Collection of learning resources for learning the Polish language

I am happy that I found this thread. Thank you all for the links! :)

Wow, That's a lot of resources! I'll be looking through them all. Thanks. I've been practicing by reading the US news in Polish at InformacjeUSA com It's easier to read about things you're familiar with. I'm reading about our election here in the US.

Merged: List of Very Useful Websites for Polish Language Learners

I have been trying to learn Polish on my own and have come across a few websites that might be of use to those in a similar situation, I'm sure there are errors/shortcomings in all of them but I have found them really useful for checking errors and padding out my Anki deck with declinations etc.

poltran.com/ Seems to translate slightly more accurately than google translate. Though it does throw up weird things from time to time!

xlingua.co.uk/en is great as it will translate single words and give you full declinations for all cases for them as well as all forms (as an adjective/noun etc), (generally, seems best at adjectives as some nouns don't have all the declinations).

learnpolishfeelgood.com/polish-verb-tenses.html has loads of online quick tests to check things like which verb to use when there are two choices (IŚĆ and CHODZIĆ for example)

tastingpoland.com/language/verb/verb_forms_ek.html is an amazing site with conjugations of loads of verbs all written out in a table including all genders, past, future, imperitiva and conditional as well as perfective/imperfective, all viewable in one table. Really good and great for checking your sentences and conjugations.

polishconjugation.com/pol is another amazing site that shows all verb conjuugations together with perfective/imperfective for a given verb. complete with exceptions, and important changes, in red.

ankisrs.net / and I've already mentioned Anki but if you don't know of it you are missing out! Free intelligent flashcards where you can create your own deck (recommended) or use huge decks downloadable online. Devote ten minutes twice a day to anki and memorising words and sentences seems almost too easy.

Anyway, hope that helps someone, I'm finding it tough and all these tools are helping massively!

Owen

I have been learning Polish for about six months and so far so good and with no input from any national, just me myself and I.

Do you know books from Assimil company? I think they are the best, but it is a French company, some languages have English translation but I think Polish only has French translation. On one page there are Polish sentences and on the oposite page there is translation, no grammar, no vocabulary, only full sentences. All is recorded on CDs that come with the book. I used this book to learn Dutch and Vietnamese, I can highly recomend it, but of course if you don't speak any French then it would not be for you. You can also try: polish.study-time.org/polish-software.htm there are reviews of books to learn Polish.

A website with mp3s teaching Polish slang and basic Polish vocabulary, alphabet and some info about Poland and Polish language: polish.study-time.org

Hi, I hope you find it of use:

youtube.com/user/aleja12audio

aleja12.pl

Cheers!
Karolina

I would also recommend "Hurra po polsku" seria as very first books to start learning Polish, but I'm afraid you need then some help of a teacher to it as opinions of my students are, but it is really worthto try with these books! :)

These sites might also be of interest. There are loads of languages you can learn including Polish of course!

They tend to focus mainly on vocabulary, with some fixed phrases.... but I find the games and activities relaxing after I've been hitting myself over the head with a grammar book for a while. :)

These ones are free to use:

digitaldialects.com/Polish.htm

internetpolyglot.com/lessons-en-pl

These ones have some free content, and you can buy a membership if you want access to more stuff...

busuu.com/

babbel.com/

polishpod101.com/ (These guys also have a free podcast that you can download on your ipod/iphone)

Happy learning! :D

As a Turkish guy, I recommend this playlist on youtube. It is very useful for basic sentences:

youtube.com/course?list=EC4D69CE4658CB250D

Hello! If you want to learn Polish in effective way, look here: youtube.com/watch?v=TmHZep-gzvY

Simple free app to learn polish words with flash cards (all cards come with recorded pronunciation)

openflashcards.org

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Any good websites for learning Polish that you recommend? That are actually useful and really free lol

I got suckered into signing up for PolishPod101 "free" access and they now spam my email account harddddd. The site does look somewhat decent though - worth paying for?

Pomoc mnie! :)

For learning any language I use the mp3 from site:

goethe-verlag.com/book2/

For me very useful during car's drive, walk etc.

As Mr Callan said repeat, repeat and repeat.

I was surprised when after same days listening a difficult phrase became an easy one.

Here is a list of some random lessons on youtube: youtube.com/user/AbcSchoolOfPolish/videos

How about this - speak-polish.net - a Polish language blog with basics only at the moment, but increasing in difficulty!

New blog for foreigners studying Polish language:
lubiejezykpolski.blogspot.com
We are also on facebook: facebook.com/lubiejezykpolski

Very useful, this selection of links. Thanks for the effort !

