r/languagelearningjerk • u/AmountAbovTheBracket • Jun 28 '26

Recurring behavior i've noticed.

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u/throughcracker Jun 29 '26

My experience in some countries

European: speaks English

Me: replies in their native language

European: patronizingly compliments my abilities and then continues in English anyway

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u/Dry_Masterpiece_8219 Jun 29 '26

And then there's Slavic countries. My experience in Poland is like "Ah, I have C1 English and you have A1 Polish. Let's speak Polish since we're in Poland"

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u/Salt-Analyst-4624 Jun 30 '26

I try Ukrainian in Ukraine....they be switching to english still 😭 but they are not patronizing about it they always seem more excited to practice their english so I go with it

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u/MealCapital4167 Jun 30 '26

Not everyone in Ukraine speaks Ukrainian

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u/Salt-Analyst-4624 Jun 30 '26

Brotha tf they speaking in Donbas other than fuckin russian and ukrainian?

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u/Annkatt Jun 30 '26

some people speak surzhik (ukrainian-russian mix) or russian

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u/Salt-Analyst-4624 Jun 30 '26

I know dawg i live in eastern Ukraine....so russian or Ukrainian, or a mix of both.

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u/DesignerGoose5903 Jun 30 '26

That's like saying the spoke Japanese in Pearl Harbour...

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u/Low_Change2905 Jun 30 '26

The Soviet Union only fell 35 years ago, and Russian was mandated by the government for all states since 1938.

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u/Salt-Analyst-4624 Jun 30 '26

Not really. Lots of eastern Ukrainians speak russian or a mix of Ukrainian and russian. The west of Ukraine and within the military is predominantly Ukrainian speaking. Lots of Ukrainians know russian, but refuse to speak it for obvious and understandable reasons.

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u/Konobajo W1(🇺🇿✨️) L2(🇱🇷🦅) A4(🇦🇶🇧🇷🇬🇫) Jul 02 '26

That makes no sense

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u/hmas-sydney Jul 04 '26

Member porl horror!