical Hebrew by myself, not > enough to converse fluently, but enough to decipher documents with the > aid of dictionaries, read prayers, excerpts from the scriptures > etc. And > Hebrew isn't even an Indo-European language. The key to leaning > languages is being able to turn off the television for hour each day. > Does one desire access to P-L armorials and records, or would one > rather > watch Jay Leno and David Letterman? (Chialbym raczej dostep do > herbarzy > i do innych historycznych zrodel.) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message jimpres1@mac.com JimPres <jimpres1@mac.com> 2008-08-04T11:58:25-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217872656 Cathy, Good for you that is a daunting taste even if you know the language. Very good, Regards, Jim On Aug 4, 2008, at 1:40 PM, Kaytee wrote: > Sorry I also wanted to mention that most of my time (and this may > make you > all shudder because of my lack of Slavic languages) is spent > transcribing > ALL records for the villages of: > > Rosochowaciec, Skalat, Galicia, Austria now Rosokhuvatets, > Pidvolochysk, > Ukraine > As well as all other villages that were covered by the RC and GC > churches of > Skalat. > > Jasienow Polny, Horodenka, Galizien, Austria, later Jasienow Polny > (Horodenka), Stanislawow, Poland; now IAseniv-Pil'nyi, Horodenka, > Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine > > Borshchiv, (Borszczow)(Borcszow), Stanislau district, Ukraine and > all of the > villages that made up the RC and GC churches. > > Zbaraz Miasto, Zbaraz, Galicia, Austria and the 40 or so villages > that made > up the RC church and not sure yet how many villages made up the GC > church. > > Some days this takes up to 18 hours a day, there are well in excess > of so > far about 78 villages. > > Thanks, > > Cathy Hoffman > > > -----Original Message----- > From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Kaytee > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:21 AM > To: herbarz@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > > Yes Leon, congratulations on learning a new language. > > For those of us with learning disabilities namely myself, who comes > from all > Polish and all Ukrainian backgrounds who listened to both languages > on a > daily basis and who watches next to no television and who should be > able to > speak a little of both languages, and who can not and would really > like to > learn would like to know if anyone has any suggestions for > resources. I > think I would learn best from a computer program so that I could > hear as > well as see. > > Thanks > > Cathy Hoffman > > -----Original Message----- > From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of George Lucki > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:03 AM > To: herbarz@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > > Leon - congratulations. > You are absolutely right. If people want to learn Polish they will > put in > the time and effort to learn. It does take time and effort to learn > any > language. > George Lucki > > -----Original Message----- > From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Leon Stevens > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:53 AM > To: herbarz@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > >> Sounds like you already speak Slovak. Don't know if you can do the > same with Polish. < > > I have no Slovak background whatsoever. This is my first attempt to > achieve at least a reading comprehension of Slovak, and it appears > to be > already bearing fruit. I am learning Slovak in order to determine the > precise influence it has upon the Polish "goral" ("mountaineer") > dialects, as well as to have access to literature written in Slovak > about the mountaineers of the (now Slovak) northern Spis region, > formerly a part of the P-L Commonwealth since the reign of Jagiello > and > the mountaineers of which share a common culture and language with > those > of today's Poland. (Speaking of Walachia, they are descendants of > migrating Walachian shepherds.) Yes, you can do exactly the same with > Polish. I learned the rudiments of classical Hebrew by myself, not > enough to converse fluently, but enough to decipher documents with the > aid of dictionaries, read prayers, excerpts from the scriptures > etc. And > Hebrew isn't even an Indo-European language. The key to leaning > languages is being able to turn off the television for hour each day. > Does one desire access to P-L armorials and records, or would one > rather > watch Jay Leno and David Letterman? (Chialbym raczej dostep do > herbarzy > i do innych historycznych zrodel.) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message jimpres1@mac.com JimPres <jimpres1@mac.com> 2008-08-04T11:57:36-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217871701 Thank you George, I will look for the website. Much appreciated! Cathy Hoffman -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of George Lucki Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:33 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz Try Rosetta Stone. The program is just excellent. -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kaytee Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:21 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz Yes Leon, congratulations on learning a new language. For those of us with learning disabilities namely myself, who comes from all Polish and all Ukrainian backgrounds who listened to both languages on a daily basis and who watches next to no television and who should be able to speak a little of both languages, and who can not and would really like to learn would like to know if anyone has any suggestions for resources. I think I would learn best from a computer program so that I could hear as well as see. Thanks Cathy Hoffman -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of George Lucki Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:03 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz Leon - congratulations. You are absolutely right. If people want to learn Polish they will put in the time and effort to learn. It does take time and effort to learn any language. George Lucki -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Leon Stevens Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:53 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > Sounds like you already speak Slovak. Don't know if you can do the same with Polish. < I have no Slovak background whatsoever. This is my first attempt to achieve at least a reading comprehension of Slovak, and it appears to be already bearing fruit. I am learning Slovak in order to determine the precise influence it has upon the Polish "goral" ("mountaineer") dialects, as well as to have access to literature written in Slovak about the mountaineers of the (now Slovak) northern Spis region, formerly a part of the P-L Commonwealth since the reign of Jagiello and the mountaineers of which share a common culture and language with those of today's Poland. (Speaking of Walachia, they are descendants of migrating Walachian shepherds.) Yes, you can do exactly the same with Polish. I learned the rudiments of classical Hebrew by myself, not enough to converse fluently, but enough to decipher documents with the aid of dictionaries, read prayers, excerpts from the scriptures etc. And Hebrew isn't even an Indo-European language. The key to leaning languages is being able to turn off the television for hour each day. Does one desire access to P-L armorials and records, or would one rather watch Jay Leno and David Letterman? (Chialbym raczej dostep do herbarzy i do innych historycznych zrodel.) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Kaytee <kaytee@sasktel.net> 2008-08-04T11:41:41-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217871655 Sorry I also wanted to mention that most of my time (and this may make you all shudder because of my lack of Slavic languages) is spent transcribing ALL records for the villages of: Rosochowaciec, Skalat, Galicia, Austria now Rosokhuvatets, Pidvolochysk, Ukraine As well as all other villages that were covered by the RC and GC churches of Skalat. Jasienow Polny, Horodenka, Galizien, Austria, later Jasienow Polny (Horodenka), Stanislawow, Poland; now IAseniv-Pil'nyi, Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine Borshchiv, (Borszczow)(Borcszow), Stanislau district, Ukraine and all of the villages that made up the RC and GC churches. Zbaraz Miasto, Zbaraz, Galicia, Austria and the 40 or so villages that made up the RC church and not sure yet how many villages made up the GC church. Some days this takes up to 18 hours a day, there are well in excess of so far about 78 villages. Thanks, Cathy Hoffman -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kaytee Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:21 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz Yes Leon, congratulations on learning a new language. For those of us with learning disabilities namely myself, who comes from all Polish and all Ukrainian backgrounds who listened to both languages on a daily basis and who watches next to no television and who should be able to speak a little of both languages, and who can not and would really like to learn would like to know if anyone has any suggestions for resources. I think I would learn best from a computer program so that I could hear as well as see. Thanks Cathy Hoffman -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of George Lucki Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:03 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz Leon - congratulations. You are absolutely right. If people want to learn Polish they will put in the time and effort to learn. It does take time and effort to learn any language. George Lucki -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Leon Stevens Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:53 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > Sounds like you already speak Slovak. Don't know if you can do the same with Polish. < I have no Slovak background whatsoever. This is my first attempt to achieve at least a reading comprehension of Slovak, and it appears to be already bearing fruit. I am learning Slovak in order to determine the precise influence it has upon the Polish "goral" ("mountaineer") dialects, as well as to have access to literature written in Slovak about the mountaineers of the (now Slovak) northern Spis region, formerly a part of the P-L Commonwealth since the reign of Jagiello and the mountaineers of which share a common culture and language with those of today's Poland. (Speaking of Walachia, they are descendants of migrating Walachian shepherds.) Yes, you can do exactly the same with Polish. I learned the rudiments of classical Hebrew by myself, not enough to converse fluently, but enough to decipher documents with the aid of dictionaries, read prayers, excerpts from the scriptures etc. And Hebrew isn't even an Indo-European language. The key to leaning languages is being able to turn off the television for hour each day. Does one desire access to P-L armorials and records, or would one rather watch Jay Leno and David Letterman? (Chialbym raczej dostep do herbarzy i do innych historycznych zrodel.) