Why Learn Polish? (and what to expect) [Kult America]

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
  • Why should you take on the challange of learning one of the worlds most difficult languages? What will the phases be along the road? Watch this video to find out!
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  • @piotrwojcicki4566
    @piotrwojcicki4566 3 года назад +54

    Sam jestem Polakiem ale jak oglądam ten odcinek to przeraża mnie jak ciężko jest nauczyć się mówić,pisać i myśleć po Polsku,szacun dla ciebie za wytrwałość 💪💪💪

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
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    • @jakubgierulski5296
      @jakubgierulski5296 3 года назад +3

      Niech zagra w CS z polakami bedzie umiec polski w 0.5 roku

    • @rafal5419
      @rafal5419 3 года назад

      @@jakubgierulski5296 po co komus słuchać jak Polak mówi że rucha mu matkę xddddd

  • @DanielHerrera-rl1vw
    @DanielHerrera-rl1vw 3 года назад +27

    My mom is polish my grandparents on my mother's side came to Mexico in the 40s - I need to learn polish I love the place!

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
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    • @krzysztofsafin7505
      @krzysztofsafin7505 Год назад +2

      Come to visit Poland :)

  • @Banitus_Pospolitus
    @Banitus_Pospolitus 3 года назад +23

    Dla mnie jesteś Polakiem z krwi i kości. Nawet jeśli nie mówisz doskonale po polsku, nie ma to najmniejszego znaczenia, bo masz polską duszę. Dziękuję, że tak pięknie i z pasją przedstawiasz nasz kraj. Pozdrawiam.

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +5

      Heartwarming

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
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  • @CatherineJozwik
    @CatherineJozwik Год назад +2

    I'm an American with German and Polish ancestry and I just started learning Polish. It's a beautiful language! I can't wait to visit Poland--I've never been there and it looks like such an amazing country :-) Plus, being from Wisconsin, the cold winters are appealing to me.

  • @ukaszdumiszewski3409
    @ukaszdumiszewski3409 3 года назад +12

    I think Polish can be difficult for English speaking people. But it will be easy for people from Slavic countries (or for people who just know one of the Slavic languages). I think it's the similarity to your mother tongue that matters the most when you think about the difficulty of some foreign language. Anyway, great video!

  • @raym5873
    @raym5873 3 года назад +6

    My fathers parents were from Poland. He can speak Polish. He did not teach me and it is very frustrating! Bardzo bardzo trudne!

  • @wojstube9359
    @wojstube9359 3 года назад +7

    Ryan, dobrze mówisz!
    Nie ma co się przejmować, tylko rozmawiać. Powtarzanie pewnych schematów w końcu zaowocuje zapamiętaniem. To jak z uczenie się bycia (dobrym) rodzicem. Uczysz się na własnych błędach, powtarzasz i stajesz się coraz lepszy. To proces :)

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
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  • @jessdavies64
    @jessdavies64 3 года назад +9

    I started to learn Polish but living in the UK it's hard to practice it on a day to day basis

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
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    • @pawelmela4572
      @pawelmela4572 3 года назад +3

      Might be hard as all Poles want to learn English and they will try their best to communicate with you in your language but for sure UK is good place to pick it up polish as you have around 1m of us here so feel free to ask :)

    • @joedwyer3297
      @joedwyer3297 Месяц назад

      Try Scotland, the two houses on the line behind mine are polish families and the amount in my work is unreal
      I've been trying to think of what language to learn since ive been doing spanish for 4 years and i am starting to think polish is the way to go

  • @ariamartelle
    @ariamartelle 3 года назад +8

    Great video!!!!

