Learning Polish, good for beginners?

I have decided to take the plunge and actually start learning this wonderful language. Can anyone suggest any books which will help me get started. My ability to grasp languages (other than English) is virtually non-existant (I learnt French for some 9 years but can barely speak a word), so something very basic for beginners would be ideal.

Thanks in advance.

Sorry to say that, but you don't stand a chance :P

Really? :(

Surely you know a book for beginners? I know some good British comedies btw ;)

Lol Bad girl..

Well, if you give it a try... 10 years of studying should take you to a communicative level :D
I don't know any books for beginners since I'm a native Polish speaker ;) I'm sure others will help you out soon.
Good luck with your learning! :)


Do you want to talk about it? :P

BW Mazur has some good self help books and tapes.

You could also try the language section of this Forum :)

That might be a good idea... thanks



What do you want to know?

I want to know EVERYTHING :P

Hi,

I used a book 'Wśród Polaków' (Wydawnictwo Fundacji Kośćióskiej - 1992) eons ago and found it incredibly helpful. My version had NO English and even the cassettes were all in Polish!

Not even sure if it's still in print, but it's worth a try googling.

Powodzenia,

Can you afford £20 for a weekly lesson?
Learning Polish by yourself from books, tapes, internet sites etc will be very hard.

In additiion to lessons (which usually come with e-mails containing attachments of pdf files - to be printed and used during the lesson. Pdf files to be printed off and used as 'homework'. And audio files to help with pronounciation) you'll need a good Polish-English, English-Polish dictionary, Basic Grammar by Dana Bielec, 301 Polish Verbs (I forget the author).

You can find a study partner at myhappyplanet.com and a teacher at myngle.com.

Despite the difficulties of pronounciation, coming to terms with a 32 letter alphabet (including 9 vowels) the real problem is the grammar.
Case endings, genders, pronouns....concepts alien to English speakers are everywhere!