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Kaytee <kaytee@sasktel.net> 2008-08-04T11:40:55-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217871176 Try Rosetta Stone. The program is just excellent. -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kaytee Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:21 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz Yes Leon, congratulations on learning a new language. For those of us with learning disabilities namely myself, who comes from all Polish and all Ukrainian backgrounds who listened to both languages on a daily basis and who watches next to no television and who should be able to speak a little of both languages, and who can not and would really like to learn would like to know if anyone has any suggestions for resources. I think I would learn best from a computer program so that I could hear as well as see. Thanks Cathy Hoffman -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of George Lucki Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:03 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz Leon - congratulations. You are absolutely right. If people want to learn Polish they will put in the time and effort to learn. It does take time and effort to learn any language. George Lucki -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Leon Stevens Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:53 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > Sounds like you already speak Slovak. Don't know if you can do the same with Polish. < I have no Slovak background whatsoever. This is my first attempt to achieve at least a reading comprehension of Slovak, and it appears to be already bearing fruit. I am learning Slovak in order to determine the precise influence it has upon the Polish "goral" ("mountaineer") dialects, as well as to have access to literature written in Slovak about the mountaineers of the (now Slovak) northern Spis region, formerly a part of the P-L Commonwealth since the reign of Jagiello and the mountaineers of which share a common culture and language with those of today's Poland. (Speaking of Walachia, they are descendants of migrating Walachian shepherds.) Yes, you can do exactly the same with Polish. I learned the rudiments of classical Hebrew by myself, not enough to converse fluently, but enough to decipher documents with the aid of dictionaries, read prayers, excerpts from the scriptures etc. And Hebrew isn't even an Indo-European language. The key to leaning languages is being able to turn off the television for hour each day. Does one desire access to P-L armorials and records, or would one rather watch Jay Leno and David Letterman? (Chialbym raczej dostep do herbarzy i do innych historycznych zrodel.) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message "George Lucki" <georgelucki@shaw.ca> 2008-08-04T11:32:56-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217870456 Yes Leon, congratulations on learning a new language. For those of us with learning disabilities namely myself, who comes from all Polish and all Ukrainian backgrounds who listened to both languages on a daily basis and who watches next to no television and who should be able to speak a little of both languages, and who can not and would really like to learn would like to know if anyone has any suggestions for resources. I think I would learn best from a computer program so that I could hear as well as see. Thanks Cathy Hoffman -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of George Lucki Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 11:03 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz Leon - congratulations. You are absolutely right. If people want to learn Polish they will put in the time and effort to learn. It does take time and effort to learn any language. George Lucki -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Leon Stevens Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:53 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > Sounds like you already speak Slovak. Don't know if you can do the same with Polish. < I have no Slovak background whatsoever. This is my first attempt to achieve at least a reading comprehension of Slovak, and it appears to be already bearing fruit. I am learning Slovak in order to determine the precise influence it has upon the Polish "goral" ("mountaineer") dialects, as well as to have access to literature written in Slovak about the mountaineers of the (now Slovak) northern Spis region, formerly a part of the P-L Commonwealth since the reign of Jagiello and the mountaineers of which share a common culture and language with those of today's Poland. (Speaking of Walachia, they are descendants of migrating Walachian shepherds.) Yes, you can do exactly the same with Polish. I learned the rudiments of classical Hebrew by myself, not enough to converse fluently, but enough to decipher documents with the aid of dictionaries, read prayers, excerpts from the scriptures etc. And Hebrew isn't even an Indo-European language. The key to leaning languages is being able to turn off the television for hour each day. Does one desire access to P-L armorials and records, or would one rather watch Jay Leno and David Letterman? (Chialbym raczej dostep do herbarzy i do innych historycznych zrodel.) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Kaytee <kaytee@sasktel.net> 2008-08-04T11:20:56-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217869408 Leon - congratulations. You are absolutely right. If people want to learn Polish they will put in the time and effort to learn. It does take time and effort to learn any language. George Lucki -----Original Message----- From: herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:herbarz-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Leon Stevens Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:53 AM To: herbarz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz > Sounds like you already speak Slovak. Don't know if you can do the same with Polish. < I have no Slovak background whatsoever. This is my first attempt to achieve at least a reading comprehension of Slovak, and it appears to be already bearing fruit. I am learning Slovak in order to determine the precise influence it has upon the Polish "goral" ("mountaineer") dialects, as well as to have access to literature written in Slovak about the mountaineers of the (now Slovak) northern Spis region, formerly a part of the P-L Commonwealth since the reign of Jagiello and the mountaineers of which share a common culture and language with those of today's Poland. (Speaking of Walachia, they are descendants of migrating Walachian shepherds.) Yes, you can do exactly the same with Polish. I learned the rudiments of classical Hebrew by myself, not enough to converse fluently, but enough to decipher documents with the aid of dictionaries, read prayers, excerpts from the scriptures etc. And Hebrew isn't even an Indo-European language. The key to leaning languages is being able to turn off the television for hour each day. Does one desire access to P-L armorials and records, or would one rather watch Jay Leno and David Letterman? (Chialbym raczej dostep do herbarzy i do innych historycznych zrodel.) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message "George Lucki" <georgelucki@shaw.ca> 2008-08-04T11:03:28-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217868776 > Sounds like you already speak Slovak. Don't know if you can do the same with Polish. < I have no Slovak background whatsoever. This is my first attempt to achieve at least a reading comprehension of Slovak, and it appears to be already bearing fruit. I am learning Slovak in order to determine the precise influence it has upon the Polish "goral" ("mountaineer") dialects, as well as to have access to literature written in Slovak about the mountaineers of the (now Slovak) northern Spis region, formerly a part of the P-L Commonwealth since the reign of Jagiello and the mountaineers of which share a common culture and language with those of today's Poland. (Speaking of Walachia, they are descendants of migrating Walachian shepherds.) Yes, you can do exactly the same with Polish. I learned the rudiments of classical Hebrew by myself, not enough to converse fluently, but enough to decipher documents with the aid of dictionaries, read prayers, excerpts from the scriptures etc. And Hebrew isn't even an Indo-European language. The key to leaning languages is being able to turn off the television for hour each day. Does one desire access to P-L armorials and records, or would one rather watch Jay Leno and David Letterman? (Chialbym raczej dostep do herbarzy i do innych historycznych zrodel.) "Leon Stevens" <lstevens@walterhav.com> 2008-08-04T10:52:56-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217857809 Sounds like you can already speak Slovak You are learning on the return trip Don't know if you can do the same with Polish. I was just trying to read what you wrote in Slovak. Jim On Aug 4, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Leon Stevens wrote: > I'm presently teaching myself Slovak on the bus to and from work. I've > almost finished Basic Slovak by Jozef Mistrik, and so am nearly ready > for a self-taught intermediate course. Jenoducho je aj uz mnoho > chapam! > Rychlo sa ucim aj pokracovam. Ne viem preco ne mozete vobec sami sa > ucit > polski jazyk? > > Leon Stevens > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HERBARZ- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message jimpres1@mac.com JimPres <jimpres1@mac.com> 2008-08-04T07:50:09-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] English Herbarz http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217857466 I'm presently teaching myself Slovak on the bus to and from work. I've almost finished Basic Slovak by Jozef Mistrik, and so am nearly ready for a self-taught intermediate course. Jenoducho je aj uz mnoho chapam! Rychlo sa ucim aj pokracovam. Ne viem preco ne mozete vobec sami sa ucit polski jazyk? Leon Stevens "Leon Stevens" <lstevens@walterhav.com> 2008-08-04T07:44:26-06:00 Re: [HERBARZ] Forum Czlonkow ZSzP - Discussions re: genealogy and heraldry of the Polish nobility and related topics http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/HERBARZ/2008-08/1217607233 > > If you are interested in trying it out please register (rejestracja) at http://www.herbarz.net/zszp > Use your first and last name as your login and a password of your choosing. The forum administrator (that’s me or Lukasz Lubicz-Lapinski) will send you an e-mail confirming your registration and you are ready to go. The menu options are in Polish but once you’ve registered and logged-in you can go into “Profil” (Profile) and from the left side choose “Ustawienia dotyczace konta” and then beside “Preferowany jezyk” (preferred language) choose English from the drop down list. If this seems too complicated drop me a line at glucki@wp.pl and I’ll do it for you. > Don't forget to put your password into the last field when changing the language, or it will refuse to accept it. Randell Jesup Randell Jesup <randelljesup@verizon.net> 2008-08-01T10:13:53-06:00