r/Polish • • Jan 29 '21

New official r/Polish discord server!

41 Upvotes

🇵🇱 Welcome to /r/Polish!

A community of 17k+ people learning Polish, sharing resources, and exploring Polish language & culture. Posts in Polish or English are welcome — beginners and natives alike!

💡 Tip: Don’t be shy — ask questions, share memes, and learn with us! 😄

☕ Support us: buymeacoffee.com/polish

💬 Discord

Join 500+ active members to chat & practice Polish: 👉 discord.gg/Polish

📜 Rules

✅ You can post:

  • Translation requests
  • Learning questions & resources
  • Polish culture & language content

🚫 Don’t post:

  • Politics (instant ban)
  • Spam or paid courses
  • Over-promotion (1/week max, educational only)
  • Harassment

📧 Business inquiries: p19536673@gmail.com

Also on Reddit:


r/Polish • • 1h ago

Jakie są wasze największe czerwone flagi przy kupowaniu z ogłoszeń?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

• Upvotes

r/Polish • • 9h ago

Question Polish nursery rhyme

2 Upvotes

My mother is from Poland but moved to the Netherlands when she was 21 and then had me. Unfortunately she’s never taught me how to speak Polish because she was afraid I’d be having trouble with language in school.

Now I’m 31 and have children of my own. I remember very faintly she used to sing me a nursery rhyme or “lap song” in Polish that I loved as a kid and I would love to learn it again and pass it on to my son.

I don’t remember much of it but it started out with a singing line and then a kiss, I remember the word “paskudo or paskuda” being in it and it ended with something along the lines of “Mama jest be”. I remember only this and the melody. The rest got lost on me. Does anyone know what I’m talking about?

I know it as a small 4 line song.


r/Polish • • 15h ago

Question What's the most typical text a Polish mum sends?

5 Upvotes

I'm Italian and I'm making a game where your whole life happens on a virtual phone, from your first phone at 14 until you're old. Right now I'm writing the mum character, and I want her to sound like where you grew up.

Mine texts me "hai mangiato......" (did you eat?) every single day, always with way too many dots. What does yours send? Is there a word or phrase only a Polish mum would use, that I as an Italian would never understand?

The best messages go into the game. (sorry for my English)


r/Polish • • 11h ago

Double negatives to mean a negative in Polish- grammar

0 Upvotes

I’m very confused by Polish grammar in certain cases.

If you you “ja nigdy tego nie zrobilam” isn’t that the equivalent to “I never did nothing” WHICH MEANS YOU DID SOMETHING

Shouldn’t the more grammatically and logically correct way be to say “ja nigdy tego zrobilam” but that just sounds off…….

Can someone explain?


r/Polish • • 18h ago

Help Caribbean girly needs a polish tutor 😊

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 1d ago

Grammar When do I use “kiedy” and when do I use “gdy”?

3 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 1d ago

Szukam pomocy w znalezieniu wszystkiego na temat nazwiska "Kołoniecki

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 1d ago

Hollywood?⭐No, This Is POLAND’s Walk of Fame!

Thumbnail
youtu.be
0 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 1d ago

Grammar When precisely do I use “wiedzieć”, and when precisely do I use “znać”? I always mix them up!

2 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 1d ago

Other Some pictures that I took on the polish countryside... I had an amazing time in Poland, thank you for being such a nice people!

Thumbnail
vm.tiktok.com
0 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 2d ago

Other Wywoływanie Duchów....

Thumbnail
youtu.be
1 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 2d ago

What do you like the most about living in Poland ?

0 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 2d ago

Has anybody tried Bez problemu Polski?

Thumbnail gallery
1 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 3d ago

Obcy na Podlasiu cz.I: Helena Bohle‑Szacka i niemieckie ślady w Białymstoku

Thumbnail
youtube.com
1 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 3d ago

Używane słuchawki, a sprzedaż.

1 Upvotes

Hej jak w tytule,

Kupiłem dosyć "drogie" słuchawki sony WF-1000XM5, ale okazało się, że "pianki" nie są dla moich uszu takie dobre, ponieważ ciężko je się wkłada i dużo bardziej wole zastosowanie od appla airpodsy bez gumek, no ale tutaj pojawia się problem. No wydałem te pieniądze na sony i nie bardzo wiem, czy w ogóle można je sprzedać ze względu na higienę ponieważ to trochę dziwne wystawiać coś co było w moich uszach i czy w ogóle ktoś to będzie chciał kupić? Nie wiem czemu, ale mam w głowie obawę, że ktoś uzna mnie za jakiegoś zwyrola i wyśmieje na OLX, jest też masa akcji z podrabianymi słuchawkami i też boje się, że będą takie zarzuty mimo że mam paragon itd.


r/Polish • • 4d ago

Question Albo, lub, czy, bądź?

2 Upvotes

Jaka jest różnica między tymi czterema? Jak wybieracie, którego spójnika użyć?


r/Polish • • 5d ago

Translation "Śmierć to wreszcie kres", przekład z Dylana/Cave'a

2 Upvotes

Jakoś nieoczekiwanie ładna pogoda dzisiaj wyskoczyła, poszedłem sobie na jesienny spacer posłuchać smutów i przypadkiem wpadł mi w słuchawki Nick Cave, "Death Is Not the End". Podśpiewywałem sobie z Nickiem (i Kylie Minogue w drugiej zwrotce!) pod nosem, chodząc sobie po parku, no i jakoś tak same zaczęły mi przychodzić polskie frazy do głowy. Oryginalną piosenkę napisał Dylan w latach 80., w epoce swojego nawrócenia ;), musiałem troszkę poprawić refren, no bo zdaje się, że to jednak the end ;p Nie jest to wybitny przekład, ale cóż, piosenki są trudne, dzielę się i chętnie przyjmę poprawki! Oryginał tutaj.

Kiedyś smutny i samotny
kiedy wszystko jebał pies,
  to pamiętaj –
że śmierć to wreszcie kres;
że śmierć to wreszcie kres.

Kiedy wszystko, co przeżyłeś,
to był tylko pierwszy kęs,
  zapamiętaj –
że śmierć to wreszcie kres;
że śmierć to wreszcie kres.

Kiedy stoisz na rozdrożach,
kiedy czujesz tylko stres,
  to pamiętaj –
że śmierć to wreszcie kres;
że śmierć to wreszcie kres.

Niebo puste, nic nie błyska,
  obietnice marny śmiech;
po co toczyć pianę z pyska?
  Nic nie szkodzi, lekki pech.

Kiedy wszystko, co istotne
się zamienia w potok łez,
  to pamiętaj –
że śmierć to wreszcie kres;
że śmierć to wreszcie kres.

Kiedy z łąk zostają zgliszcza,
kiedy płonie nawet bez,
  to pamiętaj –
że śmierć to wreszcie kres;
że śmierć to wreszcie kres.

r/Polish • • 5d ago

I made my phone quiz me on Polish before Reddit opens, and it's the first time cases are actually sticking

2 Upvotes

I've been learning Polish for a few weeks because of travelling, and I'm somewhere around A2/B1. Vocab was okay, but the cases kept beating me. I'd learn that it's "nie mam czasu" and not "nie mam czas", and a week later I'd say it wrong again.

I knew what I should review, I just never did it. So I tied it to the thing I do most: opening Reddit. Now before it opens I have to get through 5 of my Polish cards, and only the ones I really know count.

My cards are mostly tiny case drills like "Widzę ___ (kot)" → "kota", plus aspect pairs (brać / wziąć 😩). Seeing them a few at a time in random moments works way better for me than my old evening sessions, and half the time I don't even open Instagram afterwards.

Still losing to "chrząszcz" though.

What helped you make the cases stick? Anything besides tons of input?

(I built the little app for this myself, the mods said it's fine to mention it: it's called "Braintoll: Flashcard Blocker")

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6819666916

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.braintoll.app


r/Polish • • 6d ago

Looking for friends and polish media recommendations

9 Upvotes

I want to learn Polish in various ways, like using the old notebook for grammar and listening to music and watching shows.

I would love some recommendations, preferably something easy to follow for a beginner, haha. For example, let's exclude the rap genre in music. I'm a fan of classical music, but sadly I don't know many songs, so please help me.

For shows and TV, I'm lost. I'm thinking of watching stuff randomly, but I might lose interest in the show. I'm currently watching The Witcher (Wiedźmin), the very first show I'm starting with, and I'm loving it since I already watched the English version. Any recommendations would be nice, thank you.

Also, since I'm looking for friends, it would be nice to get to know a few nice people to help each other with languages. I'm confident in my ability to help with English since I hold a bachelor's degree in it, so I would love to help you out.

Also, with no pressure, I hope to meet up with the buddies I make here, since I'm moving to Poland in a few months to work with my brother.

I'm 24 years old and into the gym and games. Sorry for the long post, and nice to meet you!


r/Polish • • 6d ago

Question Name help

0 Upvotes

I need to know how to spell the Polish version of Deborah/Devorah in both English and Polish. Also I need help pronouncing it. Thanks!!!


r/Polish • • 6d ago

Ta piękna ulica w Polsce ma mroczną przeszłość…

Thumbnail
youtu.be
0 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 7d ago

Question Would you change any words on this Polish 'Swadesh list'?

Thumbnail
2 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 8d ago

Maja Chwalińska has a message for you 🤗

Thumbnail
youtube.com
2 Upvotes

r/Polish • • 10d ago

Wroclaw Eu Student

1 Upvotes

Hi fellow redditors,

I have a question regarding the admission process for EU students.

I want to apply for a masters degree in Wroclaw and I was wondering if I needed my Bachelor's degree in Polish or English? And if I have to transform my grades from the 1-10 system into the 1-5 or not.

I have tried contacting the Admissions Centre Foreign Student Admissions Office, but I got a basic autoreply email imo.