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[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I can never remember the months in Ukrainian. They're identical between English, German, and Russian, so I have no trouble with those, but I have no connection to the inherent meanings of the months in Ukrainian. Have to circle back to Russian usually

[–] nesc@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Comes with actually speaking the language, and they are similar to some other slavic languages, e.g. polish.

[–] BurnedOliveTree@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, Polish also used to call March "brzezień", which means the time in which birches grow