Difficulties children have in native Polish-learning?
Posted: 2008-11-26, 18:22
Hi,
I am very interested in both Polish and language acquisition, so I had a general question for you all. What aspects of the language do you notice children having (or remember yourself having) the greatest difficulty learning, or taking the longest time to acquire? I’ve often wondered about certain ‘difficult’ (to a foreigner) sound aspects, such as 'trz', which, as a somewhat subtle sound, seems like it would take a while for kids to pronounce properly, but perhaps I’m wrong.
Also, do young children often make mistakes when using the past tense, since it is gendered, for example a girl saying "ja był...", or is this something they pick up without having to be corrected?
Edit: 'trż' changed to 'trz'; the z-to-ż switch happened automatically when I converted l/ to ł. Thanks for the response, pittmirg!
I am very interested in both Polish and language acquisition, so I had a general question for you all. What aspects of the language do you notice children having (or remember yourself having) the greatest difficulty learning, or taking the longest time to acquire? I’ve often wondered about certain ‘difficult’ (to a foreigner) sound aspects, such as 'trz', which, as a somewhat subtle sound, seems like it would take a while for kids to pronounce properly, but perhaps I’m wrong.
Also, do young children often make mistakes when using the past tense, since it is gendered, for example a girl saying "ja był...", or is this something they pick up without having to be corrected?
Edit: 'trż' changed to 'trz'; the z-to-ż switch happened automatically when I converted l/ to ł. Thanks for the response, pittmirg!