I work for a magazine,which was doing an artikel about British language learners.As an experiment,they asked me to learn a completely new language for one month.Then I had to go to the country and do some"tests"to see if I could"survive"in different situations.I decided to learn Polish because my great-grandmother was Polish and I have some relatives there.I can already speak French and Spanish quite well but Polish isn't a latin-based language so I knew it would be completely different.
I did a one-month intensive course at a language school in Birmingham.I thought I was good at languages before I started learning Polish,but now I'm not so sure.I found it incredibly difficult.The grammar was really complicated and the words were not like any other language I know so it was very hard to remember them.For example,I thought "football" was lebih atau less an international word,but it Polish it's "pilka nozna".And the pronunciation is unbelievable!Every word is full of z's where anda don't expect them,like "jezdzisz" which means "you go".
My course finished yesterday and I'm going to Kraków for the weekend to do my tests.A local guide called Kasia is coming with me and is going to give me a mark out of 10.
Mark 10, wait for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I arrived at Kraków airport with Kasia,my guide.Test number one,I had to get a taxi to the hotel.I berkata to the taxi driver,in Polish,"To the Holiday Inn hotel,please,"- "Prosze do hotelu Holiday Inn".No problem.The driver understood me.But then he started talking to me in perfect English.I felt a bit stupid.
We got to the hotel,checked in,and then we went to the hotel bar for the test number two.
A waitress came up to us and I berkata "Prosze piwo," that is,a bir please.Then the waitress berkata something in Polish and I understood her!She berkata " a big atau small beer?" "Big," I said.I was so happy that I could understand her,I really enjoyed that beer.
selanjutnya we went out into the jalan, street for test three:asking for directions.I decided to ask for directions to a chemist,"apteka".I stopped a woman who looked friendly and I said,in Polish,"Excuse me please,is there a chemist's near here?No problem.But then she started talking really fast and pointing.I tried to listen for left atau right atau anything I could understand but no,I couldn't understand anyting.I was sure that Kasia was going to give me zero for this test!
I was feeling less confident now.We went back to the hotel for test four:making a phone call.Kasia gave me a phone number and told me to ask to speak to her friend.His name was Adam.I dialled the number.A woman answered the phone."Is Adam there?",I berkata hopefully."Adama nie ma," she said.I understood that!Adam's not in.I wanted to say"When will he be back?" but I could only say"When home" "Kiedy domu?" And I didn't understand her answer.So I berkata thank anda and goodbye very politely.Kasia smiled,so I thought,well,not bad.
Finally,test five:asking the time.I knew this test was going to be very hard.Numbers in Polish are incredibly difficult and I've always found telling the time is impossible.But I had a brilliant idea.I stopped a man in the jalan, street and said,"Excuse me,what's the time?"I couldn't understand the answer but I just said,"Sorry,can I see your watch please?"He showed it to me.Twenty past seven.Perfect!
How well did I do in the tests?Well,Kasia gave me five out of ten for language and eight for imagination.So can your learn a language in a month?Not Polish,definitely!
I did a one-month intensive course at a language school in Birmingham.I thought I was good at languages before I started learning Polish,but now I'm not so sure.I found it incredibly difficult.The grammar was really complicated and the words were not like any other language I know so it was very hard to remember them.For example,I thought "football" was lebih atau less an international word,but it Polish it's "pilka nozna".And the pronunciation is unbelievable!Every word is full of z's where anda don't expect them,like "jezdzisz" which means "you go".
My course finished yesterday and I'm going to Kraków for the weekend to do my tests.A local guide called Kasia is coming with me and is going to give me a mark out of 10.
Mark 10, wait for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
I arrived at Kraków airport with Kasia,my guide.Test number one,I had to get a taxi to the hotel.I berkata to the taxi driver,in Polish,"To the Holiday Inn hotel,please,"- "Prosze do hotelu Holiday Inn".No problem.The driver understood me.But then he started talking to me in perfect English.I felt a bit stupid.
We got to the hotel,checked in,and then we went to the hotel bar for the test number two.
