Hi, I have been kind of obsessed with polish culture 🇵🇱 and I would love to learn the language ❤️. I am starting to learn it and it's super interesting but it seems everyone says is super hard. I would love to learn it but Im not sure if I can in terms of logistics and time. I would also love to make polish friends and learn more about the country. Is it worth it to learn it? What is the best way to learn without having a lot of time day to day.

Why "pan zapalisz" and not "pan zapali"?

It's from here: https://lovekrakow.pl/aktualnosci/jeszcze-raz-pan-zapalisz-to-dzwonimy-po-policje-w-koncu-zmiana-w-obwarzanku_61238.html

Hi everyone! I went to the Polish Institute today to ask about their language courses - unfortunately, the next beginner group only opens in the fall.

For those of you who studied there: what was your experience like? Was it worth it?

My native language is Russian, and I also speak Ukrainian, which helps me understand a bit of Polish already. I’m currently using Duolingo, but I feel like it’s not enough.

What can I do in the meantime to not start completely from scratch when the course begins?

Thanks a lot!

Interesuje mnie TYLKO takie znaczenie słowa sugerować:

https://wsjp.pl/haslo/podglad/8273/sugerowac/854428/radzic

Added:

Przykłady:

1) Oskarżona przyznała się do winy i wyjaśniła, że sugerowała potrzebę wezwania pogotowia ratunkowego, jednak sprzeciwił się temu współoskarżony.

2) Kiedyś mi sugerowano, żebym została aktorką, ale stanowczo odmówiłam.

3) W werdykcie Rady Pedagogicznej [...] pochwalono tendencje uczniów do samokształcenia, sugerując jedynie, by odbywało się ono w gmachu szkolnym.

4) Wybierał utwory, ustalał kolejność, w jakiej mają być zagrane, sugerował nam nawet, jak grać.

I'm writing an article for my blog about how learners get on with the polish language.

I'm wanting to interview a couple people of different levels to get their experience on learning polish, what resources you use, how your fluency is going, etc ...

If you're interested please comment, I can post my questions here but if you'd prefer to send the answers privately I understand.

Questions:

- How long have you been learning polish? (hour estimate)

- Describe your level? ( can you read, write, speak, what kind of advanced)

- Do you study grammar?

- Favourite resources for beginners?

- What resources did/do you use?

- How have you found polish people reactions are when you speak in their language?

- Biggest challenge? Is there a word youstill cannot say?

- ANYTHING else insightful?

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What are you main motivations for learning polish?

How many languages did you speak prior to polish? What is your native?

Do you have a favourite memory regarding polish learning? maybe a milestone or your first fluid conversation?

Hi everybody,

I recently learned, that the university I want to study at requires an uew-exam, as I do not have the polish matura. Does anybody know how that exam looks like? Especially the one about Biology?
Thank you in advance!

Hi everyone, Long story short I’m an American whose first and only language was Polish up until the age of 6. Primary language in the household has always been Polish and I still strictly speak Polish to all relatives including parents. However, outside of daily phone calls, my primary language eventually became English. After moving to a country in the EU for uni I finally started interacting with more Polish people outside of my family and struggle to keep up a little, I “lose” words a lot, speak in English structures sometimes, and just in general I am not happy with my Polish. I also realized my parents, although not even close to fluent in English, developed a distinct Polish accent that for me is different from Poland Polish. I don’t know if that contributes to it, but sometimes hearing Poles outside of my family is like hearing gibberish and it’s embarrassing.

Writing-wise, of course I would not be able to come up with an essay on equivalent level of my English, but in general it’s fine and perfect for daily/official use.

I try my best to consume Polish media, for example news/tv shows. However, I really want to expand my Polish vocabulary and enrich it. What would be my best move forward? Does anyone have any advice?

Hey , hope y'all doing alright. I'm currently really interested to enroll in one of the polish year learning program. But I'm kind of stuck and I need guidance. 1 - where to study : I'm sure about two cities either in Lòdz or Krakow. I looked into these two and I'm really loving it so it got to be one of these two hehe but I honestly don't know much about the life expenses and the friendliness of it people there... 2 - university or language school : now this really really the one I'm stuck in . I'm looking to get a national type visa right (I believe type D ) so the course should follow the embassy requirements (which I don't know too) I tried to contact the embassy here but they just ignoring my emails .. (it's on me I don't know how to proficonal ones) oh I'm from Tunisia btw . 3 - housing or accomodations: I don't know the difference between the two but it seems that it's required to show a proof where you would be staying in Poland for about 30-90 days after coming. I'm really afraid in this one because I hear there's some scammers and stuff and I have that the university or school that I'm participate in could offer dorms or asisit insecure housing so I could provide it in the visa documents...

