Language / Pimsleur language learning system, is it any good? [33]

Well my copy fell off a back of a website :)

Language / Pimsleur language learning system, is it any good? [33]


Download edonkey and search for pimsleur polish.

Language / Building my Polish vocabulary... [19]

I'm currently learning words in mianownik form, where possible, and refering to the speaker. I'm not too bothered about gender.

I've currently learnt 60 words over the last 3 days but i don't know if i can keep up the pace. So far i'm just memorising lists, speaking the words to my self so i know how they sound and then ask a polish person at my work to test me. Is there a more efficient technique of remembering words and their meanng than just reading through a list over and over again?


I'm constantly being told, "wez sie do roboty" by the poles at work. I thought roboty = work?

Also, with regards to the verb pracowac, i thought you also have to add the word sie at the end: Pracowac sie. The reason i think this is because i've been told the word for 'smile' is 'usmiech' and 'to smile' is 'usmiechac sie'.

Language / Building my Polish vocabulary... [19]

So i can say "wez sie do pracowac" and it'll mean the same thing?

Language / Building my Polish vocabulary... [19]

I also find the cases the most difficult.

For example i would say:

Mowie jezyk polksi; as opposed to mowie po polsku.

The first just seems more logical from an english perspective.

Hal, what you suggest is actually a good idea. I'm learning words but out of context. Problem is, where can i find texts that are written i both english and polish?

Falkin, your english is very good... better that some english people! With saying, 'not too good' it sounds like you've learnt from an American. The only grammatical error you made was, 'There is no such an expression in Polish'. You don't need to say the word 'an'.

I'm still confused with the difference between praca and roboty. Do they both mean work, but in different ways?

Study / Polish language courses in Krakow [14]

If you've looked into the same lessons i have then don't waste your time. Too much time and money is spent on fluff, such as the trips through krakow.

You're better off getting started with a book accompanied with a CD. That'll be enough to get you started. Then, if you want to accelerate your learning, spend some time in Poland.

I've ask various mates who can speak a second language and they told me it took them 2 months to get a reasonable understanding of the language they were studing. However, those 2 months were spent in that country.

Language / Dates in Polish ( examples ) [21]

I think it might help to summerise:

Polish DD.MM.YYYY
American MM.DD.YYYY
Australian DD.MM.YYYY
English DD.MM.YYYY

Language / Building my Polish vocabulary... [19]

Incase any one was wondering i heard that only 600 words are used in everyday conversation!