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0:00 Intro
0:22 Quiz 1
4:35 Quiz 2

[@chris.poland]

Dzięki za oglądanie. Możesz również sprawdzić mój nowy Instagram: instagram.com/chrisb.yt Daj mi znać, co myślisz o tym filmie! 😊 Thanks for watching. You can also check out my new Instagram: instagram.com/chrisb.yt Let me know what you think about that video! 😊

[@ez2404]

Wroclaw is Breslau and Szczecin is Settin.

[@chris.poland]

Breslau I heard before but I never heard Settin.@@ez2404

[@karael4996]

@@chris.poland even you drive to Poland 'u will see inscription Szczecin ( Stettin )

[@HALBiSSGames]

pierogi paczki and bigos are propably the most popular polish dishes on the world. JET CREW - ONE OF BIGGER CHANNELS ON USA YOPUTUBE MADE FULL COMERCIAL CLOTHES GADGETS AND FULL MARGE ABOUT PIEROGI AND PACZKI - PIEROGI ARE TYPICAL POLISH DISH BEST ONE MY FAVORITE AND 90% OF POLISH PEOPLE ANSWERED THAT SAME AS ME U HAVE MEAT ,,PIEROGI,, (MOST POPULAR) RUSISH PIEROGI (SECOND - RUSISH ITS ONBLY NAME POLISH GUY UNDER RUSISH BORDERS MADE THEM) PIEROGI WITH VEGETABLES WITH MUSROMS SWEET WITH FRUITS AND SUGAR EVERYONE HAVE ONE FOR THEM :DD SECOND ARE PACZSKI - PACZKI ARE POLISH VERSION OF DONUTS BUT MADE BEEETTTEER AND NOT A LITTLE BUT MUCH BETTER XDDD AND LAST ON 3RTD PLACE IS BIGOS - BIGOS IS LIKED ON WORLD 50:50 EVERYONE ON EAST OF POLISH BARIER LOOOOVE BIGOS CHINA JAPAN AND INDONESIA PEOPLE LOVE THIS THAT MUCH TRHAT THEY MADE NEW MENU WITH POLISH BIGOS BUT ON WEST SIDE OF US... SRRY MY COUNTRY I MEAN THEY LIKE OR HATE IN PROPORTION 30:70 - 30 LIKE 70 NOY BECAUSE ITS FLAVOUR IS ACIDIC WITH MEAT FLAVOUR AND IS ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA ITS PERFECT MIX BUT IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE NOT...

[@chris.poland]

Dzięki za oglądanie! Daj mi znać, czy powinienem robić więcej takich rzeczy! Sprawiło mi to dużo frajdy i myślę, że to świetny sposób na pokazanie więcej mojej osobowości. 😊 Btw, przyciąłem ten filmik zbyt mocno i nie pokazałem tak bardzo procesu myślenia, ponieważ obawiałem się, że jest zbyt powolny dla wielu i wielu się wyłączy, ale następnym razem przycię trochę mniej, ponieważ obejrzałem go ponownie, czekając na możliwość dodania napisów i podoba mi się wolniejsze wideo o wiele bardziej!

[@breakingdodosOffical]

Ładnie rozmawiasz po polsku! Czasem twój niemiecki się pokazuje, ale tak to git :D

[@chris.poland]

If you mean this text, I have to admit, that I translated it😅. If you mean the video thank you, I dont know what I am doing, but it seems that I do it not so bad 😂@@breakingdodosOffical

[@breakingdodosOffical]

@@chris.poland I was talking about the text and the video

[@mariomarcucholek998]

Rób swoje ;-) Przy okazji tego, że nasze historie są ze sobą nierozerwalne przynajmniej od 972r. czyli pierwszej udokumentowanej tak historycznie potyczki, żebyś sprawdził czy jednak przez przypadek nie masz jednak rodziny w Polsce 🙂

[@yuukonen]

9:57 translated for english speakers name Kazimierz (from Kazimir) - polish name, if u see "mir" in names it's usually slavic mir means "peace" fun fact: Poznań (city's name) comes from "belonging to Poznamir(person's name)", while I always thought it came from a verb "poznać" (eng."to get to know")

[@ba_vinci9220]

Don't worry friend! You are doing great! You are still learning, and there's nothing wrong with it, furthermore even some of the Polish people would answer some of these questions wrong. The most important thing is that you have a will to learn, and this is the most important, and we appreciate it a lot! Keep going! Take care and have fun!

[@chris.poland]

Thanks :)

[@DexterOwerko]

9:57 I love this happy noise of victory, very wholesome and cute 😆🧡 As a polish person i think i wouldn't get 100% on the second quiz, so you did great!

[@chris.poland]

Tell me in the comments how many you got right ;) Powiedz mi w komentarzach, ile z nich udało Ci się poprawnie wytypować ;)

[@bessarion1771]

All of them, and I left Poland in 1981...

[@Sebastian_Zet_]

Jako ze jestem Polakiem ( choć mam niemieckie nazwisko) odpowiedziałem w 100% poprawnie

[@dawidmorsi5480]

we only have 1 translator guy in poland for all movies

[@chris.poland]

I need this translator guy for my videos because many said the google translated subtitles arent good 😂@@dawidmorsi5480

[@bessarion1771]

@@dawidmorsi5480 Translator or lektor???

[@marcinszrajber]

9:55 these names are just translated into English. In Polish it would be Bolesław Kazimierz Stanisław Zygmunt

[@chris.poland]

I am glad I didn't know this, maybe I would have chosen otherwise 😂

[@sylwia1410]

To Latin. Casimir is the Latin version of Polish Kazimierz. No one cared about the English language in the times of Kazimierz. And Bolesław and Stanisław are Polish, too. But Zygmunt is a Germanic name.

[@alh6255]

Bolesław, Kazimierz and Stanisław are pure Polish names, with a history much longer than the existence of the Polish state (created first as a duchy in the mid-10th century, it became a kingdom about 50 years later). Zygmunt (Sigismund) came from Germany in the Middle Ages and has been popular name in Poland for many centuries. During the 800 years of the Kingdom of Poland's existence (until the partitions of Poland at the end of the 18th century), these first three names were among the most popular among 39 Polish kings (especially in the Piast dynasty). In turn, Zygmunt was popular in the 16th century among the kings of the Jagiellon dynasty.

[@alh6255]

The name Stanisław became very popular in France and Italy from the 17th century, thanks to the Polish king Stanisław Leszczyński, father-in-law of the French king Louis XV. Stanisław Leszczynski also became the Duke of Lorraine (Lothringen), and was one of the most highly rated rulers of this province. He also became famous as a reformer of French and partly Italian cuisine (confections and cakes, especially in Napoli) - a cuisine and cooking were his great passion. In French cuisine, over 300 famous standard French dishes have a Stanislaus-addition ( à la Stanislas).

[@radsec]

Wroclaw is called Breslau in German

[@AngelikaCiurej]

Nope 😅 name Breslau have roots in old western Slavic language. Check it out 😊

[@grzegorzgrzesiak7498]

@@AngelikaCiurej That doesn't change the fact that its called Breslau in German.

[@AngelikaCiurej]

@@grzegorzgrzesiak7498 Breslau nawet nie jest niemieckim słowem. Chyba, że dawno temu go przejęli od Słowian zachodnich

[@LucasCh.L.]

@@AngelikaCiurej Wciąż nie zmienia to faktu, że mówią Breslau. Etymologia nazwy jest słowiańska tak samo, jak wielu innych miast np. Berlin, Drezno, Budziszyn etc., bo tereny wschodnich Niemiec zamieszkiwali kiedyś Słowianie, aż do Hamburga. Gdańsk to też Polskie miasto, jeżeli spojrzeć na historię, bo został założony najprawdopodobniej przez Mieszka I i znajdował się dłużej pod panowaniem polskim, ale to Niemcy mieli największy wkład w jego wygląd i kulturalne dziedzictwo...

[@kw3275]

​Wiem to z war thundera 😆

[@TheMarzenaAleksandra]

Zapiekanka is the Polish contribution to the global fast food culture 😛

[@IwonaF333]

09:10 pierogi are the most famous Polish dish also we have many types of them: with meat, cottage cheese, fruits, spinach, etc so they may also look a bit different on the pictures.

[@maksimwiszniow9]

No. The most famous Polish dishes are Bigos and Golonka z piwem

[@bessarion1771]

Unfortunately, 99% of Americans think the only pierogi are with potato and cheese, aka "Russian pierogi..."

[@d.d.3249]

​@@bessarion1771There is no such thing as pierogi rosyjskie (Russian dumplings) in Poland. There are pierogi ruskie. Only you don't even distinguish Russia from Rus.

[@Kitecek1]

@@bessarion1771 pierogi ruskie są z ziemniakami i twarogiem

[@bessarion1771]

@@Kitecek1 Wiem, a tylko takie są znane Amerykanom. Oni wszyscy są zdumieni kiedy im mówię o pierogach z miesem albo kapusta kiszona i grzybami.

[@karolinaignaczak6337]

"Do swidania" made me laugh XD ;-) Cool that you are up for challenges like that ;-) Alles Gute!

[@publicminx]

you might already have heard about 'Wroclaw' by the German name 'Breslau'. Breslau/Wroclaw was the historical capital of Slesia/Schlesien. In general since the 13. century the majority were Germans most of the time. Breslau was then part of Bohemia which also meant part of the HRR (Holy Roman Empire = Germany as base but also Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Luxemburg, Northern Italy, Czech/Bohemia (as said), parts of France, Switzerland etc - plus its connection to Rome). Then after a short time Hungary and then Austria, till it was taken by Prussia - in the known war between Prussia (Friedrich der Grosse/Frederick the Great) and Austria (Maria Theresia), later German Empire till it became after WW2 part of Poland ...

[@nataliam5698]

Wrocław był miastem polskim również za czasów Piastów Śląskich, co widać nie tylko w niektórych elementach zachowanej jeszcze od tamtego czasu architektury, szczególnie Ostrowa Tumskiego, ale również chociażby po mauzoleum Piastów Śląskich we Wrocławiu. Dolny Śląsk to ogólnie region od wieków wielokulturowy, ale również Polscy władcy mieli duży wkład w jego rozwój. Jedne z najstarszych budowli na ziemiach Dolnego Śląska pochodzą właśnie z ich czasów

[@MayaTheDecemberGirl]

I think that most of the Polish would say that a national animal is a white eagle - because it's on the Polish emblem. But we have nowadays quite a big (in comparison with other countries) population of European bison (żubr). Earlier they almost died out, but their population managed to be restored. They live in wild especially in the Białowieża Forest (Puszcza Białowieska) - which is by the way listed at the UNESCO List of World's Cultural Heritage sites. Bisons live also in the South, in Upper Silesia (Pszczyna - Jankowice). And red poppy flowers - it comes from the very well known war song titled "Red Poppy Flowers on Monte Cassino". The songs was written in the night 17-18 May 1944, by the Polish soldiers fighting in the Battle of Monte Cassino (under command of general Władysław Anders). On 18th May 1944, the day following the song's composition, the Polish stormed and captured the precints of the Monte Cassino monastery. Later that day, the song was first performed at the general Władysław Anders headquarters, to celebrate the Polish victory in the battle.

