Learn Polish

I got back on track yesterday like I said I would. I have decided to start over on my discs, even though I have mastered the first few lessons, I just thought it for the best. So I quickly listened to the first lesson on the drive home last night and remembered all of it! Yahoo! And this morning I did part of the second lesson. I remembered all of that too. With only 14.5 lessons to go and plenty of days to do those, I should be golden. I am going to try and have all of the lessons complete over the next month and let it soak in. Then hopefully I will have time to redo the lessons and start on another lessons disc my bf bought for m awhile ago. This one is computer based and so will help me to recognize reading words.

So I am on my way! :-)

I have been seriously slacking. When I met my bf and we started dating a year and a half ago, I was interested in learning his language. We would do a word a day. A silly word – cat, what, yes. But eventually that died down. Then about a year ago? Or more? I bought the Pimsluer CD series. I was so gung ho about it, I mastered the first couple lessons in no time, doing the regimented 30 minutes per day, no more no less. Then that faded away and I only got to about lesson 4 or 5 out of 16. Well now I am actually going to Poland in… less than 2 months, and I have yet to pick back up on the lessons. I don’t want his family to think I’m a deaf mute because I don’t understand a word they’re saying. His family and friends here already shun me because I don’t speak Polish. Ugh. I need to get back on track with this goal – ASAP!!! I have updated my iPod, put all 16 lessons on, it is charged, I have it with me. I need to get back to listening to a lesson on the drive home everyday which is a bit less than 30 minutes but I could always sit in the car or finish the next time. I just need to do it! JUST DO IT!!! :-)

thoughts of hopelessness are starting to creep in this morning as I’m learning sentences. but, it’s not the reading them that is the problem. it is speaking them at the same pace as the narrator. ugh, did i choose a hard language to learn or what? my face feels crooked when i’m speaking ‘cuz i have to manipulate my mouth and tongue in ways that feel very distorted. jeez, and imagining trying to hold a conversation is seeming next to impossible.

I was born in poland and moved here when I was real small, barely talking. So I can’t write it, and can barely properly speak it anymore since my family insists on english in the home. I plan on moving back to Warsaw in a few years with the rest of my family, but need to touch up my skills. Re-learn in a sense really.

I am happy to report that I am learning. (Amazon.com rocks by the way. I ordered the Rosetta Stone> Polish and it came the next day and I didn’t even pay shipping.) Of, course I don’t know how often I will say “the car is blue” and that “the boy is under the table” but I’ll get there!

Never been outside of the USA. Wouldn’t be my first choice either. But alas, I am heading to Poland this fall. My bf is Polish and has many relatives there and we will be attending a wedding. I need to “rosumiem p’polsku” (sp?) in a few months. I got the Pimsluer series on CD and just love it. I loaded it on the iPod and have already mastered the first three discs. I can say “Traje rosumiem p’polsku” (again however the crazy language is spelled? that is my phonics way to spell it) – which translates, “I understand Polish a little”, which is true now! Looking forward to mastering the rest of the discs and start trying to have Polish conversations with my bf, his friends and family. “Do’widzenja” everybody!

Polish and English are both my FIRST languages. I learned both at the same time and my family has some hilarious stories to tell about my early childhood.

Polish is a great language. Especially if links hand and hand with your heritage. It just makes you closer to YOU. I think you’ll love speaking Polish especially if you visit the country.

The only advice I can give is to learn it if you want it and sign up for a Polish school or buy a Polish learning program (like Rosetta Stone).

I wish each and every one of you the best of luck on the journey to Polish!

and try using it while being sober ;)

anymore

I’ve always wanted to learn more about my heritage. I started with doing a family tree and managed to connect with relatives abroad. Today I got The Rosetta Stone and thought I’d try to learn the language. I’m not sure I like the method, and the words are crazy hard to pronounce, but I will set some time aside a couple times a week to work on the lessons.