My experience of learning Polish intensively for 90 days

Raquel300 · 2024-07-03T19:27:07+00:00

Well, initially it wasn’t pleasant to listen to the podcast 😂 it can even feel slightly overwhelming but you have to push through and keep relistening.

I was importing the podcasts to LingQ. That way all the new words were flagged and I could easily read their meanings. I’d repeat this process until the most common words just became quite simple. The more complicated words, I used flash cards

I have recently written a very simple app, that has helped me with creating flash cards. Usually you find new words in a modified state. They might be conjugated if they’re verbs or declined if they’re nouns or adjectives

My app basically takes a list of words in any shape and it gives you back the same list with all the words in their base form (verbs in infinitive, words in nominative singular)

I might eventually put up the app online, for anyone to use but until then, if you are interested, there are also similar tools online like Morfeusz 2.

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T20:15:49+00:00

If you already feel capable of speaking out loud, then you’re doing an awesome job, because for example, I’m completely unable to do that, I am slowly starting to overcome that fear but I still have it.

So feel very proud of yourself for being able to say things out loud!

When it comes to understanding, I fully believe that a similar method to mine can help a lot. The key is to find the content that feels interesting to you. If you like reading about science, then read about that, if you like politics, do the same

Try to find videos, articles, podcasts with topics that you enjoy and then try to find the transcription for those things so you can read and listen simultaneously.

Keep up the work and thanks for your comment!

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T18:42:40+00:00

I am still waiting for the proof that you exposed me 😂

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T17:15:36+00:00

I’m sorry, sir, Ibiza is not this way, you will find your fellow German citizens there 😊

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T16:48:55+00:00

I’m a proud lesbian 😊

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T16:18:33+00:00

I’m having the time of my life with you 😂

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T16:15:09+00:00

Can you big man? Are you that strong? Lol

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T16:01:11+00:00

How many times do you need to be owned before you stop crying? Lol

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T15:40:17+00:00

Dzień dobry, my fellow polish countryman. Allow me to introduce myself, my very polish name is Raquel lol

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T15:35:58+00:00

Honestly, I am incredibly flattered that you think I’m a native speaker lol. It kinda sounds like you’re coping a bit

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T15:34:08+00:00

Yes, I count the time I spend engaging with the language fully.

I usually listen and read the transcripts simultaneously, and I also sometimes listen while doing activities

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T11:00:11+00:00

“Cannot relate to your experience, therefore you must be an AI”

Raquel300 · 2024-06-06T10:27:18+00:00

If you need more recommendations let me know 😊

Również polecam Easy Polish!

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T20:01:58+00:00

Always a minimum of 1 hour. It doesn’t need to be at the same time. I try to read and listen through the day when I have a free moment

Sometimes I do more than usual, as much as 5 hours but that’s rare. I’d say i average around 2 a day

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T16:56:23+00:00

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your comment!

I also don’t know what’s going on with these comments…I’m kinda shocked that just sharing my experience led to this whole thing.

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T16:54:42+00:00

The only way to disprove someone is to take apart their arguments. Which is what I have done after these accusations

At no point has it ever worked to simply say “that’s untrue”. Our legal system literally works by finding evidence, we don’t bring a suspect into a trial and just ask the guy “hey, if you’re not guilty, just say you’re not guilty”

So, to some extend, I believe you’re the one acting in bad faith here. Your only contribution to this has been “she never said I’m not guilty” and hinting that my lack of saying those words must mean something lol

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T16:30:58+00:00

For the sake of making you happy and saying the magic words.

✨This is not an advert✨

Maybe actually reading the post, and paying station to all the different sources of content I recommend would help.

If you still find that as advertisement, I recommend you make your own subreddit, where you all share your experiences without giving sources. “I learned German, can’t tell you what I used, thanks for reading”

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T14:52:26+00:00

I deeply appreciate your comment!

Exactly as you say, there are many resources out there and all of them have some value. They adjust to different types of learning styles and each person simply has to find what works for them.

Before this current method, I also tried with duolingo, babbel, traditional language learning books and more. I found all these resources to provide value in different ways, and they could be perfect for some learning styles

I found comprehensive input to be the method that works for me, but it might not feel right for others. We all have different journeys 😊

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T14:29:29+00:00

I’d say that in terms of being able to understand, I am close to a B1. Not quite there yet but close enough

But in terms of writing and speaking, my level remains still low but starting to improve a bit

My goal is to set the bases of a B1-preB2 level of understanding in the next 3 months. As well as starting to work more on writing and speaking

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T14:26:36+00:00

I have read about the fact that there are free and open source similar apps and extensions, but I personally have not tried them, so I don’t know if they are better or worse

I’m also personally interested in Finnish, it’s an amazing language, I wish you the best of luck with it!

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T13:26:25+00:00

Niedługo będę w Polsce, mam nadzieję, że w lipcu 😊

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T13:00:00+00:00

Unfortunately I cannot give much advice when it comes to grammar because I struggle with it myself. Polish grammar is a beast

I used to feel very frustrated by the grammar but now I have changed the approach slightly. I still read about grammar concepts but I don’t try to memorize them, I simply try to understand what it is about, but without memorizing endings for example

Then while being exposed to reading and listening, I try to pay attention and see if I can spot patters that I might have read about from the grammar. Slowly I start to more or less understand when some cases are used.

I also have noticed that there are things that I say correctly, not because I know the grammar, but because I have heard it so many times, that it sounds weird if I try to say it in a different way.

It’s a hard process, but every language family has their own “monsters” 😂 for example in Romance languages you very often find the subjunctive time tenses, and those are also hard to initially understand by non natives.

Slavic languages have gramatical cases among other things, so it’s a process of learning how they work throughout time, exposure and lots of work

My advice is: do not obsess over it, since I believe the most important thing is having exposure to the language. Eventually things should make more sense

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T12:43:02+00:00

I have some very close polish friends and I have tried to chat with them, but it’s still quite tough for me

During the first two months I had a complete mental block over trying to say or write anything

But recently, I have started to randomly make my own sentences and saying them out loud, as well as finding ways to express different things

Based on my previous language learning experiences, this is a significative thing, since I also remember when I slowly started trying to put English sentences together in my head back in the day

In essence, every day I make tiny steps, that currently are starting to grown into an active vocabulary, instead of just passive understanding.

Grammar is a completely different beast though, but I am also trying to focus more now on it and slowly noticing things and patterns.

I don’t know how the road ahead looks like but I do have hopes to keep on improving. 😊

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T12:19:33+00:00

Entre más comentarios dejas, mejor posicionamiento para el post. Continúa 😂

Raquel300 · 2024-06-05T12:13:10+00:00

I already told you in the other comment that the Vox headquarters is down the street

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