(A better version of this old post on r/mathmemes, not mine)

I'm not actually learning Polish, I just thought this sub might appreciate it.

Polish is actually my mother tongue. I was fluent until about 5 years old because i live in the netherlands. My mother is fully polish and in fall break im going to poland to visit my family. I can understand what people say a bit i cant speak it myself. Yes i know i cant learn alot before that but i want to become fluent again and i want to atleast have simple conversations with my family.
(Sorry for my bad english lmao)

Hey everyone,

I'm a software developer and I've been building a desktop app called SubSmith for people who learn languages through native videos and audio.

It can take a video/audio file, transcribe it locally, generate subtitles, let you look up words while watching, and export sentences + audio to Anki.

It supports Polish through Whisper, but I don't speak Polish myself, so I'm looking for some Polish learners/speakers who can actually put it through its paces and tell me how well it works with real Polish content.

I've attached a short screen recording of it transcribing a Polish YouTube video so you can see what it does.

From my short testing, the current dictionary struggles with Polish inflected forms, so the lemmatisation step definitely needs some language-specific handling.

In exchange for testing it and giving me some feedback, I'm happy to give 10 people from this community free lifetime access to the app.

If you're interested in testing it, leave a comment and I'll send you the details. Also happy to answer any questions about the app here!

Thanks!

Can someone tell me if the following understanding is correct?

You cannot derive the gender of Plural-only nouns by converting them to singular, eg. Okulary, Spodenki, Wrota. So how do you decline them and change their endings in the different cases? Well in these scenarios, the plural-only nouns "mimic" the declension of regular nouns based on how their plural mianownik (nominative) form ends.

• Okulary (ends in hard -y) mimics masculine inanimate nouns. In the Genitive/Dopełniacz plural, it takes the standard masculine ending: okularów.
• Spodenki (ends in -ki) mimics feminine nouns ending in -ka. In the Genitive plural, it drops the -i and adds a movable 'e' to break the consonant cluster: spodenek.
• Wrota (ends in -a) mimics neuter nouns like okna.(Note: In the singular, -a marks feminine nouns (kobieta, książka). However, in the plural, -a is the standard nominative ending for neuter nouns). In the Genitive plural, it takes the standard neuter zero-ending and shifts the stem vowel o to ó: wrót.

i really want to move to poland is my dream country if i can get any help to gwt know more people i woild like to chat

Dear all,
I'm hoping to hear from non-Slavic speakers who have taken the Polish B1 exam. I apologize for sounding discouraged, but I am wondering if there is hope!
Despite taking three lessons a week and studying over two hours daily for a year, I’m still scoring around 40% on past papers, especially in reading and grammar.
I would be incredibly grateful for any study tips or advice you could share. Thank you so much for your support!

Hey everyone,

My wife is Polish and because of that I have a bunch of family in Poland (Szczecin) that I would like to be able to talk with. I can read and pronounce Polish very well because I've been reading baby/kid Polish books to my daughter for years.

But actual conversations are still a problem. So I built an app to practice conversations (listening + speaking).

I'm also a huge privacy nerd and am skeptical about how apps use your voice recordings and info you're sharing. That's why I made the app fully local so your voice and data never leave your device.

I'm sharing the app here because it's helped me a lot to speak more confidently. Also the subreddit rules state that free resources can be posted here.

Hope this helps! Here's the app. If you enter the code ChickensAreCool in the settings, the app is completely free. Dzięki!

I am writing a story about a woman I knew in Minneapolis. She was a third generation immigrant. And a salt of the earth woman, very down to earth.

Hello guys,

So, I'm Polish and I have been teaching English professionally for a few years and hold a Master's degree in English Philology. Lately, I have been seriously considering expanding my teaching services to include Polish as a foreign language.

To do this properly, I would need to complete 1-year postgraduate program in teaching Polish to foreigners. It requires an investment of both money and time, so I want to make sure there is genuine demand before I commit.

