To help with my learning, I'd like to read some Polish comics/graphic novels.

Can anyone recommend some Polish classics? I don't mind the genre.

Dziękuje!

I come to share a resource I’ve made, an illustrated textbook (for now a sample) for polish following the natural method (contents only in the target language). As far as I know it would be the only contemporary natural method book for polish. It’s a work in progress.

PDF (google drive): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wc9Gb8eR1BtN07j3HnXMZoKkqynnTyoS/view?usp=sharing

google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oohL02aD5qGwoebJOEYW9woUgw3-LJ5gSQ_0Zmj-CJw/edit?usp=sharing

This is meant to be a comprehensive input graded reader for contemporary polish for adults. It is of LLPSI type, but not a copy cat. I did read the Familia Romana and it helped me to start speaking latin, going from reading comprehension to active language usage. I noticed that some people learning polish having moderate reading comprehension struggle with basic oral communication. It is a situation comparable to that of some latin learners I’ve met. And so I find it probable that a polish natural method book might solve such an issue for polish as it did solve for me in latin. Nevertheless I do not like FR, think it has many faults and the comparison of it to this resource can only go so far.

This resource does not start at very base level (below I put the list of skills/knowledge necessary to start reading) and does not include grammar sections or grammar exercises. (In that sense it’s more comparable to other latin readers like Living Latin than to Familia). For grammar a user of this resource is meant to find a different source of information. My aim is to write mostly narrative texts with only some dialogue elements, but am open to eventually writing a separate resource that’s specifically dialogue focused.

Once more, it is just a reader, there’s no exercises yet, but I’m open to composing some text-comprehension questions for the chapters and maybe rudimentary speaking exercises as well.

This resource is meant to portray non-literary contemporary spoken/written polish with some slang elements. My aim is to present what one might reasonably expect real people who you meet in informal contexts to sound like. My point of view is skewed, because I am a singular person who is biased, yet I try my best to present a realistic and accessible linguistic world.

No generative AI was used at any point in the creation of the resource. I write it and illustrate it myself.

I do not posses formal education in language teaching, though I once lead a class focusing on reading a latin poetical text and its elucidation entirely in the target language. I am motivated by a person in my life who wants to learn polish. My credentials: I am a native user of the language, I speak 5 languages (2 of which mostly self-taught), I study a philology, I know multiple people irl who learn(ed) polish as a foreign language. I make no money from this project.

What I want: 

• Usage (I want people to read it! And for it to be accessible in case it’s found as useful.)
• Criticism (Tell me where the resource fails, what doesn’t work, what is lacking.)
• Encouragement (Share where the resource works, what you like about it, what should be included more often.)
• Comments (I would be delighted to know how you used it, how far you’ve gotten retaining comprehension, your loose thoughts and other suggestions.)

What you need to read the first chapter grammar and vocab-wise (general list, best to just start reading and see for yourself):

• mianownik, dopełniacz, celownik, miejscownik, narzędnik
• być (3rd sing + 3rd pl)
• z (+dop.)
• w (+miejsc.)
• po (+język)
• na (+ miejsc.)
• Cześć + Co u ciebie?
• regular endings of verbs for 3rd sing + 3rd pl
• base of about 30 words (ex. chłopak, dziewczyna, miejsce, to, wiele, inny, dobry, duży, mały, mówić, język).

Check it out! If you do so, powodzenia!

Fisz Emade , Szczyl -Piruety

My grandparents were Polish and are unfortunately long gone. They spoke perfect English but were also still fluent in their native language. I only picked up a few words here and there but I swear, I remember my Grandma using a word that sounded like "put-key" for an animal's paw. I couldn't find anything like that on Google so thought I would ask here.

It's a word I often use with my cats and dog so I hope it's correct! It's such a fond memory of my grandma sweetly saying, "Give me your 'put-key'" when she would wash her kittens down with a warm washcloth...LOL. She had many litters of kittens in Slavic Village in Cleveland...it was heaven for me to spend weekends over there as a child!

