I’m sure you have been wondering why we use grammatical cases in Polish, what are they, what do you need them for and why there are so many! What is a grammatical case? A grammatical case is a form of word that allows us to express the relationships between words in a sentence, something that...
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Survival Polish Christmas
You’re going to a Polish Christmas dinner? Need basic Polish words and phrases to talk to your Polish family and friends? Spoko Polish Christmas elves are here to help you! The important days related to Boże Narodzenie w Polsce (Christmas in Poland) are: Mikołajki (Saint Nicholas Day) when we give each other… ekhm Santa gives...
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How literal can I be?
So you’re already exploring the new universe of Polish. Perhaps you’re just looking around, not sure if you want to stay in it. Or maybe you’re already on the move, checking things here and there. Or you’ve gone through several levels and you’re craving more? In all of these stages, there is something you already...
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Greeting the Poles
Ok, let’s do a quiz. 1. You are in a bakery and you want to say hello to the person behind the counter. What do you say? And what if the shop assistant is younger than you? And what if they’re older but you know their name? You guessed it, Dzien dobry is the only...
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Internationalisms
Learning a new language is difficult, learning a language from a new language family – that’s a real challenge. The words don’t mean anything to you, everything sounds unfamiliar, and you are totally overwhelmed? Don’t worry, it’s natural in the beginning. But if you’ve just begun learning Polish and this is your first Slavic language,...