Polish is an Indo-European language belonging to the group of the Western Slavic languages. It is strongly related to the Czech and the Slovak language, so that people from these three countries can understand themselves without the help of an interpreter.

Polish is one of the most difficult languages to learn. Marked by the repetition of the "hushing" sounds, the Polish pronunciation is also characteristic by its stressing (accentuation) on before-last syllable and by its nasal vowels, absent in the other Slavic languages.

This page try to explain the Polish language. Because of the complexity of it's grammar, this cannot cover all details. But nevertheless it should allow you to survive in any part of Poland.

Languages spoken by Poles

Polish is spoken by 99 % of the population in Poland. The principal dialects include small-Polish and Silesian, spoken in the south, and the mazovien and large-Polish, spoken in north. The Cachoube is for some considered as a language.

Polish vocabulary

Hello	Dzień dobry	Hello	Czesc
Yes	Tak	Good evening	Dobry wieczór
Not	Nie	Good night	Dobranoc
Thank you (very much)	Dziękuję (bardzo)	My name is	Nazywam się
Goodbye	Do widzenia	How are you?	Jak sie masz
Please	Proszę	I do not understand	Nie rozumiem
Excuse me	Przepraszam	Price	Cena
Mister	Pan	Help!	Pomocy!
Madam	Pani	Cheers	Na zdrowie!

 

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Polish alphabet

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Poltran.com
Dictionary and English-Polish translator, using Ectaco's technology.
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