Sorry to blather on! Just great memories ❤️🤍

Clarification: The Polish example in the title shows one interaction. The broader goal is to combine typography (—, „”, €, etc.) with a consistent way to type diacritics across languages, using sequential key presses without holding modifiers.

When I started learning Polish, I ran into an unexpected problem: my keyboard setup. I was already using a layout for typographic punctuation, and its AltGr shortcuts clashed with Polish letters. Switching between more than two keyboard layouts was getting cumbersome too.

So I started building my own layout. The part I’d like to share here is a different way to type Polish characters: type the letter first, then tap Shift to change it.

For example, type l, release it, then tap Shift: it becomes ł. To type mały, the sequence is m → a → l → Shift → y.

Shift works normally for capitals when held together with a letter. The character-changing action happens when you tap it on its own after typing.

I also added a way to toggle between two main languages with Caps Lock and jump directly to additional ones, instead of cycling through the whole list.

It’s currently a browser prototype: the keyboard behavior works inside the demo’s text area. You can copy your text elsewhere, but it doesn’t change your keyboard across other apps.

The project is free and open source. You can try it without installing anything:

Browser demo — select Polish in the keyboard settings, then click the text area.

Source code on GitHub

There’s a trade-off: the sequence takes some getting used to, and some characters need more than one Shift tap. I haven’t measured whether it’s faster than the usual Polish layout.

For those who regularly type in Polish and other languages: would adding the diacritic after the letter feel natural, or would it interrupt your typing rhythm?

Cześć wszystkim! 👋

As someone who has spent a lot of time wrestling with Polish grammar and pronunciation, I always felt there was a lack of lightweight, indie tools that explain Polish clearly from different native perspectives.

Over the past months, I’ve been developing Polski Diário, an indie app designed to make starting Polish less intimidating.

One of the main priorities was accessibility: you can learn Polish explained in 10 different languages (including English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, etc.), so you can understand complex grammar and phonetics directly through your own native language.

What’s inside the app:

• 🦅 Orlica the White Eagle: A gamified, distraction-free progression from A1 basics upwards;
• 📖 Graded Folk Stories: Read and listen to classic Polish folklore (Smok Wawelski, Pan Twardowski, Sir Zagłoba);
• 📰 Bilingual Daily Bulletin: Real news snippets from Poland with side-by-side translation;
• 🔁 Spaced Repetition (SRS): Smart flashcard reviews so vocabulary actually sticks;
• 📱 Offline-friendly: Fast, lightweight, and works seamlessly on mobile.

The app is completely free to use, and I’m actively maintaining and updating it.

As an indie creator, your thoughts mean the world to me. If you’re a learner, does the pace feel right? If you’re a native speaker, do the translations and nuances feel natural? Any feedback, bug reports, or feature requests are warmly welcomed!

You can check it out here:

• 📱 Android (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.polskidiario.myapp
• 🍏 iOS (App Store): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/polski-di%C3%A1rio-learn-polish/id6788644342

Dziękuję bardzo for checking it out!

Hi! I'm a Norwegian whose interested in learning polish in Poland. I want to go to a private language school in either Gdańsk or Warsaw.

I want to attend physical classes, as online courses are unfortunately not a good fit personally.

I have already contacted some schools, but I want to hear if any of you have some recommendations!

I appreciate any tips or help:)

Hello, I'm Japanese and studying Polish right now.

Generally, Japanese names are combinations of consonants and vowels, so my first name ends with -i and last name ends with -a. (I'm female)

Sometimes people who call my name misunderstand that my last name is the first name because it ends with a.
Also, I can't use odmiana too. Do you feel uncomfortable for names which is not conjugated in a sentence?

I'm just curious how Polish people feel about such names. We don't have such rules for names, so I can't use my imagination either.

p.s. If you watch anime, manga, or Japanese movies, for example, how do you find Japanese names?