[@sylwia1410]

I think the bison comes from the fact that every European bison in the world originated in Poland. Something like with the Chinese and pandas. And another Polish animal would be the white stork as every fourth or fith is born in Poland.

[@hynol]

I would never guess poppy flower - it is international symbol for war causalities. For me something like weeping willow is far more convincing as national plant.

[@MayaTheDecemberGirl]

@@hynol I've also never heard earlier that a poppy flower is supposed to be as much as our national plant. So this quiz is a bit strange. But for sure, it's connotated with above mentioned war song.

[@alh6255]

The European bison was not "almost extinct," but completely extinct. And it was recreated by Poles in the 1920s and 1930s. Until the outbreak of World War II, there was already a large herd of bison in the Bialowieza Forest, until the 1970s, there were also other herds of bison in the Bieszczady Mountains, then also in other Polish bigger forests. Currently, Poles cooperate with many European countries in repopulating other European forests with bison.

[@MayaTheDecemberGirl]

@@alh6255 You're right that they were completely extinct in wild (there were some living in captivity left). And I've read that during the WW I occuping German troops shot in Białowieża Forest more than 600 bisons, for meat, fun and sport.

[@ArturSewczyk]

Super. Czekam na nastepne 😊

[@katkacerasvs]

The whole concept of national animal and national flower seems strange to me. I don't think I've ever learned or even heard that we have a national animal or flower. I've only heard of national animal of Canada and national flower of Ukraine. But seeing the possible answers it is kind of obvious with one to choose. The last habitat of wild european bisons was in Białowieża forest. The last bison living in the wild was killed during WWI. Now we have quite a big population reintroduced there. And the poppies... "And all the poppies on Monte Cassino Will be redder because from Polish blood they'll grow"

[@brod7053]

The question with the third biggest city was a tough one actually because it depended on what source they used and what year they were taking into account. In 2024 Wrocław is the 3rd biggest city in Poland and Łódź is the 4th in number of citizens. It's mainly because of living in Łódź getting more expensive (people moving outside the city) and death to birth ratio - like in most places in Poland there is more people in Łódź dying than being born (and that's because not very good health care and small number of babies being born).

[@chris.poland]

Yes, without germany had and still has to an lesser extend due to the imigrants the same problem. with low fertilityrates

[@jakubdziamecki2969]

Chris you are great :) I live in Poznan, which has mixed roots - it is Polish city with a lot of German influence due to our shared history and large German community in the past. If you would like to visit I will be more than happy to be your host :)

[@nobodycares9494]

I don't think I would do as well on a quiz about Germany as you did about Poland. Congrats!

[@execor9764]

As you already saw and recorded "Animated history of Poland", there's more animations like those about our history. 1. "IPNtv: Unconquered: Trying Times" - it's about Poles' fight for independence in between I. and II. WW. 2. Second one is sequel to that: "IPNtv: The Unconquered" - it's about story of Poland in WW2. It's pretty epic as Sean Bean (Eddard Stark from Game of Thrones) narrates, great voice. 3. Another one from the series is "Game for Independence. Poland 🇵🇱" which is about the partitions of Poland (1772-1795), resulting in the elimination of Poland and Lithuania for 123 years.

[@kamilagorlikowska]

There are so many types of pierogi you can cook them and then fey them or only cook or only fry, also they can be filled with meer, mushroom and cabbage (sauerkraut) , cheese and potatoes, blueberries or strawberries and other

[@ladycatherine1381]

Tak sobie myślę, że w sumie możesz spokojnie mówić po niemiecku, nawet jeśli nie rozumiemy tak jak po angielsku, to przecież są napisy po polsku :) myślę, że i Tobie będzie łatwiej werbalizować myśli 😊 A o wiedzę się nie martw, wszystko jest do poznania 🙃 sama złapałam się na tym, że ja też niewiele wiem o Niemczech, pomimo że bywałam w Twoim kraju 😅 tak czy owak - świetna robota 👍

[@flamson0926]

Nie uważam tego za dobry pomysł. Więcej Polaków zna angielski niż niemiecki. Słucham sobie tego w tle i rozumiem wszystko, po niemiecku to nie to samo :(

[@margplsr3120]

ale dla innych osób spoza Polską lepiej ang

[@krzysztofkrupa4755]

Chris zrób taką ankietę z takimi pytaniami swoim rodakom .

[@agata3958]

I myself didn't know some of the answers in the 2nd quiz. You did pretty well imo, although I am surprised that you don't know pierogi. Even some black dude from the US that I was arguing with on Instagram called me 'pierogies nigga' (they don't know pierogi is already plural and usually write it like that) when he realized I'm Polish lol

[@ssasasas5758]

Great Video! :)

[@rafalszczepanski98]

4:56 Tu jest bzdura. Orzeł biały jest naszym symbolem narodowym, oczywiście.

[@souldrakula8353]

"Cześć!" sounds similar to "Tschüss!" but it means hello (not goodbye).

