Speak Polski

Lessons

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

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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.