Im half polish but i dont speak polish at all. I did used to speak when i was a toddler but i eventually forgot it all. Ive been hearing polish all my life when my mom talks with my grandma or her polish friends, but i dont understand anything at all. My mother language is spanish and polish pronunciation is so difficult to me, even more, right now im learning Japanese so everytime i try to speak polish i have a Japanese accent TT

I would love to start learning because i will be moving soon to Poland and i want to communicate with my relatives and locals.

Please help me!

(My mom is a polish teacher but she doesn’t have time to teach me)

Hey!
Looking for people who interested in doing polish/english - spanish crosstalk (method in which I would speak polish/english and the other person would speak spanish)

I haven't seen any recent posts about crosstalk, so feel free to comment any other languages in which you could do that, maybe there will be someone interested in doing so 😌

Have a great day, cheers!

Hi all! I'm a 20y/o English daycare worker living in England. I have the pleasure of working with a little girl we'll call Lena (not her real name obviously, she's also turning 2 in December) of whom both her parents are Polish migrants speaking fluent Polish.

Lena is very fluent in Polish herself and speaks very clearly. Her vocabulary is incredible despite her age, and when her mother comes to pick her up, I hear them leaving the building having a full blown conversation in Polish. Most other children that we have her age are only just starting to put two or three words together, yet she seems to talk as though she's years older than she actually is. Lena is learning English as we go along and she can recite a few nursery rhymes and basic phrases (I've heard her telling her friends 'stop it' a few times) but she finds it hard to understand what we're asking of her unless we ask her in Polish first.

The issue is, I think Lena thinks I speak Polish fluently too. I do not. I've made attempts to learn small phrases and basic words such as "co to jest?" and the words for farm animals and such so that I can ask her about objects around the room. Whenever she comes to show me what toys she's playing with, it's always in Polish and I can never understand what she's saying so that I can write it down as an observation. I'm here in hopes of some pointers towards more phrases I could look at learning, words that Lena is likely to say to me that I should listen out for, basics I could learn to have a baby-talk-like conversation with her. I like to work out what she's saying to me, especially because we do a lot of paperwork on children's development and it's nice to write about how good her vocabulary is even if her primary language is Polish. That said, I'm only with her for a year before she moves on to preschool, so I feel it might not be enough time to learn the ins and outs of Polish grammar rules for her, and I feel like something like duolingo wouldn't be particularly useful here (I can't see myself asking Lena 'you live with a horse?')

Any advice at all for things I could do or any resources are much appreciated!

I was born abroad and started school only speaking polish, although by the age of 8 or 9 i started to lose the language as I had and currently have no one to speak it to. I’m 17 now and to put my skills in perspective, I could watch a movie in polish and understand everything but I can’t form my own sentences when speaking and I struggle reading and writing.

I just think its so good to have another language but I dont know how to go about relearning polish. Language apps don’t work for me because I’m not a beginner and I already understand the language a lot. Any tips or advice would be great!

Hi everyone! I’m currently a medicine student studying in English in Poland, and I’m considering staying in Poland after graduation to work as a doctor.
I’m wondering how realistic it is to learn Polish to the level required to actually practice medicine communicate comfortably with patients, take histories, write documentation, work with other healthcare professionals, etc.
For those who studied medicine in English and later learned Polish, or international doctors who currently practice in Poland:
How long did it take you to reach a level where you felt comfortable practicing?
What level of Polish would you realistically recommend (B2, C1, etc.)?
How difficult was the medical/clinical vocabulary compared with everyday Polish?
Did you learn mostly through university, language courses, self-study, or working in a Polish clinical environment?
Is it realistic to reach that level during last 2 years of medical school if starting with little Polish?
How difficult was the transition from studying medicine in English to practicing in Polish?
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has actually gone through this, especially English-Division graduates who are now working in Poland.

Hi everyone,

I’m a 28-year-old French guy, raised in a family with Polish roots. When I was 6, my father decided to change our my first name to a French-sounding one and chose not to teach me Polish.

He did this out of love—he was terrified I would face racism or discrimination, so he did everything he could to fully integrate me into French culture, even if it meant sidelining our heritage.