[@polish_raccoon_]

2:40 "i think christmas sounds a little bit more like.. christmas" i wheezed hdsgs - it's Święta Bożego Narodzenia here 3:20 in polish name is 'imię' so IMIEniny yk 9:10 PIEROGI ARE OUR MOST IMPORTANT TRADITONAL DISH, our polsih treasure don't worry abt speaking in german, it's pretty funny and nice to watch you did pretty good, i wasn't sure abt few questions myself

[@chris.poland]

Thanks :)

[@publicminx]

'Pirogi' are part of the 'Teigtaschen/Dumpling' family (there are many different ones in many cultures. In Germany you have stuff like Maultaschen, the ordinary Dumplings or the German Fruehlingsrolle/Springroll, but also the Asian version (Springroll) or Italian Tortellini, Ravioli or Asian Wan Tan, Russia also has a version etc.). My impression is that the Polish one (similar to the Russian one and maybe others from that slavic space?) are just like bigger 'usual' dumplings. You can eat 'Pirogi' also in Germany, especially in Berlin are many Polish or mixed Food stations/Restaurants ...

[@sylwia1410]

The Russian pielmieni and Polish pierogi have little in common other than both being a kind of dumplings. They differ in size and staffing. Unless you mean the ruskie pierogi (staffed with cheese and potatoes) which are Polish-Ukrainian and have nothing to do with Russia. Polish pierogi can be staffed with nearly anything and have both sweet and non-sweet versions. For example Christmas pierogi are with souerkraut and mushrooms while we love our pierogi with strawberries in summer. But there are many many more.

[@pantarei.]

Polish bison in Polish is "żubr". We even have the beer "Żubr" :-)

[@DamorkaDalilla]

That was fun :D

[@pauledi185]

Chris. You are more guessing than checking your knowledge. Agree? 😉 Tests are not learning tools. If I was doing a quiz like that about Germany, I would not be able to pronounce many long German words, I would be guessing too, and although I love geography I would find it frustrating and not entertaining. Do you know the deepest lake in Germany, etc? 😉😊

[@chris.poland]

I wouldn't say pure guessing, for example with the square kilometers, this was strategic thinking to get to an answer. But yes, it's a common theme on this channel that germans know nothing about Poland, but thats also the reason why I have this channel

[@pauledi185]

Chris. Don't take it too heart, please. Maybe my wording was wrong. You know more about Poland than an average Pole about Germany. Very sorry if my comment sounded discouraging. Verzeiung.

[@publicminx]

@pauledi: when I grew up I thought the deepest lake was the Koenigsee in Bavaria but later I read that its the Bodensee (after that the 'Walchensee' and third is 'Koenigsee'). Such kind of tests can btw. of course also be part of learning! (for general facts (without much details) its even a quite effective method (also used to check/correct knowledge for the driving license and thousand other things). Of course for general learning (deeper history contexts, everyday life etc.) it has some limits ...

[@pauledi185]

@@publicminx Thank you for the comment. I was wrong about using tests for learning. Also, I did not mean to test the knowlege of German lakes. I tried to say Chris may not know that about Germany but he is "testing" himself on Polish lakes. Most important you both like learning that way. I myself would not like to learn all the correct answers by heart without reading the Highway Code, for example. But surely I know people who like it that way.👍

[@pawesan7540]

4:53 - the national animal of Poland IS eagle, like in Germany I think. I don't know who made this quiz but he's quite... stupid. Poland is known as a country in which we have the largest population of bisons, but they're not our national animals. 6:40 - Wrocław is Breslau. 7:43 - There is wrong information about Rysy mountain - it is in fact 2501m high, but the peak(2501m) is in Slovakia, on polish side it has 2499m 8:40 - Hel isn't an island. There is półwysep helski which means Hel peninsula and Hel is a city at the end of it. 14:24 - at 1025 there was a coronation of the first polish king Bolesław I Chrobry. the 'baptism' of Poland was done at 966. If it comes to Ottoman Empire - Turks invaded Austria. at 15-something, around 1525-35 there was indeed some battle in Austra with Ottoman empire, but the most known in Poland is battle for Vienna at 1683 when polish army saved the Europe

[@chris.poland]

I googled it, google also says bison

[@pawesan7540]

@@chris.poland Well, maybe unoficially. Oficially it's white eagle with golden crown and claws. This is a part from wiki: "A crowned white-tailed eagle on a red shield or background has been Poland's national symbol and coat of arms since the Middle Ages. Other unofficial symbols feature visual personifications, music of Chopin, polonaise and mazurka dances, animals such as the European bison or the white stork, apples, red poppy flowers and religious insignia of the Roman Catholic church.[1][2][3] Several have been popularised in recent years, notably the winged hussars.[4]" But if it comes to the reality, I've never heard that european bison is our national animal. Everyone knows that the population of them is big here, I guess biggest in the Europe, I don't know if they live in other countries, maybe some in Germany as well, but anyway. It's not a common thing so I would consider this as a mistake. Wiki also mentions storks, but noone consider them as our national animal. So I would stick with Germany - black eagle, Poland - white eagle. Everything else is just speculation.

[@twkolejofil]

I think they called "national" that animal and flower which is in a way specially connected with Poland. European bison lives freely only in Białowieża Forest on the border of Poland and Belarus. The red poppies are well known from the patriotic song "The red poppies on Monte Casino" about heroism of Polish soldiers during 2WW in Italy. And they are quite common in mostly agricultural Poland.