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
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  • @anuskas9244
    @anuskas9244 3 года назад +10

    Ty się gramatyką nie przejmuj, wielu Polaków jej nie zna (tzn. jej zasad), mówi poprawnie bo to przyszło im naturalnie, mieszkając, zyjac wchodząc w interakcje z innymi osobami. Nie uczyli się tego. Najlepiej się uczyć przebywając z Polakami, wtedy nauka przychodzi naturalnie. Uwielbiam Twój kanał i Twoje filmy, są ciekawe i mega profesjonalnie zrealizowane, tylko krótkie ja bym mogła oglądać i oglądać. Pozdrawiam Cię wszystkiego dobrego 😉🤓🤩🥰

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
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    • @jakubgierulski5296
      @jakubgierulski5296 3 года назад

      Ty wiesz jaka ja miałem kose od polskiego ty mu tu nie gadaj bo to HIT

  • @StuHoward
    @StuHoward 3 года назад +7

    Great video, thanks Ryan. I'm English and I've been learning Polish for about 18 months now, so quite some way behind you. However, I can certainly identify with all the stages you talked about. Thanks for the motivation!

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +3

      Hard work pays off ! Stay with it !

  • @paxvera5199
    @paxvera5199 3 года назад +4

    Thank you. Dziękuję. You are the best. I love your videos and dedication to Poland, and Polish culture.
    We need more and more people like you to teach native Polish to see and love they own country.

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +2

      Thank you so much ! I will make many more videos in 2021!

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
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  • @BrettParryTheCulturalMentor
    @BrettParryTheCulturalMentor 3 года назад +9

    Enjoying the videos. I married a Polish girl and I would say my learning has been spotty. Although many Polish people are polite and compliment me, I think it is important I invest now in diving into the deeper level of intentional learning of proper grammar. We have a daughter who we have raised fully bilingual and I would also like her to witness my efforts

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
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  • @vlodpg
    @vlodpg 3 года назад +2

    Thank you, this video hits home in so many ways.

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
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  • @feisalthamkim
    @feisalthamkim 9 месяцев назад +1

    Cześć z Indonezja! Mam na imię feisal, jestem indonezjyczykiem i mówię troche po polsku, nadal się uczę hehe...
    (Sorry i have to switch to English)
    In my country, there is Polish course program that conducted by the Polish Embassy and it's free of charge. What makes me interest with Poland when my friend told the story of WW2 and recommend me the movie "The Pianist", it got me think "Why people never talk about Poland since this country was the victim here. They need to be recognize." Since then, i've become more interest with it even (sorry for being religious), i had pray and wish that i can learn the language and have friends. Unfortunately, there was not much informations about it untill i've found it through social media.
    Since then, i was being active untill i've found the course program and you know what? My pray has been answered and beyond than i expected. My teacher (Pani Natalia) always invites us to the event that held by the Embassy and widespread my relations with the community. Now, i have great classmates whose have same interest with an amazing backgrounds, some of them married with the Poles for example. Not only that, learning Polish gives me an opportunity like this year, i had a chance to be volunteer for the Embassy at the cultural event and the best one was when i was invited by the Embassy for attend the reception of Poland Independence Day, it was such the best day of my life.
    Last but not least, it gives me an opportunity to meet many Poles who live here and like you, i was tried to approach them althought i was shy and their reactions were surprised althought i speak with my broken Polish 😂 but they appreciate it and happy to know it.
    I was had to give up before due to difficultness of the language, a lot of forms that so far away with mine and yes the culture, rules, etc but what you said is same as my teacher said. Somehow, it got me thinking earlier before i've found the course like "This is what i want from the beginning, i have to keep it up" and it still continue today.
    It might be not so popular as the other language, but to me this language has been such a miracle and i couldn't be more grateful for that 🇮🇩🤍❤️🇵🇱

  • @a.j.9359
    @a.j.9359 Год назад +1

    Jako Polak mieszkajacym w Nowym Jorku wstyd mi slyszec jak ktos sie mnie pyta...
    -where are you from?
    me-Poland
    -korwa...
    me-😒

  • @polishmadeeasy
    @polishmadeeasy 3 года назад +6

    Motivation is the key! Thank you for sharing your experience in such an honest, genuine way. I love the snow in Bieszczady!

