sammymcgoff Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4361 days ago 40 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish
| Message 1 of 10 16 December 2012 at 1:30pm | IP Logged |
Hello all,
I am new to this forum and I've
just started to teach myself
polish using resources on the
internet. I have also tried a
few phrases of Hungarian in the
past, but even though it is
apparently of equal difficulty
to Polish, I could not remember
more than yes and no. My main
question is how difficult is
Polish for an English speaker
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MarcusOdim Groupie Brazil Joined 4845 days ago 91 posts - 142 votes
| Message 2 of 10 16 December 2012 at 2:36pm | IP Logged |
Searching for the words "How" "Hard" "Polish" we get this
The search bar is at the top of the page
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Mooby Senior Member Scotland Joined 6103 days ago 707 posts - 1220 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish
| Message 3 of 10 16 December 2012 at 4:14pm | IP Logged |
Hi sammymcgoff, welcome to the Forum. And especially welcome as a fellow Polish learner.
In the FSI index of language difficulty for an English speaker, Polish is in the second hardest group. It's pretty hard in other words!
Your big advantage, living in the UK, is that you should get lots of opportunities to practice with the large Polish immigrant population.
Check out the Polish Profile for resources and more comments about difficulty.
And most importantly....
...become a bison.
Join The 2013 Polish Team!! aka 'Team Żubr' in honour of Poland's resident population of European Bison.
Join the Team by registering here.
As a team member you will need to write a log throughout 2013, and read / comment on other members' logs. Everyone benefits from links to useful information, getting help with grammar etc. and lots of encouragement.
Either way, good luck with your studies.
Powodzenia!
Edited by Mooby on 16 December 2012 at 4:17pm
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Homogenik Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4822 days ago 314 posts - 407 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Polish, Mandarin
| Message 4 of 10 20 December 2012 at 10:14pm | IP Logged |
I can recommend that you begin with something that includes a lot of audio and that might serve as a kind of
introduction period in order to get the feeling of the language and break the ice, so to speak. Either Assimil or
Pimsleur. Whenever you feel bored with these methods, you can move on to something more complex and
thorough, which includes more grammatical observations and explanations, exercises and so on (either something
like Teach Yourself or the Hurra Po Polsku series from Prolog).
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DarrenDaka Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4772 days ago 28 posts - 31 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German
| Message 5 of 10 30 December 2012 at 5:15am | IP Logged |
hey, nice to see a Polish learner. I suggest getting something like teach yourself .i learned alot through
cartoons and films. i also suggest getting the Hurra po polsku series when you have a working
knowledge of Polish i has helped me greatly . where in the UK are you from?
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sammymcgoff Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4361 days ago 40 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish
| Message 6 of 10 01 January 2013 at 4:25pm | IP Logged |
DarrenDaka wrote:
hey, nice to see a Polish learner. I suggest getting something like teach yourself .i learned alot through
cartoons and films. i also suggest getting the Hurra po polsku series when you have a working
knowledge of Polish i has helped me greatly . where in the UK are you from? |
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I'm from London! Hello to a fellow Polish learner.
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sammymcgoff Groupie United Kingdom Joined 4361 days ago 40 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Polish
| Message 7 of 10 06 January 2013 at 3:32pm | IP Logged |
Another question on the language. What is the meaning of the word płodny? I've never quite understood what it means..
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Gosiak Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 5124 days ago 241 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, German Studies: Norwegian, Welsh
| Message 8 of 10 06 January 2013 at 4:10pm | IP Logged |
Hi Sammy ;)
Good luck with your language quest, I'm honoured that you picked my native language.
"Płodny" has got two main meanings: prolific and fertile.
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