A waitress came up to us and I berkata "Prosze piwo," that is,a bir please.Then the waitress berkata something in Polish and I understood her!She berkata " a big atau small beer?" "Big," I said.I was so happy that I could understand her,I really enjoyed that beer.
selanjutnya we went out into the jalan, street for test three:asking for directions.I decided to ask for directions to a chemist,"apteka".I stopped a woman who looked friendly and I said,in Polish,"Excuse me please,is there a chemist's near here?No problem.But then she started talking really fast and pointing.I tried to listen for left atau right atau anything I could understand but no,I couldn't understand anyting.I was sure that Kasia was going to give me zero for this test!
I was feeling less confident now.We went back to the hotel for test four:making a phone call.Kasia gave me a phone number and told me to ask to speak to her friend.His name was Adam.I dialled the number.A woman answered the phone."Is Adam there?",I berkata hopefully."Adama nie ma," she said.I understood that!Adam's not in.I wanted to say"When will he be back?" but I could only say"When home" "Kiedy domu?" And I didn't understand her answer.So I berkata thank anda and goodbye very politely.Kasia smiled,so I thought,well,not bad.
Finally,test five:asking the time.I knew this test was going to be very hard.Numbers in Polish are incredibly difficult and I've always found telling the time is impossible.But I had a brilliant idea.I stopped a man in the jalan, street and said,"Excuse me,what's the time?"I couldn't understand the answer but I just said,"Sorry,can I see your watch please?"He showed it to me.Twenty past seven.Perfect!
How well did I do in the tests?Well,Kasia gave me five out of ten for language and eight for imagination.So can your learn a language in a month?Not Polish,definitely!
this is scarlet included becouse originally for manga so brief description
Authors note: okay what's this story mostly is about is. That who ever gets bitten oleh a vampire. Leaves a scar of a bintang on the palm of their hand. anda might be thinking what? These are different vampires. With different gifts.
Scarlet's P.O.V
I woke up. The sun filling half the room.i lived In a small town. With little shops here ad their. It is always dark and gloomy. Rarely sun. I woke up getting dressed in my out-fit link. I walked out the door sighing. Gosh I was exhausted. I was. Looking at the bintang on my hand. Why why did I get bitten. Why me. Anyways I got my things and headed to school.
Scarlet's P.O.V
I woke up. The sun filling half the room.i lived In a small town. With little shops here ad their. It is always dark and gloomy. Rarely sun. I woke up getting dressed in my out-fit link. I walked out the door sighing. Gosh I was exhausted. I was. Looking at the bintang on my hand. Why why did I get bitten. Why me. Anyways I got my things and headed to school.
He creeps through the alley ways
Forever, perhaps
All in search
Of a few meaningless scraps
Paws scared, bulu stained
Mourning over
What his jantung once contained
kerah torn, soul lost
Forever wandering
On the ground of frost
Memories will never fade
For his closest companion
And master for life, betrayed
Kicked on the streets
Forced to live
With the night's beasts
Wanders and wonders
Hiding in the shadows
From the night's thunders
Forgive and forget
They always say
But that thought doesn't enter the mind of this stray
Hoping one hari a new master would come
But alas, that is seldom
As days go by, and nights linger
He hopes and prays
For his soul and body
To part ways
For the pain is torture
And the future is bleak
Shunned from the world
Known as a freak
When, oh when, will the world learn?
How would they feel if the tides were turned?
Forever, perhaps
All in search
Of a few meaningless scraps
Paws scared, bulu stained
Mourning over
What his jantung once contained
kerah torn, soul lost
Forever wandering
On the ground of frost
Memories will never fade
For his closest companion
And master for life, betrayed
Kicked on the streets
Forced to live
With the night's beasts
Wanders and wonders
Hiding in the shadows
From the night's thunders
Forgive and forget
They always say
But that thought doesn't enter the mind of this stray
Hoping one hari a new master would come
But alas, that is seldom
As days go by, and nights linger
He hopes and prays
For his soul and body
To part ways
For the pain is torture
And the future is bleak
Shunned from the world
Known as a freak
When, oh when, will the world learn?
How would they feel if the tides were turned?