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching and cool channel !

    • @polishmadeeasy
      @polishmadeeasy 3 года назад

      @@KultAmerica You are very kind! Thank you for sharing your story and congratulations on achieving your goals.

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
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    • @kazimierzgaska5304
      @kazimierzgaska5304 3 месяца назад

      I recommend you Orła Perć in Tatra Mountains.
      Just google, look at and fall in love😁

  • @andrewreed5531
    @andrewreed5531 2 года назад +2

    Ryan thank you for your video . Hats off for your determination to learn polish language . All the best.

  • @caciliawhy5195
    @caciliawhy5195 3 года назад +9

    And yet my Polish students tell me English grammar is harder than polish grammar. Hahahaha

    • @Ana_Al-Akbar
      @Ana_Al-Akbar 3 года назад +3

      English tenses are much harder than polish ones. I learned both languages.

    • @caciliawhy5195
      @caciliawhy5195 3 года назад +2

      @@Ana_Al-Akbar but is that because you're Russian and the tenses are similar?

    • @Ana_Al-Akbar
      @Ana_Al-Akbar 3 года назад +3

      @@caciliawhy5195 I am German. I also learned russian. But I learned Polish at first.

    • @LaszloVondracsek
      @LaszloVondracsek 3 года назад +3

      Indeed, the verb is relatively simple in the Slavic languages (exception the perfective and imperfective forms), but the noun with its prepositions and declinations are terribly difficult. And if your mother tongue has no gender ... then it's really impossible to learn...My mother tongue is Hungarian and I know what I wrote, but my father is Czech and I also speak natively Czech (which is very similar to Polish), for this reason I understand very well those who say this thing about the Slavic languages, especially the Polish (or Czech/Slovak) languages. So, success to all who want to learn Polish or another Slavic language.

    • @Ana_Al-Akbar
      @Ana_Al-Akbar 3 года назад +3

      @@LaszloVondracsek Yes. The case system in the most slavic languages is very difficult. But the gender is obvious in the most cases. In Polish for example, the genders are no problem for me, because it is very logical. In German the genders are a much bigger problem to learn, because there are no rules, which tell which gender a noun has. In english it is even easier because there is no gender. I agree.
      But english has one of the most terrible spelling systems.

  • @alicjaok9671
    @alicjaok9671 3 года назад +1

    Hello Ryan, I have started watching your channel yesterday evening and I'm watching it till now.
    Have you ever seen the channel: Irańczyk w Polsce? Hope he will be your next guest. He is very interesting guy and your talk together could be very interesting.

  • @StevenHousersinus
    @StevenHousersinus 3 года назад +2

    My G Grandparents came to the USA za chlebem in 1890. The Polish language was lost, so I am trying to rekindle it

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +1

      What a beautiful thing to do!

    • @kazimierzgaska5304
      @kazimierzgaska5304 3 месяца назад

      2 brothers and 3 sisters of my grandmother moved to USA za chlebem.
      I'm from region of Poland, where almost every second family has cousins in America. 😁

  • @VITORB82
    @VITORB82 3 года назад +4

    Pierogi Lewandosvki.

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
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  • @adamk2264
    @adamk2264 3 года назад +2

    Wiekszość tych porad z tego filmu można odnieść do nauki każdego języka obcego, nie tylko polskiego.
    Wg mnie do nauki każdego języka najważniejsza jest motywacja.

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +2

      Co prawda, Ala mam tych innych języków gdzieś- po amerykańsku 😉

  • @robshy5521
    @robshy5521 Год назад +1

    So polish does not use Cyrillic letters?

    • @Mizar4
      @Mizar4 Год назад +1

      Yes it uses latin

  • @mariuszdugozima2683
    @mariuszdugozima2683 3 года назад +5

    Kochane bieszczady 👍

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
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  • @Erykja
    @Erykja 3 года назад

    Kiedy nagrasz jakiś odcinek po polsku

  • @przemysawh7865
    @przemysawh7865 3 года назад +3

    Świetne widoki 😮

  • @raf.b
    @raf.b 3 года назад +2

    9:22 Truth! Ultimate way to learn any language, wanna buy food, you have to speak thier language.

