Speak Polski

Lessons

28 lessons from your first hello to confident B2. Start at the top and work down.

This is a complete, ordered Polish course — not a random pile of tips. It takes you from the absolute beginning (A0), where you learn to read the alphabet and say your first words, all the way to an upper-intermediate B2 level where you can handle participles, reported speech, the passive voice, and complex sentences. The lessons are grouped by level so you always know where you are: A0–A1 for first steps, A2 for the everyday grammar that carries most real conversations, B1 for the leap into verb aspect and cases, and B2 for the finer tools that make you sound fluent.

Every lesson is built the same way so you can settle into a rhythm. You get a clear, plain-English explanation of one idea, real example sentences with audio you can listen to and repeat, quick comprehension checks, and a hands-on practice stage where you produce the language yourself — typing answers, choosing the right form, and building sentences word by word. Each lesson also includes a short dialogue so you hear the grammar in a natural exchange, and finishes with a recap test whose missed words are saved to a spaced-repetition review pile, bringing them back just before you would forget them.

You don't need an account and nothing is locked. If you're brand new, begin with lesson one below and simply work down the list; your progress is saved automatically in your browser, and a completed lesson is marked with a check so you can always see how far you've come. If you already know some Polish, use the search box or jump straight to the level that matches you. Plan on roughly twenty to thirty minutes per lesson to get the full benefit of the practice and recap.

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A0–A1

First steps

Get reading and speaking from zero.

01Alphabet & pronunciation

Polish is phonetic — learn about ten special sounds and you can read anything.

02First words & greetings

The phrases you will use on day one.

03Introducing yourself (być)

Meet być (to be) and say who and where you are.

04Gender of nouns

Every noun is masculine, feminine or neuter — and the ending usually tells you which.

05Present tense

One present tense covers both 'I work' and 'I am working'.

06Questions & negation

Ask with czy, deny with nie — and watch the object change.

A2

Basics

The everyday machinery: cases, tenses and core words.

07Accusative & genitive

The two cases that carry most everyday sentences.

08Past tense

The verb itself shows the speaker's gender.

09Future tense

Two futures — and aspect picks which one.

10Instrumental, locative & dative

The other three everyday cases, each tied to a trigger.

11Numbers, time & days

The number changes the case of the noun after it.

12Adjectives & agreement

An adjective copies its noun's gender, number and case.

13Vocabulary flashcards

Core themed words — flip, listen, then play.

14Useful phrases

Whole-phrase chunks for real situations.

B1

Intermediate

Where Polish opens up: aspect, motion and full declension.

15Verb aspect

The single biggest leap from A2 to B1.

16Verbs of motion

'To go' splits two ways at once.

17Plurals & declension

Polish separates 'groups of men' from everything else.

18Comparatives & superlatives

Bigger, biggest — and 'than'.

19Conditional mood

Say 'would' and 'if' with the particle -by.

20Modal & reflexive verbs

Ability and need + the little word się.

21Relative clauses (który)

Join clauses with który — gender from the noun, case from its job.

B2

Upper-intermediate

Refined Polish: participles, passive and complex syntax.

22Aspect across all tenses

Aspect stops being a rule and becomes a tool for meaning.

23Participles

Compress a whole clause into a single word.

24Verbal nouns (gerunds)

Turn an action into a thing you can talk about.

25Reported speech

Polish keeps the original tense — no backshift.

26Passive voice

Spotlight the result; hide the doer.

27Word formation & prefixes

Bolt a prefix on a verb and unlock a new word.

28Complex sentences & connectors

Link ideas like a native speaker.