[@paskudztwoludowe6188]

9:50 Formally the last king of Poland was Nicholas II Romanov - russian Tsar because the Kingdom of Poland was on papers country separated from Russia

[@karzel17190]

Wroclaw is Breslau 😊

[@AngelikaCiurej]

Breslau has root in old west slavic language not German

[@publicminx]

half true at best. At first there was theGermanic Vandal tribe of the 'Silinger' which gave Silesia/Schlesien its name (which were already described by Tacitus in the year 98 and around 150 by Ptolemy in his 'Germania Magna'. The Slavic Szesanen came like 500-700 (or more, depends on when how long the Vandals where there actually) years later). And Breslau/Wroclaw was the historical capital of Slesia/Schlesien. In general since the 13. century the majority were Germans most of the time. Breslau was then part of Bohemia which also meant part of the HRR (Holy Roman Empire = Germany as base but also Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Luxemburg, Northern Italy, Czech/Bohemia (as said), parts of France, Switzerland etc - plus its connection to Rome). Then after a short time Hungary and then Austria, till it was taken by Prussia - in the known war between Prussia (Friedrich der Grosse/Frederick the Great) and Austria (Maria Theresia), later German Empire till it became after WW2 part of Poland ... so, you have a typical mixed history like often in Central Europe and/or in/around the Holy Roman Empire epicenter/Germany ...

[@karzel17190]

@@AngelikaCiurejreally?

[@floki8540]

​@@publicminx How many proofs you have that Vandals were germanic tribes if they don't have any writings in which language they spoke. And actually there was a tribe in Śląsk which were called "Ślężanie" it is simply historical fact.

[@munchnerkindl7480]

Very cool.👍

[@nianiaogg88]

Good job! You know enough :)

[@susepospolity2175]

"the unconquered" this is a staple on the channel about reactions to Poland. In my opinion, a better version of the animated history of Poland. In addition, I can recommend the films of the Allegro film group and the Darwin film group, as well as the next episode of Outpost 13 entitled "Hitler", a very comedic presentation.

[@unnamedly]

I didn't know: - how many world heritage sites are in Poland - what animal is "working" at the Palace of Culture and Science - "What kind of city is this" - a national flower. Good thing you didn't cheat :D The Internet is often associated with cheating, and here I saw only the reasoning and you did really well :D It's also nice to see another idea for a video. Keep working, implement ideas like this, and 25k subscriptions in the coming months will easily be achieved :D I find it interesting to watch. Btw. You associated Poznań, which, apart from the period of the German Empire and the Prussian partition, was Polish for most of its history, but the name Poznań/Posen is similar. But you didn't associate Wrocław/Breslau, which was German for most of history :D but here the name is a bit different, so understandable. Gdańsk/Danzig also sounds similar to a third person I think. Grüße!

[@Paolo-gj7ip]

Wrocław Gernan for most of history?😁

[@grineee5097]

Gdańsk - Danzig, Poznań - Posen, Wrocław - Breslau, those three you can easily remember :p

[@D0LLores]

Hii love the vids!! Can you react to ww2 documentaries about the death camps or the medical experiments in Poland?

[@ZwyczajnyfanJUVE]

Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Szczecina

[@Shilohpreston]

Rysy are 2499 high. There are many kinds of recipes for Pierogi Lector is someone who reads translated lines of text. Tłumacz is translator.

[@afoforeta]

Hi Chris, in the first one I got 9 and in the second 18. At the beginning when you read "do widzenia" you said "do zwidania", that's in Russian.

[@Ubdejt]

I AM POLISH AND DIDN'T KNEW SOME

[@edytakowal3396]

Ich verstehe nicht, warum du Englisch statt Deutsch sprichst 🤔 Ich habe den Titel gesehen, und sicher war, dass es auf Deutsch wird. Schade. Wie auch immer, viel Glück mit dem Kanal und ich freue mich auf die Videos auf Deutsch 😊

[@mateuszswiderski5561]

cala moja rodzina mieszka w Niemczech, czesc jest w malzenstwie z niemcami, moi kuzyni chodza od dziecka tam do szkoly wiec mam mnostwo znajomych z DE. I musze powiedziec, ze ciesze sie, ze z takich filmikow, gdzie Niemiec pozytywnie rozmawia o naszym kraju. Dzieli nas historia, ale mentalnie jestesmy braćmi i oby te złe rzeczy już nigdy się nie powtórzyły. Pozdrawiam

[@Lotnik102]

11:14 This "Nice building" is name "Pałac Kultury i Nauki" with means "Palace of Culture and Konwlege". It was a "gift" from Stalin to polish people after WWII when Warsaw was rebuild. It was highest building in Poland until 2022 when "Varso" building in Warsaw take the tile of highest building. In near past and now many people wish to demolish "Pałac Kultury" down because in fact it's a Soviet monumen. But goverment decide to hold it back... for now...

[@pawelmacko1]

You are awesome, I love when you speak. I Am Polish, jestem Polakiem. And I Think you make more films. Sorry but i love you and your films.

[@adriannakotleszka6585]

Pozdrawiam z wielkopolskiego Konina. Zabawnie brzmi twa wypowiedź. Słyszę polski słowa i rosyjskie słowo, jak je wypowiadasz. 😂 Biorę poprawkę, że to twoje początki z polskim językiem. A wam Niemcom język polski, rosyjski, ukraiński, czeski, brzmi podobnie. 😊

[@Rimmar]

what are these polish subtlitles? Skrzynia Boża xD? btw. you got some of the answers covered in yours Geography Now video :P

[@chris.poland]

I use the English Subtitles that YT autogenerates and translate them with Google Translate to Polish subtitles. Unfortunatelly I have noone that can correct them, because I dont speak Polish 😅

[@Rimmar]

@@chris.poland yeah I guess that was the situation but still very funny :D maybe one of the viewers will be eager to provide translation

[@ARCAD3BLOOD]

Technically lynx is also a polish animal, it's just not common to find one. while it was also not common to find a bison, their population was "restarted". While lynx is still a wild animal that could be dangerous to humans, and they don't like to be "found" in nature, never caused any problems.

