Learn Polish Through Useful Moments
Why Learn Polish?
- Speakers
- About 43 million, 40 million as a first language (2021)
- Official in
- Poland, and in the European Union
Read at Your Level
Polish Course Levels
- Level 1I'm just starting out or know only a few words
- Level 2I can handle simple exchanges
- Level 3I follow conversations on familiar topics
- Level 4I understand most content but miss some nuance
- Level 5I read complex topics but rare words slow me down
- Level 6I can read almost anything
How Long Does It Take to Learn Polish?
The U.S. Foreign Service Institute plans 1,012 class hours for its English-speaking students to use Polish at work. That is about 44 weeks of classes, plus about 17 hours a week of study on their own.
Here is how long 1,012 hours takes at your own pace:
- 3½ hours a week
- About 5 years 6 months
- 7 hours a week
- About 2 years 9 months
- 14 hours a week
- About 1 year 5 months
- 28 hours a week
- About 8 months
Common Questions About Learning Polish
Does Bubblegum teach Polish?
Yes. Bubblegum teaches Polish.
Is Bubblegum good for beginners?
If you are serious about learning Polish, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like.
Which levels does Bubblegum teach?
Bubblegum has six levels, from Level 1 ("I'm just starting out or know only a few words") to Level 6 ("I can read almost anything"). You can change your level at any time.
Do the Polish lessons have audio?
Yes. Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.
Can I practice speaking Polish?
Yes. In live voice chat, you talk out loud in Polish with Poppy, your AI tutor.
Which languages can Poppy explain Polish in?
Poppy explains Polish in any of the 74 languages the app comes in. The language pairs page shows how much of the Polish grammar and dictionary is ready in each one.
Is Bubblegum free?
Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.
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Sources
- Wikipedia, Polish language (40 million first-language and 43 million speakers in all, Ethnologue 2021; official in Poland and the European Union)
- U.S. Department of State, Foreign Language Training (Category III: about 44 weeks, 1,012 class hours; Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese)