Piwo: Dzień dobry from Birmingham

Hello everyone. I stumbled across this website a few weeks ago and reckoned it was about time I joined in.

Quite simply I am attempting to learn Polish and have been doing ok since day one, six months ago.

However, I am now looking for inspiration regarding grammar. I find the vocabulary and pronunciation straightforward to learn but when it comes to cases ... blimey! ... Accusative ending for this, Genitive ending for that, it seems so complex.

Saying that however, there are rules in place but they are so damn tricky to remember which one to use and when.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who suffers!!!

Dziękuję

Witaj na forum Have you got any particular reason to learn Polish?

You got that right piwo ... how are you learning polish at home or college or friends?

welcome to the forum though enjoy

Dziękuję Magdushya.

Eastern European languages have always intrigued me and the sound of them in conversation is very impressive. I have always been keen to speak another language and having been spoonfed French at school I was reluctant to take it any further. Russian looked daunting, the Cyrillic alphabet put me off. I had an uncle who was Polish and thought that was good enough reason to learn.

Since I began learning, the influx of Poles into my neighbourhood has been astonishing. There are now three Polish shops in my High Street! Therefore I feel justified in choosing Polish, in that it will become more prevalent in British society and I will be able to converse. Even my eight-year old son can now speak some Polish with me!

Therefore it is for the challenge!

Dziękuję telefonitika.

I am teaching myself (probably bad habits too).

I have three in-car CDs so I can listen every day on my way to work; I have some PC software also and a few teach yourself and reference books (many obtained off the Internet).

In all honesty I'd love to be able to do a college course etc. but I am not aware of any round by me.

dzieki Piwo ... i go to college in Doncaster each week on a thursday evening to learn the language have been doing since first week in November last year making progress but i would like to apply myself more in my learning .. i only have two disks and one of these came with a book i got (from a seller in poland via ebay lol) but would love to have some others .... numbers above twenty are a killer for me to understand when spoken haha .. but i will get there with it all.

In the centre? No? Smethwick maybe? I want to find the Polish shops closer to my place. I live in B'ham too however with my fiancé

I have to eat Polish food, after English I've started loosing my shape. Some people say that is because of artificial supplements and hormons inside it.

Telefonitka is learning Polish also and is good in that

we have some shops and a bakery but the shop i usually goes in isnt run by polish people and i sometimes feel like im an alien when i go in there for food (oh i eat some polish food ) wanting that chocolate cake that has a thick rim and hallow centre you can fill with whatever like cream and bananas ... but cant find a recipe or its name anywhere or a picture to be honest

Do you know the name of it?

HI there, Im also from the West Midlands (Dudley), but currently living in London with my Polish bf. Have been thinking about moving back to Brum though. Where are you learning Polish? I also need to learn, I know a bit, but not enough that would be acceptable to use in polite society. Anyway, welcome fellow Madlander.

As I said earlier, i am learning from various media sources such as PC, in-car CD, books and the Internet. I would be happy to attend a college course in Birmingham or nearby but I'm not aware of any course providers.

Anyway, nice to hear from you sapphire.

Sorry, I hadnt read your earlier post properly. Well good luck to you.

i dont unfortunately otherwise i would find it no problem a polish girl made it but she has not been in contact with me since beginning of december.

Hi beer.

Cześć Grzegorz

Nice coat you've got there.

Thanks.

I too have been learning from the Internet, CD's, books and me Polish friends and you're not alone with getting used to cases!

Anyway, here you go -

The Brasshouse Centre in Birmingham City Centre (Sheepcote Street just off Broad Street) has all sorts of language courses including Polish.

ww.birmingham.gov.uk/brasshouse.bcc (add another w infront of those two - the anti spamming control won't let me post the whole link).

Click on the 'Modern Foreign Languages' link towards the bottom.

Hope there's summat useful there.

cheers i checked it out very insightful

Well from what I can gather you're a man on a mission. Glad to know you've taken an interest.

Jak sie masz piwo

Greetings from Manchester

na razie

j

welcome piwo

Bardzo Dziękuję Greg.

I will certainly check out the link you have provided there. Seems like telefonitika thinks it's promising.

Cześć janski. Dziękuję.

Thanks davidpeake.

ArturSzastak, I feel like a man on a mission as you say, since I find myself reading Polish lessons constantly. My workmates think i'm a bit strange as they don't share my interest in such an "obscure" language as Polish. I probably don't help matters since I find myself repeating in Polish the things I hear them say in English.

Hey!!!!! Where is Birmingham??

I hope you're kidding Poland2006!

The second largest city in England.

Oh.. hahaha... i never knew that. I never knew there was a city called birmingham in Rgland. I knwo 2 in the USA though

I never knew there was a place called Rgland either. Funny how they've got a city called Birmingham too!

lol.. yea well.. hehehe.. where r u from?

I think you've been on the beer. You should be called Piwo, not me.



Let's try ... Birmingham, UK.

Where are you from poland2006?

Hello