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
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  • @bartekr901
    @bartekr901 3 года назад +1

    Te ujęcia bardzo przypominają krajobraz mojej okolicy.

  • @obfuscateidentity2329
    @obfuscateidentity2329 2 года назад +1

    Bro. I learned Polish.

    • @sven7736
      @sven7736 Год назад +1

      That's what's up

  • @mcjkosmowski
    @mcjkosmowski 3 года назад +2

    Super obrazek !! :)

  • @piotrostrowski2501
    @piotrostrowski2501 2 года назад

    Cześć i czołem kluski z rosołem. :)

  • @askaradzi
    @askaradzi 3 года назад +2

    Szedł Sasza suchą soszą tam gdzie go nogi niosą . Stół z powyłamywanymi nogami.
    Któl Karol kupił Królowej Karolinie korale koloru koralowego.
    Chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie i Szczebrzeszyn z tego slynie.
    Jezeli dasz rady wymowic to w sposob zrpzumialy jestes mistrzem. :)
    Trening czyni mistrza.

    • @KomnataNorth
      @KomnataNorth 3 года назад +1

      Bo akurat ty dzasz rade? I akurat to w jakikolwiek sposob robi z ciebie mistrza... Po co takie pierdoly pisac?!

    • @kazimierzgaska5304
      @kazimierzgaska5304 3 месяца назад

      *suchą soszą?

  • @askaradzi
    @askaradzi 3 года назад +1

    Ty swietnie mowisz po polsku. Polski to taki latwy jezyk.

  • @zetuzetaMC
    @zetuzetaMC 3 года назад +1

    ONE OF THE hardest language.... Slovak language is difficul

    • @blotski
      @blotski 3 года назад

      Slovene is harder.

  • @MrJlin1982
    @MrJlin1982 3 года назад +2

    Ryan, I'm glad you posting more vlogs to your channel Kult America again

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +1

      We will get back to weekly uploads soon. I had to change the format a little bit:)

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
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  • @alexanderwojcik3915
    @alexanderwojcik3915 3 года назад +1

    Heads up anyone who want to learn polish it is a long journey I have been learning it since birth (16 years nearly 17) I can talk perfectly fine but, I get mixed up with tenses and don't understand more complicated words.

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
      ruclips.net/video/1MaDAW0jRYM/видео.html

  • @Hato1992
    @Hato1992 3 года назад +1

    This should be named "Why learn any language and how?". There is 90% of content that about that, and only 10% about polish things.

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios...
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
      ruclips.net/video/1MaDAW0jRYM/видео.html

  • @arielallerhand3389
    @arielallerhand3389 Год назад

    There are branches of the Polish culture institute who offer courses in different levels, might want to check them also.

    • @kazimierzgaska5304
      @kazimierzgaska5304 3 месяца назад +1

      What an incredible story!
      I'm Polish. If you are really interested in our history - I can recommend you a few good movies.
      Start from "KATYŃ", directed by Andrzej Wajda.
      You are religious man, so it coud be interested for you: check films by Krzysztof Kieślowski, especially "Dekalog".

  • @crulova3776
    @crulova3776 3 года назад +3

    thank you for have learnt our language

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +2

      It's very much still in progress;)

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
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  • @Goldie1977
    @Goldie1977 3 года назад +2

    Great video Ryan

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
      ruclips.net/video/1MaDAW0jRYM/видео.html

  • @szymonandrzejak7496
    @szymonandrzejak7496 3 года назад

    If You want better understund world. Speak in Polisch 😉

  • @officiallybreaktime
    @officiallybreaktime 3 года назад

    It's not hard really. Once you learn how to pronounce the letters themselves and in words, that just sticks and I learned all the pronunciation in one night.

