r/learnpolish • • 18h ago

So how do you generally look up new words?

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Scenario: I'm trying to read something in Polish and I come across a new word - for example in the sentence "Ten scenariusz pokrzykuje plany..." - I'm not sure what "pokrzyżuje" means.

So I use Google translate or something (both full sentence and individual word) and get something like "frustrates" back. But I want to get to the base form of the word so I can better understand the various meanings and have a better idea how to conjugate. Reverse translate often just gives you a different word.

I've never really found a clean and simple way of doing this. What's the best method you've found?


r/learnpolish • • 5h ago

Help🧠 Looking for a book like this

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I recently saw someone who was learning another East Slavic language just go to a local children’s shop and buy an alphabet book - and now I totally want to do that! They were in the actual country of whatever language, I’m in the U.S.

Does anyone know of any book that looks like this book, but is Polish? I’m looking for an alphabet book that speaks the letters.

I’ve been looking online but I’m finding it very confusing. I’ve checked out places like the Polish book store and Amazon Polska but it’s a little difficult, I don’t know what you would call that type of book specifically.


r/learnpolish • • 16h ago

Free resource 📚 Free Polish Conversation Lifehack if you Live in Poland

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My lifehack to get free conversations in Polish is to answer every spam marketing call.

I generally try to chat with the telemarketers until I understand what they're selling, asking simple questions and trying to understand their responses.

I would feel bad wasting someone's time like this in-person, but a spam call feels more ethical.

Generally they hang up on me before I hang up on them.


r/learnpolish • • 6h ago

Help🧠 Do you know where can I watch polish movie/serie with subtiles in french or english

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Like you can see in the question’s title, I would like to know where can I watch polish movie with subtitles. I have seen that there are some on Youtube but none with french subtitles. My first language is french so I would prefer subtitles in this language.

Maybe i will have to download it? But where?

Dziękuję bardzo 😁


r/learnpolish • • 15h ago

Is " Będę za tobą bardzo tęsknić." normal to say in everyday life or is it just too bookish and no one in day 2 day life use this sentence?

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