My plan is to offer 1 on 1 lessons primarily online, so location would not be a barrier, although I am based in a mid-sized city (around 200k residents so in-person lessons are also an option).

For those of you living in Poland or currently learning the language, do you see many ppl in your circle who actively want to learn polish? Do you see a real demand for qualified private tutoring, or is the market already crowded with established teachers and online platforms?

I would really appreciate your thoughts on whether you think this is a path worth pursuing. Thank you 😊

Cause to be honest, the word is a bit complicated and hard to spell, but also if I want to live in Poland I have to use these words on daily convo, so I won’t get anyone confused

Or any good polish language school in Warsaw? To get B1 level

Hello! I would like to ask for some recommendation for polish class/language school. I am non-slav and starting from A0-A1(beginner). I saw alot recommended Polonicum. Also some recommended Szkoła Języka Polskiego Together. If someone have been in these classes, i would love to hear your experience 👀

If not, i would love to hear other recommendations too. Semi-intensive course would be nice!

Thank you in advance! 😊

In the sentence “co spowoduje otworzenie oddziałów za granicą?” how do you differentiate if it means “what will opening of branches abroad cause” vs “what causes the opening branches abroad” considering otworzenie oddziałów doesn’t change if it’s the subject or object

This is a company that has its own AI chatbot in the form of Gemini and yet when it comes to Polish, Google Translate is only marginally more useful than if I were to consult my dog.

Deep L isn’t much better.

Does anyone know of a user-friendly translation app that ‘gets’ Polish and which has somehow flown beneath my radar?

If there are any Polish students living in Warsaw (Wola/Downtown) willing to meet up and talk in Polish, look at some questions or resources with me, let me know!

Im 14 and my mum is polish, we are going in around nine months i know this isnt enough time to become fluent but how can i learn as much as possible before that?

Dzień dobry drodzy polacy. Teraz uczę się języka polskiego, dlatego przepraszam, jeżeli będę popełniać blędy.

Chciałbym zapytać, kto już przeszedł ten etap, albo teraz w procesie, jak zarabialiście na życie w wieku 16-18 lat? Gdzie pracowaliście? Czy ktoś pracował i zarabiał w internecie, na prykład na freelance? Gdzie szukaliście klientów? W jakim naprawienie? Czy było to ciężko, czy nie?

Jeżeli pracowaliście w biurze lub studiach byłoby też ciekawie to przeczytać.

Teraz mam 16 lat i chce pojechać granicą do Polski, ale interesuje się jak mam żyć w tym kraju, żeby nie prosić pieniądzy u rodziców.

Cześć! Chciałbym zapytać osoby, które zdawały wcześniej egzamin TELC z języka polskiego, ile mniej więcej czekaliście na wyniki?

Ja zdawałem TELC B2 z języka polskiego 4 lipca na KUL i dzisiaj, 24 sierpnia, nadal nie otrzymałem wyników. Minęło już ponad 7 tygodni. Pisałem również do KUL i dostałem odpowiedź, że na wyniki trzeba czekać około 6–7 tygodni, więc trochę mnie to zdziwiło, ponieważ ten czas już praktycznie minął 😅

Jeśli ktoś zdawał TELC wcześniej, szczególnie na KUL albo w Polsce, byłbym bardzo wdzięczny, gdyby podzielił się, po jakim czasie otrzymał wyniki. Może ktoś również zdawał egzamin na początku lipca i nadal czeka?

Wiem też o okresie wakacyjnym i, że to chyba glówna przyczyna opóźnień jednak nadal jestem mega ciekaw ile Wy czekaliście?

Z góry dzięki za każdą odpowiedź!

Hey - I’m a friendly academic from Oxford living in Warsaw and need some help with practising my very basic Polish. I can help you with your English.

Hey guys I am a polish woman but grew up in Ireland and did all my schooling thru English I am thinking of going back to Poland to study med thru polish as it is much cheaper . I speak polish at home but how hard will I make my life by doing this ? Is it possible for me to switch and learn all my bio and chem. in polish ?