Comments on: Polish grammar noun case identification exercises 1

By: Mark Biernat

Mark Biernat — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:40:00 +0000

Chris, Thank you for the nice words about Polish grammar.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:45:25 +0000

I have just stumbled upon this website. It is my preferred website for learning Polish from the websites I have visited. I expect to be spending a great deal of time on here in the next few days and weeks. I’m Australian, staying in Koszalin and my girlfriend is Polish. Keep up the great work with this site and all the best to everyone learning about this great language and culture.

By: Mark Biernat

Mark Biernat — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:47:58 +0000

Thanks for your input on Polish grammar. I am an English speaker who learned Polish, not just a native Polish speaker with a degree in literature.

By: Richard Jeffery

Richard Jeffery — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:08:34 +0000

Thank goodness I have found this site. I have been living in Poland since last august and been going to Polish language school since september, but the grammar is holding back my progress and destroying my confidence. I am convinced that the Poles do not teach their infant schoolchildren by bombarding them with rules of grammar, but rather by the method that you have devised here.

By: Mark Biernat

Mark Biernat — Tue, 11 May 2010 09:26:32 +0000

I think my site has the most drills, most other sites are just tables and explanations.
When I speak Polish it is easy not. I do not even think that I am speaking Polish I just speak. This comes with time. However, if I speak all day in Polish it is good to go back to English in the evening. But after a while it will feel just like English.

By: paul

paul — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:27:46 +0000

Hi, I’m a native Filipino who is fluent in English. Do you know any other free sites where you can do a lot of drills. I’ve almost completely mastered the declination (singular, plural, adjectives, nouns, etc.), imperfective and perfective forms, forming conditional sentences (with gdyby,etc.). It takes me about 5-10 seconds to form a long sentence, including those utilising conditional clauses, and different declinations. However, I wanna get to the point where i can do all the declinations, imperfective/perfective, etc. with fluency. My major weakness that takes much of my sentence building time is making substitutions and debates whether to use imperfective/perfective, or the word order. I’ve been learning for a month, and I found that I was….well….skilled?…when it comes to languages, so it made me encourage to try learn this language. Also my vocabulary is kinda erratically limited (I know wszystkowiedzacy, przesadzic/presadzac/pochlebiac, etc. but dunno the polish for kick, change, punch, dishes). How can I overcome this to be fluent ‘jak najszybciej’? Do I have to start thinking in polish, or do I just continue to translate from English to Polish mentally till thinking in Polish comes by itself? I have 2 dictionaries with me, but I dunno where to start…….thanks. And how long do you reckon is it gonna take me to be fluent enough to engage a conversation with a Pole (without him having to strain?)

By: Mark Biernat

Mark Biernat — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:35:41 +0000

You are right, to make a simple Polish sentence requires considering an exponentially large number of variable. However, if you drill the actual sentences rather than work only from the theory, I have found in my personal experience it is easier.

By: Jon Owen

Jon Owen — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:25:59 +0000

I study Polish and I understand the theory as it is taught, however, putting a sentence together requires too many variables and too much abstract thought to be able to execute it correctly.

This is a great website, as it allows me to practise without thinking about formulae.

By: Jedd

Jedd — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:25:16 +0000

This is an excellent web site! I found your explanation for the “instrumental” case to be very helpful. Nonetheless, why are 22, 43, and 70 considered to be instrumental?

Keep up your great work!

By: Tony Mason

Tony Mason — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:08:37 +0000

Please forward the flash cards
Kind regards