[@archibald5930]

There is not only one type of pierogi. Its many recipes.

[@headshooterpl2128]

That second quiz could be kind old. Just because right now the fourth biggest city is Łódź, as Wrocław took its third place.

[@Trutka91]

Hey, You did good. :D

[@polskikozio9316]

respect that you want to learn about us, our culture, our language (im sure 70% of pepole that wanted to learn polish gave up after few words)

[@chris.poland]

I don't want to learn polish, I just want to learn about the country and culture. Poland is one of the countries I want to learn more about. :) If you are interested, other countries that fit into that category are the Nordics and Australia for example :)

[@polskikozio9316]

@@chris.poland at least you can say cześć

[@Venuss374]

the thing with the lector is that we have only one translator for every movie and foreiners often think its funny . We just got used to it

[@MayaTheDecemberGirl]

For many Poles it's actually better than dubbing.

[@sylwia1410]

He's not really a translator. He just reads the dialogues.

[@TheFifthHorseman_]

9:55: You're right that the name doesn't sound Polish. Sigsimund III Vasa - Zygmunt III Waza, as we know him - was originally from Sweden.

[@fox570808]

6:55 - out of date - Łódź is the fourth biggest city in Poland now (Wrocław is the third).

[@Deailon]

Casimir (in modern Polish Kazimierz) is in fact a Slavic name with a clear meaning in Old Polish. The first ruler of Poland with this name lived in the 11th Century.

[@bugumaczek9899]

Polska powstała w 966, a pierwszy król był koronowany w 1025

[@radekresmer5493]

👍👍👍

[@meneldragan]

Many times when i was in Austria (Innsbruck and Wien) when i show Poland in Maps google Austrians don't expect Poland is that big and populated

[@wieslawszapowal302]

Good staff!!!

[@violetindigo8514]

Polish "lektor" is someone who translates movies in real time and they add "Polish" because it's popular in Poland and not so much in other countries (they use dubbing or subtitles instead).

[@AngelikaCiurej]

You are very handsone, Do you have any polish ancestors?☺️

[@NIedziely6969]

6:18 And Wrocław is Breslau

[@kamilkosowski8357]

Poznań to stolica Wielkopolski kolebki państwa polskiego. Nazywanie tego miasta niemieckim ( było okupowane podczas zaborów przez Niemcy) jest delikatnie mówiąc niezręczne. Mieszkałem 2 lata w Essen 89-91 i mam dobre wspomnienia pozdrawiam z Mazur👋

[@dyniek2580]

Bez przesady. Ja jestem poznaniakiem i wielkopolaninem i mnie to nie rusza, ułatwia to komunikacje. My też mówimy np. Drezno zamiast Dresden albo Pekin zamiast Beijing.

[@kamilkosowski8357]

@@dyniek2580 Nie mam nic do nazewnictwa, proszę czytać ze zrozumieniem napisałem o tym że mówienie o Poznaniu: " Jest niemieckim miastem" jest nie halo dla nas.

[@alh6255]

Mna rzuciło o ścianę i straciłem sympatie dla tego Niemca.

[@kamilkosowski8357]

@@alh6255 Nie ma co przeżywać to pewnie było nieświadome, mieszkałem tam kilka lat oni naprawdę są z innej bajki niż my tam zero szowinizmu bynajmniej zdecydowana większość.

[@zbynk810]

I'd like to say that you read "Ś" like last letter of "giftig" in german, and "Ł" like last letter of "snow" in english.

[@komecia]

I know it's a bit off topic but... I watched it as a kid a nice German series called "Medicopter 117". Do you know this?

[@chris.poland]

No unfortunately not, but wait... a "famous" (its a party-beerdrinking Song) Song covers that, until now I always sung "Helicopter 117" 😂

[@chris.poland]

I googled it, the song is called Helicopter 117, but its probably an homage an this series. Here is a link (but be careful it's not for persons that are used to intelligent music 😂) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKK3hHSqipJ7iKM

[@komecia]

@@chris.poland I'll check out this music (where I know it from) and as for the series, I highly recommend it. I probably like this series so much because I watched it as a kid and I love aviation

[@margplsr3120]

This was interesting even to make by Poles or polish children to learn

[@klau5z]

