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Who is Best for Learning Polish OnLine
Self | 5-12-24 | self

Posted on 05/12/2024 9:57:57 AM PDT by Pontiac

My wife and I are planning a trip to Poland in the fall and I would like to pick up a little of the language prior to the trip.

What would be the best on line source for a self administered course of learning?

I respect FreeRepublic's inhabitants opinions on learning.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: poland; polish; polishlanguage; selfimprovement; travel
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1 posted on 05/12/2024 9:57:57 AM PDT by Pontiac
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I used Duolingo to start. But it won’t really teach you the grammar, but you will get the basics.


2 posted on 05/12/2024 9:59:25 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Pontiac

When I travelled to Italy, I looked on YouTube for videos teaching basic greetings and polite phrases in Italian. Very helpful to have someone explaining pronunciation.


3 posted on 05/12/2024 10:13:25 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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Don’t miss the Wieliczka Salt Mines.


4 posted on 05/12/2024 10:15:05 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Pontiac

Bring some good jokes.


5 posted on 05/12/2024 10:19:12 AM PDT by Jonty30 (He hunted a mammoth for me, just because I said I was hungry. He is such a good friend. )
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I’ve got a good one....

“A Polish soldier encounters a German soldier and a Russian soldier. Which does he shoot first? The German - “Business Before Pleasure!”


6 posted on 05/12/2024 10:20:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Pontiac

Nie przejmuj się! Amerykanie są za głupi, żeby uczyć się polskiego!


7 posted on 05/12/2024 10:24:24 AM PDT by TheConservator (To bar Trump from the presidency, libtards are happy to trash 235 years the rule of law)
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To: Pontiac

And Żabka stores will be your friend.


8 posted on 05/12/2024 10:28:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Kracow is nice, Warsaw is big. The best are the small towns and cities which weren’t leveled in WWII. I suggest a tour bus guide thru the country. The old abandoned pre-WWII villages are surreal. Ask to visit some. Auschwitz is creepy but worth the visit. Hopefully it’s still authentic. They had a way of displaying these huge photos positioned so that when you looked at them they were looking back on where you were standing. I went in June, late 70s when it was still a COMBLOC country.


9 posted on 05/12/2024 10:31:13 AM PDT by Justa
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On the list


10 posted on 05/12/2024 10:33:52 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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Thanks


11 posted on 05/12/2024 10:35:25 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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Are you going to Gdańsk/Sopot? I really like that area, too.


12 posted on 05/12/2024 10:35:27 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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No


13 posted on 05/12/2024 10:40:35 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac
Learn to understand Polish spelling and pronounciation first.

For example, start with the name of this city: Łódź.

14 posted on 05/12/2024 10:55:54 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Or learn how to pronounce Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfKZclMWS1U


15 posted on 05/12/2024 11:00:31 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Funny stuff! Good one.

16 posted on 05/12/2024 11:05:44 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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For example, start with the name of this city: Łódź.

Or Wrocław, or Szczecin.

17 posted on 05/12/2024 11:08:05 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I want to see that name on the back of an MLB jersey.


18 posted on 05/12/2024 11:11:08 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Pontiac

Duolingo, Memrise, and Rocket Languages. I used all three to teach myself enough Italian to get by in most places in Italy.


19 posted on 05/12/2024 11:27:18 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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You can learn a lot of “polish” here:

https://mothers.com/

😁


20 posted on 05/12/2024 11:39:19 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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