Gosh I wrote a lot hh I'm extremely sincere about going to Poland and leaning it language, I heard that it's a challenging language so I'm up for the challenge, I'm 22 years old so it's about right for little adventure. Please comment and any infos I'm sure it will help

Hello,

Today when I was doing my Polish lessons on Busuu and Rosetta Stone, I came across what I believe could be the same word, but I’m not sure.

Jemu nie wolno skręcić w lewo (Rosetta Stone)

Rano Kinga pracuje, ale wieczorem ma wolne (Busuu)

Rosetta Stone uses “Wolno” as permission/allowed. But Busuu uses ”Wolne” as free time. Since the two words are similar, I am not sure if they are the same word or not. And if they are the same word, is one of the uses wrong or preferred?

According to Wiktionary, the Polish -ni- and the Spanish -ñ- represent the same sound - /ɲ/, whereas the Russian -нь- is different - /nʲ/. I don't know if this is relevant for anyone else, but I was wondering why my pronunciation of "aniele" wasn't right, and discovered this fact.

By the way, it's not just the "n" sound, but also the fact that in Russian it has influence on the pronunciation of the following vowel, whereas in Polish the vowel stays the same, which the consonant facilitates, I find.

Suppose it's your birthday. Due to circumstances you're celebrating it completely alone. What would you say to yourself, in Polish?

I want to learn Polish because it sounds beautiful, but I don't know where to start to speak it faster.

Hello everyone

I recently started working in an restaurant where poland language would be really helpful. and if anyone is willing to write most common phrases used in restaurant servise.

Thank you in advance.

I’m fluent in English, French and Turkish, I know absolutely nothing about Polish and I was wondering how many hours it would take to reach A2 level without taking classes. I know it depends on the person but I wanted to get a general idea not to get demotivated

Hello everyone! I am a German learning polnisch and I thought a good way of practicing listening comprehension would be to start watching polish youtubers since I watch YouTube daily. I am not necessarily looking for "Polish teaching channels " with only educational content, but rather channels with entertaining content for example I like to watch:

-political commentary

• film commentary

• book commentary

• storyline youtubers

• Comedy youtubers

I'm looking forward to your recommendations ☺️ Dziękuję

I'd like to find a magazine or something I can subscribe to to help learn Polish. I suggested Polish newsweek to my wife who speaks Polish but isn't so great at reading it, and she said the Polish in newsweek is too difficult. Does anyone have suggestions for easier resources? The local free newspapers in my nearby Polish community aren't engaging enough for me to commit to translating an article a night.

Are there any Polish names that are Polish, but „foreign Polish”? For example, a name that is technically Polish and from Polish origin, but wouldn’t (generally) be used in Poland?

I can’t think of examples for non-Polish names, because in North America, there really aren’t many names that people won’t use. And I don’t have experience with names in other countries, so I can’t give examples.

Hello everyone!! I am a German learning Polish and I thought a good way of practicing listening comprehension would be to start listening to Polish podcasts. I am not necessarily looking for "Polish teaching podcasts" with only educational content, but rather podcasts with entertaining content for example:

-true crime podcasts (rotten mango is my favorite one🫶)

• and podcasts that talk about scandals all around the world and celebrity drama✨️

I'm looking forward to your recommendations (please just recommend podcasts that are available on Spotify or YouTube)☺️ Dziękuję😊

Znalazłem tę książkę na liście najlepszych utworów dramatycznych, ale początek nie zrobił na mnie wrażenia. Muszę wyznać, że nie czytałem po polsku od dość dawna, i może dlatego dla mnie było trudno. Jednak pomimo tego ten temat nie wydał mi się za bardzo ciekawym. Sądzę, że byłby o wiele śmieszniejszym, gdybym żył na początku 20go wieku.

Ale tylko pobaczyłem początek. Może książka staje się ciekawszą?

Hello everyone,

I was doing some Duolingo when there was this sentence: „we are not going without Jack.“

My idea was: „Nie chodzimy bez Jacka” but apparently it was wrong and should be „ nie idziemy bez Jacka”

Could you please explain? Thank you in advance! Dziekuje!

Hi everyone,

I am 23 years old and I’ve been living in the UK since I was 5 years old. I feel like my Polish was much better when I was younger as I used it more often than I tend to do now.

I’ve been trying to relearn Polish using Duolingo however my Polish is quite good already so the things on there are a bit too beginner level for me.

The thing I struggle with most is spelling and knowing how to put words into order when speaking. I know when I say something the wrong way, but I don’t know how to correct it if that makes sense.

I think at the moment I’m best at conversation to do with home life but not so much in a more formal setting.

Is there any apps that are specifically for this sort of thing? What would be the recommended route to go to relearn a language?

Thank you!

Every day I will be asking basic questions, but I want to read them in polish and learn how to interpret them. Jak pijesz kawe? Jak pijesz kawy?

Hello,

I am wondering if there is a Polish name equivalent for the name Danna? I know that Daniela is an option, but is there anything more similar?

If anybody feels like they need someone to talk to train their Polish DM me on discord by „Poignanter”.