  • @buczerbbc
    @buczerbbc 3 года назад +1

    Dziękuję za ten filmik. Pozdrawiam 👍

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
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  • @cernejr
    @cernejr 3 года назад

    Why? To satisfy one's masochistic cravings, hehe. What to expect? Pain, lots of pain. But it is good pain :). "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz, Kryzstof Kryzstofwseski od Szczebrzeszyna".

    • @raf.b
      @raf.b 3 года назад +2

      Not good enough! Try harder! xD

  • @nikolavanzettiteslasacco4991
    @nikolavanzettiteslasacco4991 3 года назад +2

    100% wisdom.

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
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  • @nicholassaples8192
    @nicholassaples8192 3 года назад

    May I ask (and perhaps or most probably you have clarified),, why no one in your family never spoke with you in Polish in the U.S?
    I feel the pain in your heart that I just want to hug and embrace. A loss and emptiness you believe you need to fulfill. I'm sharing this with love and understanding.
    I'm grabbed by your tone of voice and use of language.
    There's much I want to share about culture, heritage, language, history etc ,,it's excitingly
    and seemingly an overwhelmingly complex topic or subject intertwined in a woven web
    of deep seated conceptual and emotional psychological and spiritual belief patterns.
    We, who are of first and second generation European backgrounds and i.e.- not being of Anglo
    Saxon or Hiberno backgrounds and born in the new world would most definitely have experienced some form of prejudice ,displacement, anguish, confusion etc especially if we were
    brought up with another language at home other than English.
    In adulthood and in hindsight we are always appreciative and proud of whatever background,
    culture and linguistic abilities we have attained. There comes a time in our lives when we yearn
    for the experience of the old country of origin, the ties and the bond pulling us towards it.
    New world travels back to the heart and blood of old world.
    There's more to share, yet it's all known and familiar. There's nothing new here.
    My close Polish friend immigrated here to Australia with little or no English 15 years ago.
    It's a reversal of your good self.
    He's given his utmost to integrate to so called Australian life and become as called Australian as possible. Notice I said "so called"?
    Swedish was my first language till the age of five. Then entering the dominant Anglicised educational system, Swedish became my second language and English my first.
    This was the same for all of us in the new world no matter which culture and linguistic heritage we hailed from in the old one.
    May I Continue next week? Love your presence Ryan .Thank you for giving and being ❤️.

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +3

      My great grandparents moved to the states around 1910, they were citizens of the Austrian Hungarian empire but Polish nationals. I returned to the country they were never able to be a part of, or even see, and I found my home.

  • @8majster759
    @8majster759 3 года назад +1

    :)

  • @adnankarasu9715
    @adnankarasu9715 3 года назад

    Tᴀʀᴢᴀɴᴄᴀ ʏɪ ᴏ̈ɢ̆ʀᴇɴᴅɪɴ ᴍɪ? 🤔😅

  • @Pacia333LPS
    @Pacia333LPS 3 года назад +2

    I’m Polish and I’m so amazed in your love to our country even though it’s a HUGE mess...

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +4

      You ever take a look at my native country????

    • @Pacia333LPS
      @Pacia333LPS 3 года назад

      @@KultAmerica USA is in fact messy too, but I Think its better though

    • @KultAmerica
      @KultAmerica  3 года назад +3

      To each their own :)

  • @umegadarkstar2657
    @umegadarkstar2657 3 года назад

    3:42 That is a CGI forest.

    • @jamalalzawad4594
      @jamalalzawad4594 3 года назад

      Pani niebios-
      Hi, can you please rating and react to (The Lady of heaven) trailer 2021 **really story**
      ruclips.net/video/1MaDAW0jRYM/видео.html

  • @Ussurin
    @Ussurin 3 года назад +4

    Proszę Pana, we are perfectly capable of insulting Yours Trully while keeping the conversation perfetly formal ;-)