The European bison is the largest animal in Poland and is a national symbol, next to the eagle and the stork. The white eagle is the official national animal of Poland. Poland has two national animals: the white-tailed eagle as the national bird and the bison as the national animal. Breslau (polnisch Wrocław [ˈvrɔtswaf]) ist eine Großstadt in der polnischen Woiwodschaft Niederschlesien und deren Hauptstadt. Sie ist gleichzeitig Verwaltungssitz des Powiat Wrocławski. Breslau ist ähnlich groß wie Łódź und nach Warschau und Krakau - gemessen an der Einwohnerzahl - die drittgrößte Stadt in Polen. Als Hauptstadt der historischen Region Schlesien ist die kreisfreie Großstadt an der Oder (Odra) Sitz eines römisch-katholischen Erzbischofs und eines evangelischen Diözesanbischofs. Mit zahlreichen Unternehmen, Hochschulen, Forschungsinstituten, Theatern und Museen bildet Breslau das wirtschaftliche, kulturelle und wissenschaftliche Zentrum Niederschlesiens. In seiner wechselvollen Geschichte hatte Breslau seit dem 13. Jahrhundert bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges eine mehrheitlich deutschsprachige Bevölkerung. Nach dem Tod des letzten Piastenherzogs Heinrich VI. hatte Breslau Böhmen, und damit dem HRR, angehört, zeitweise auch Ungarn. Später gehörte Breslau zu Österreich, zu Preußen und zum Deutschen Reich. Im Jahr 1945 wurde Breslau gemäß dem Potsdamer Abkommen unter polnische Verwaltung gestellt. Diese vertrieb bis 1948 die gesamte deutsche Bevölkerung Breslaus und besiedelte die Stadt mit Polen, die meist aus Zentralpolen oder aus den an die Sowjetunion gefallenen Landesteilen kamen. Die De-facto-Zugehörigkeit zu Polen wurde 1991 auch formell mit dem Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag bestätigt. Mit ihren zahlreichen historischen Bauten, Parkanlagen und Plätzen ist die Stadt Anziehungspunkt für Besucher aus aller Welt. Breslau war 2012 einer der Austragungsorte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft und 2016 Kulturhauptstadt Europas sowie Verleihungsort des Europäischen Filmpreises.

[@d.d.3249]

This is the first time I've heard that the bison and the stork are Poland's national animals. Yes, the eagle does.

[@annawisniewska3487]

jJa Ci dam niemiecki Poznan!!!

[@BarbaraSzydo-ei3nv]

Not bad!! Nicht schlecht!🙃🙂🙂

[@selena6593]

Very good material ! Please check polish animation The Unconquered ❤❤

[@chris.poland]

Thank you :) It will come, but I give myself a bit time with that, because we had many war topics in the last view videos and I don't want that the channel is only about history. But It is by far the most requested video, so it will come I promise 😉

[@niktniktniktniktniktnikt]

Me watching this video as a Polish person: o_o Also I love Germany and I'm planning to live there ❤️

[@gambitkrola5228]

Przyzwoicie ;D

[@damianb7108]

Ich mag dich zu sehen. Polen und Deutschland sind Nachbarn, aber wir wissen nicht so viel über unsere Länder. Es gibt viele Vorurteile und Stereotypen. Wir sind tolle Nationen, sollten zusammenarbeiten für gute gegenseitige Beziehungen. Liebe Grüße aus Polen

[@chris.poland]

Du hast absolut Recht. Vielen Dank. Es freut mich so etwas zu lesen :)

[@marekostrowski1919]

Actually LEKTOR is not a translator so the quiz has it bad. Lektor is a man (or a woman), who reads the translated dialogs in movies or TV series if there is no dub. So he doesn't translate, he reads the translations. In Poland it's quite normal to have a lektor read the lines over actor's voices instead of hiring dubbing actors.

[@user-iw2pj4gw3x]

Wann kommst du nach Polen?Besuch Poznań.

[@karael4996]

Quiz is laying. 1. Warszawa ( Warsaw ( Warschau ) ) - 517 km2 2.Kraków ( Cracow (Krakau) - 326 km2 3.Szczecin ( Stettin ) - 300 km2 4.Łódź - 293 km2 5.Wrocław ( Breslau ) -292 km2 6.Zielona Góra ( Grünberg ) - 278 km2 7.Gdańsk ( Danzig ) - 262 km2 8. Poznań ( Posen ) - 261 km2

[@karael4996]

@chris.poland 'u must remeber dish named Pierogi, Bigos, Rosół ( chicken soup ) Gołąbki and SCHABOWE the best meal ever

[@JurekS]

Chris, so unter uns…. Ich habe gerade deinen Beitrag über das Schloss in Schlesien das deinen Vorfahren gehörte gelesen. Ist vielleicht da die Bernsteinkammer eingegraben? Wir helfen dir bei der Suche. Im Ernst !

[@chris.poland]

Durch die Erwähnung des Bernsteinzimmers wirkt es ein bisschen ironisch ;)

[@hala8767]

Hallo Chris, du scheinst mir, sympathisch zu sein. Deine Videos sind auf Polnisch untertitelt, aber viele Sätze sind für mich leider unverständlich, obwohl ich Polin bin. Hoffentlich hast du polnische Freunde, die es dir korrigieren könnten. Ich wünsche die alles Gute. 🙂

[@chris.poland]

Leider nicht 😅

[@hala8767]

Ich hoffe, das kommt noch. Viel Erfolg beim Polnischlernen. Grüsse

[@chris.poland]

Dankeschön :) Aber ich will gar nicht die Sprache lernen. Sondern nur mehr über meinen Nachbarn wissen :) Das ist jetzt schon der zweite Kommentar der mir das wünscht, es wäre super wenn du mir sagen kannst, wie ihr darauf kommt, vielleicht hab ich ja etwas ausversehen falsch formuliert oder so 😅😊

[@hala8767]

Das muss ein Missverständnis sein. 😄 Ich dachte, du bist einer der vielen Ausländer, der nach Polen umgezogen ist und jetzt die Videos über Polen macht. Das ist eine populäre Erscheinung in Polen auf YT. Ok, lassen wir das. Schönen Tag 🙂

[@SebastianTkaczykPL]

5:11 we do have same pronunciation im polish lingo :D bIzon (not ""ai"") 😉 (edit)btw ... that photos in the tests are really not accurate ...ehh

[@luckynumbersn3396]

Haha es gibt sehr viele Sorten von Pierogi 🥟 😂

[@pantarei.]

