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My struggle learning the Polish language [10]
Hi Aj,
I started learning Polish about 4 years ago and I still don't think I'm much good to be honest. However I do understand a lot and know lots of vocabulary and can get by as long as nothing unusual happens (in shops for example). It's an incredibly difficult language for anyone who's primary language is English to learn. We don't think the same way in terms of how we use verbs and grammatical cases are a complete nightmare!
When you say you can understand, do you mean you can understand everything? I'd be very happy with yourself if you can!
I'd recommend some resources to get you going which have really helped me (and believe me when I say I've tried lots of things!).
Buy the book 301 Polish verbs by Klara Kanecki. This was a revelation to me in terms of how Polish verbs look as when you open the page to any verb you can see all of it's forms and realise how verbs conjugate.
Also I'd recommend you try an audiobook namely the Michael Thomas series starting with Foundation Polish. Get yourself a notebook and sit listening to the audiobook as the format is that of a teacher with 3 students and you being the third student.
Also if there is one thing I've learned it's that learning a language is a lifelong goal and unless you want to dedicate all of your time to it then don't expect miracles! Just being able to answer some simple questions is an achievement in itself.
If you feel like it then feel free to send me a private message and we can exchange email addresses and I'd be happy to chat with you in greater detail.
Pozdrawiam (regards) i powodzenia (good luck),
Chris