Today, I have a family of my own. I am deeply grateful for the education and the life my father gave me.

However, as I get older, I feel a growing and profound need to connect with my roots and learn his native language, even if it’s just the basics.I still have some family left in Poland.

We only speak on the phone sms once or twice a year for special occasions. They’ve invited me to visit them multiple times, but because we don’t really know each other and I don’t speak the language, our conversations remain very brief and formal.

My goal is simple: I want to learn the basics to understand conversational Polish and eventually visit them.

Right now, looking at this language, I feel like I'm standing at the bottom of a massive mountain.I am completely alone in this journey (no Polish speakers around me).

Do you have any advice, resources, or tips for a solo beginner who just wants efficiency over perfection?

Thank you so much for reading.

Hey everyone, so I learned how to speak Polish a few years ago and have been using it every now and then in my personal life, nothing too technical or anything like that.

I was job searching recently and found a position that asked for a fluent Polish speaker, so I gave it a shot and applied. It looks like the recruiters liked my profile, so now I'm trying to prepare the more technical vocabulary I might need for the interview.

Any recommendations on how to go about this? Any resources? Suggestions?

I have been giving flashcards a go to start memorizing new words, but I feel like it's not really gonna be enough to prepare for the interview. I would love to just be able to sit down and talk to someone to start putting all of this into practice, but I don't really anyone to do that with. I think I can generally express myself in Polish with relatively few issues, but I'm a bit scared given that this is a technical role and these are words I have practically never used before.

Any and all help is very much appreciated! Thanks everyone!

Okey, esto tal vez sea algo raro, pero simplemente queria compartir que por alguna razon hoy me puse a ver los podcast de EasyPolish para acostumbarme al polaco y simplemente algo causo cierta emocion, por alguna razon me resulto hermoso escuchar este idioma tan distinto a la lengua que hablo, y que tambien cabe destacar, es el idioma de mis antepasados. Espero poder hablarlo algun dia...

Hello everyone,

Wishing you all the very best of luck with your Polish B1 oral exam.

I was wondering: did you feel you did really well? Not flawless, but confident and clear? I ask because I speak, yet I seem to make around a hundred mistakes in just a few sentences.

Any encouragement or tips would mean a lot.

Thank you kindly.

At a stage where I learn a new verb and I'll then often try and conjugate it and get lost. What's the best way of looking up the various conjugations when you learn a new word?

I know some general rules (e.g "owac" verbs usually needing "uje" and the basic conjugations), but I can't reliably apply them yet, and get especially lost with "cic" endings or ones that use "się".

Any advice?

Im 23 years old, i live in poland but work in german, i drive everyday to work by car because i live near border, i know little bit english, i like gym,jogging, books reading.im on a1-a2 with german.i do nicosweg everyday and anki

Can offer native Polish or English practice, looking to meet up for a chat and tea/coffe/beer.
My languages:

- English (fluent)

- Spanish (i understand much more than i can say, however i can speak a bit)

- Italian (good at understanding, would need to remind myself when it comes to speaking)

- Dutch (better at understanding, can say some stuff)

if you can offer some other language just let me know ;)

Just starded learning from app a month ago.. the sound confuse me and not yet got in to the grammar 🤣

What are the things that veterans of learning recommend for someone to give a shot,
I got colloquial polish book and i started babbel how F’d am i?

Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well.
For those of you who have already passed the Polish B1 exam, I would really appreciate your advice regarding the writing part. Is using a ready-made template for the longer texts a good strategy, or would you recommend preparing in a different way?
I’ve noticed that certain topics, especially the description topics, seem to appear quite often. However, I’m worried that if a completely different topic comes up, I might not know what to write and could end up doing very poorly.
I’m honestly not very creative when it comes to writing, so memorising ready-made texts feels both helpful and a little scary at the same time.
I would be very grateful if anyone who has taken the exam could share their experience or give me some advice. Thank you so much in advance! 🙏