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A very good book for learning Polish is called Everyday Polish for Americans. The authors are Edward and Teresa Cynarski.

Probably you're right - it's not only your opinion...


masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2013/11/barbara_bernard_chicopee_couple_edward_and_teresa_cynarski_share_polish_language.html
Interesting story of person who met the couple - authors of this book.
Btw. It's not easy to buy it unfortunately.

Learn Polish for Free


just click on the link and enlighten yourself >>> babbel.com/learn-polish-free

I recommend:

Polish in 4 Weeks - Level 1: An intensive course in basic Polish (Kowalska)

Colloquial Polish by Mazur is also a good option, but I prefer Polish in 4 Weeks.

I would definitely look up the "Polish Easy Readers" series - these books are designed to be easy to read even for beginners. You only need to know 300 polish words to read them. They have vocab boxes so you don't need a dictionary. There will be audio for them soon.

Also check out the blog below: polish.2ndlanguage.co.uk/blogs/learn-a-polish-phrase-per-week

Would you suggest some free offline(or with trial period)polish-english or polish-russian dictionary? It is not very useful to use online resources as the inet is not very fine as well as to use paper-back polish dictionary. I think it would be easy to put some word or phrase in dictionary filed, click translate and get the translation.

Check out the FREE Polish phrase a week service that comes with audio:
polish.2ndlanguage.co.uk/blogs/learn-a-polish-phrase-per-week

Daria Gabryanczyk

Hello,

I was cleaning out my attic yesterday,and I came across my old Grammaticus. (see pic)
I used it in school to learn German language.
For me it was the perfect way to learn about the cases and their endings.
You simply slide the paper to select the word-group you need,and the correct endings are shown in the little openings.
Now I'm wondering if something like this is also available for learning Polish language.
If so,I would like to have one. I tried to find it on the internet,but I think I have a better chance on Polish websites/webshops.

Problem is that my Polish isn't good enough (yet ;) ) to be able to find my way around Polish websites.

Would someone here be so kind to help me find out if a thing like this exists,and if so,where I could buy one?

Thanks in advance.

Greetz,
Jantina

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For those struggling to remember pronoun declensions, this might come in handy :-

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Polish_pronouns

It gives declensions for first, second, third person pronouns, possessive pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns etc for ALL the different cases.

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Hi all,
I live in Canada and have two kids, 7 and 10 years old. I am of Polish descent, my wife is south American. After this summer's trip to Poland, they now want to learn Polish language.

Currently, they do not speak it at all, I speak and read it fluently.
I've signed them up to Saturday "Polish school", they are in their respective grades. I've since realized, it's not Polish language school, but regular school being taught in Polish. It's not very useful, since they need to learn fundamental first.

Are there any materials out there, specifically targeting beginners at their age group, that would make learning fun? These can be paid or free?
I am committed to helping them learn, as much as I can.

this seems to be made for parents who know Polish to teach their children
popolskupopolsce.edu.pl/kurs-jezyka-polskiego

it's not age specific.

Teach them the phonics, that is the sounds of the letters for reading. They're very easy, as you know, and then the children can read any word in Polish and pronounce it properly which is a good start.

Start using some basic Polish with them in everyday conversation, for example greeings and farewells, please and thank you etc, names of foods, weather. For example 'ooh zimno jest!' on a cold day or 'znowu pada' when it's raining.

Research how English is taught as a foreign langauge to young learners and use some of the ideas for games etc but do them in Polish. (I'm a primary school teacher by the way and have experience of teaching young children a foreign language, so that's my advice for what it's worth).

Thank you all.
I actually found "Elementarz" my dad sent me from Poland and have been using it as a guide.
I am struggling to explain to them how the words change based on different variables. Some of the text is also confusing:

"Jestem Ada" - I am Ada, what is confusing is that they ask me what each word means, but the words don't really mean what it translates to. Instead it should say: "Ja jestem Ada"

Another example
"To lala Ali" - This is Ala's doll, but again the words don't really meant that. It should say "To jest lala Ali" - to make translating easier.

Also the following:
"A to tato Ali" - in this case "A" means "and", but it doesn't really.
These were fun ones to explain:
"Pij Bartku syropek"
"Ale to gardlo boli" - it this case "to" no longer means "this is", because it doesn't really.

That's why I think I need a real learning Polish language for English speaking book, and targeted for kids.
I am not sure if I am explaining the nuances correctly.
What I found helps a lot in learning words is matching games, where we play a game matching pictures to works. They've remarkably picked all words up very quickly.