Polish for Absolute Beginners
Start speaking Polish today!
You would like to learn Polish.
You might think it’s complicated because of the strange letter combinations that you haven’t seen before.
You might think it’s difficult because of the way it sounds.
It also has vocabulary that sounds unfamiliar and unlike any other language you’ve come across before.
You might also think that it’s confusing because words have genders and word endings change in some mysterious way depending on what you’re trying to say.
Here’s the truth about Polish.
Polish words do contain a lot of consonants next to each other.
Words are pronounced differently to how they would be pronounced in other languages.
There is a lot of vocabulary that doesn’t derive from Latin.
Words do have genders and word endings do change depending on what you’re trying to say.
Does that make Polish impossible to learn, though?
My answer is ‘no’ and I’m sure this will be your answer too, once you’ve completed this course.
My name is Agnieszka Murdoch. I'm a language coach and the founder of 5-Minute Language, a community for language learners who strive to learn languages effectively and keep moving forward.
I've designed this course especially for absolute beginners or those who have started learning before but stopped and would like to refresh their knowledge of the basics.
It’s a step-by-step video course that will help you understand the basic and logical rules around pronunciation, sentence structure and vocabulary.
Once you’ve completed the nine modules included in Polish for Absolute Beginners, Polish will no longer be unfamiliar.
You will know how to pronounce strange consonants next to each other.
You will know how to make a sentence and say it.
You will know how to ask questions and reply to them.
Once you know the rules and have had some practice, you’ll be part of the club!
You will learn how to:
- Pronounce each letter and letter combination in Polish. This will allow you to read Polish and learn vocabulary more effectively
- Introduce yourself to others and use basic phrases that you will need on a daily basis
- Recognise what gender each word is and how that affects other words in a sentence. This will allow you to construct your first sentences in Polish!
- Talk about things that belong to you or to me
- Ask about what something is and reply, as well as describe the world around you using full sentences
- Talk about how you and other people are feeling, and describe people and objects
- Make observations about the world around you
- Ask different types of questions in Polish
- Turn positive statements into negative ones
The topics above will give you a great foundation for building your first sentences in Polish and starting to speak.
How will you learn?
Polish for Absolute Beginners is divided into nine modules. Each module contains a lecture (or several lectures, depending on the topic) that introduces a topic and provides a lot of examples.
This is followed by a video outlining the actions that you should take once you’ve completed each module. The purpose of the actions is for you to take what you’ve learned and put it into practice straight away.
One of the actions is always to complete the practice exercises included at the end of each module.
A lot of the actions are also focused on speaking because you will be able to say something new after each module!
What’s included in the course?
The course contains:
- 9 modules with video lectures, slides and transcripts
- Practice exercises with answers in each lecture
- A quiz you can use to test yourself
- A downloadable cheat sheet listing all Polish letters and letter combinations, and how they're pronounced
Who is this course for?
This Polish course is designed especially for absolute beginners or those who have started learning before but stopped and would like to refresh their knowledge of the basics.
Your Instructor
Aga is the founder of 5-Minute Language. She is a qualified English teacher and also offers advice on learning other foreign languages effectively and independently.
Aga's mission is to to help and motivate language learners worldwide so that every person in the world has a chance to learn a foreign language.