Now Wrocław is 3rd biggest city in Poland, as it lately surpassed Łódź. So Warsaw ist the biggest, next is Kraków, 3rd is Wrocław and 4th is Łódź.

[@pantarei.]

Poznań is 5th, and Gdańsk is 6th.

[@TheMarzenaAleksandra]

Forint is the Hungarian currency.

[@chris.poland]

Ah good to know

[@maciejsobanski1436]

We do not have hearts... We heve pierogi instead. ;)

[@FireworksPlayground]

Wrocław is Breslau in German lol

[@jestdobre]

Zrób test o Niemczech - do wypełnienia przez widzów - ciekawe ile wiedzą większym sąsiedzie?

[@Shinobi560]

Hello Friend. You have a new subscriber in me now. My name is Chris too 😉 🙂

[@JurekS]

Chris, ich habe mir das Video noch einmal angesehen. Diesmal mit dem Schwerpunkt die Untertiteln zu lesen. Es ist streckenweise wirklich eine Katastrophe aber nicht die automatische Google Übersetzung ist dabei schuld sondern DU persönlich. 99% der Fehlern hängt mit deiner total falschen Aussprache der polnischen Wörter zusammen. Google versteht dich dann überhaupt nicht und spielt verrückt. Bei Gelegenheit schaue ich mir die anderen Videos, wo du hauptsächlich englisch sprichst, noch einmal an und werde dir über meine Erkenntnisse berichten.

[@chris.poland]

Vielen Dank! :) Schau auch gerne mal, ob es auch wenn ich deutsch spreche eine Katastrophe ist (denn da habe ich ja keine schlechte aussprache) (mit dem German-Counter kannst du ja einfach immer durch das Video scrollen, bis er sich ändert) Denn ich habe eine andere Theorie, aber dafür muss ich erst kurz erklären, wie die Untertitel entstehen. 1. Video auf YT hochladen -> YT erstellt automatische Englische Untertitel, das heißt, dass es versucht aus allem was ich sage ein Englisches Wort zu machen, da dies wenn ich Deutsche/ Polnische Worte ausspreche nicht möglich ist, rät YT einfach irgendetwas -> Daher die Katastrophe 2. Ich lade die Untertitel als srt-Datei herunter und mache diese zu einer Word-Datei 3. Ich lasse die Word-Datei mit Google Translator übersetzen. Dabei zerhaut google Translate die Formatierung. 4. Deshalb habe ich ein Python-Programm geschrieben, welches die Formatierung wiederherstellt. Das lass ich drüber laufen. (Mein Programm sucht gewisse Zeichenfolgen wie ";&

[@JurekS]

@@chris.poland Ok, danke jetzt bin ich etwas schlauer geworden wie das ganze läuft. Ich habe mir gerade noch ein Video angeschaut und siehe da fast keine Fehler. Im Grunde genommen ist es doch kein Problem. Diejenigen die auf die Untertitel angewiesen sind kommen schnell drauf wo von die Rede ist. Gehe mit deiner Energie und deiner Zeit sparsam um. Verschwende sie nicht um alles perfekt zu machen. Das betrifft ebenfalls auch uns. Verschone auch uns vor Lappalien. Ab und zu ist es ok dich besser beim Rätsel lösen kennenzulernen. Aber die meisten wollen etwas Neues entdecken, suchen Austausch bzw. Auseinandersetzung. Du merkst wie schnell die Emotionen brodeln. :-) Es gibt tausende interessante Themen bei denen wir deine Meinung hören wollen. Nicht nur zusammen Filme gucken.Schau mal zum Beispiel bei Mert Pol oder rob reacts nach welche Themen am meisten gesehen wurden und mache es noch besser als die beiden und dein Kanal hier wird explodieren. LG

[@oskardumanski8538]

You don't know Wrocław. It's Breslau. 😄

[@anonimanonim181]

like u bro

[@AnaAna-ms2zv]

You are trying and it's amazing 😍 but hundred years takes you to learn our language 🤪 it was a joke (we will see)

[@altazoski7610]

2:18 😆😆😆 sorry but that was funny ;)

[@chris.poland]

No problem, I glad you were entertained ;)

[@prawdomowca]

Da swidania is Russian... there is no S after DO in the quiz.

[@albertwolanski7688]

Don't worry most Polish would not get all answers right on the 2nd test.

[@bessarion1771]

FYI - "racuchy" is pronounced "ratzoohy"

[@chris.poland]

Should i read this with German or English pronunciation? 😂

[@JurekS]

R Rollen C=tz oder z in Zucker U=u Ch= h wie Heinrich Y hmmm … wie i in „ist” Pierogi P I E R O G I Wie „pjerogi”

[@chris.poland]

Thanks so in German razuhi :) with probably a long u.@@JurekS

[@bessarion1771]

@@chris.poland That would be with an English one. Might even have a tinge of an American accent in it...

[@swiadomi-obywatele]

Wo wochnst Du, Chris?

[@chris.poland]

Bayern

[@swiadomi-obywatele]

@@chris.poland PS: Quite many people from Bayern moved to Wielkopolska (Gross Polen) Region. They were named Bambrzy, because mamy of them moved from Bamberg.

[@chris.poland]

Oh wow😮@@swiadomi-obywatele

[@eyeofthasky]

the eagle is only a WAPPENSYMBOL, just a picture and its not about the animal itself -- germany has no national animal

[@chris.poland]

This comment is so funny. Because this switch in Language is perfectly understandable for me but probably so weird for many others 😂