Help! I really want to learn the language.

My fiancee and his whole family are from Zielona Gora, i believe thats the name, and I'd love to connect with them on a new level! I really want to learn the language abd byki.com didnt help. My fiancee is teaching me little by little but I'd like to do more on my own.

So what do you want to know... ?

absolutely everything. common conversational pieces, how to pronounce them first of all, or just being able to say things like "good morning" or "how has everything been?" I know .2% of polish. Brian and I say things like "kiss me" and "i love you(too)" everyday but thats about it.

A real up hill task!!!!!!!!!!!!

For the basics get the Lonely Planet polish phrasebook os The Rough Guide phrasebook or something similar. It really does get you started on the very basics, but as anyone knows, you have to understand these to be able to move on to more complicated stuff!

Here is something.

http://www.polishforums.com/numbers_polish_language-17_6722_0.html

http://www.polishforums.com/writing_polish_formal_letters-17_3899_0.ht ml

http://www.polishforums.com/writing_polish_formal_letters-17_3899_0.ht ml

http://www.polishforums.com/polish_conditionals-18_3270_0.html

http://www.polishforums.com/ways_expressing_future_polish-18_3109_0.ht ml

http://www.polishforums.com/polish_past_tense-18_3034_0.html

http://www.polishforums.com/polish_present_tense-18_2957_0.html

http://www.polishforums.com/daily_phrases_study-10_7221_0.html

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Rosetta Stone software is the best
I am learning with that and they use total immersion method
Visual and hearing as well as voice recognition is involved

Hello!
For my two cents worth, can't think of that much to add to what the rest have already said.

It's ideal naturally, when, as here, real native speakers can correct, at least your written, Polish.
The language is connected of course to the culture, as with any language, therefore, much of what is stated, written etc. in Polish is connected to the history/mystery (sorry about that one! he-he) of Poland. For instance, when someone sneezes at the table, one might hear "Sto lat!" = A hundred years! as the response, whereas in English the response phrase is normally "Bless you!".

Not a good idea though to judge either a language or a people by their politics. After all, the English are basically honest by nature.
Marek

Marek think in my unlearned self you have given the best advice chuckles but without a a sence of humour and like yer the recipients as well.
Depends on who you are talking to and a whole host of other things ...
Tho still i love whgat is happening..
Good luck dudexxxxxxx
And if i may dostrawia maybe nostrawia learning at the same time ...
thank you....
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Grzegorz_ Cheers dude am havn a look .....
serious stuff chuckles you must love what you are doing...

You can also try this and Thank RazZ for finding it.

http://www.polishforums.com/polish_speech_synthesiser_software-18_6321 _0.html#msg78296

I'll tell you something bdmskiwife. My husband is Canadian so since my whole family is Polish to the core, the poor guy has been trying to learn at least a little bit of the language. Just 3-4 months ago he bought himself a book (includes a CD). It's basically called "Teach yourself Polish" - complete audio CD program, written by Nigel Gotteri and Joanna Michalak-Gray. It's still quite a challenge, as with any language, but he is actually able to handle short conversations in Polish.
Funny thing.. not too long ago, my mom was trying to asking me something (in Polish of course) and for the love of God.. I could not understand what it was that she wanted from me. She must've repeated it about 4 or 5 times.. Finally, my husband rolled his eyes and told me "she wants to borrow your scarf!" Only instead of "szalik" (scarf) she used the word "apaszka" and.. lost me.
Anyways.. sorry for the blabbery-blab. Check if you can get that book. It's actually written quite nicely, it's for beginners. And ask your finacee for help..