The best free online resources for Polish language learners

VOCABULARY

DICTIONARIES

A good dictionary is a must if you want to learn a foreign language. Below you will find a selection of some reliable English-Polish and Polish-Polish dictionaries.

English-Polish/Polish-English dictionaries:

Cambridge Dictionary

PONS Dictionary

Translatica PWN

Wiktionary

WordReference.com

Polish dictionaries:

PWN - the most popular Polish online dictionary

SJP - use it to look up word definitions or check if your letter combinations are acceptable in Scrabble (or any other word games)

Wikisłownik - Wiktionary in Polish

Wielki słownik języka polskiego - a great dictionary for more advanced learners - provides not only word definitions but also collocations, declension charts, word etymologies and quotations with the given word

Other tools:

Synonimy - Polish thesaurus

The National Corpus of Polish - search this collection of texts to learn how to use Polish words in everyday speech

PRONUNCIATION

A Foreigner's Guide to the Polish Alphabet - learn the aphabet with Culture.pl

Forvo - don't know how to pronounce a Polish word? Look it up here!

Talk Polish - listen to this podcast to learn some Polish words and pronunciation with Joanna

EXERCISES

Polski na wynos - a long list of exercises (with key) you can use to practise your Polish vocabulary

GRAMMAR

Learning grammar is always a challenge but you will find it a bit easier with these online resources:

bab.la, cooljugator.com- these two websites will help you conjugate Polish verbs

polishgrammar.com - a number of grammar drills

Polish with Ania - lessons prepared by an assistant professor at the Polonicum Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners at the University of Warsaw

Polski na wynos - lots of helpful grammar charts, activities and exercises (with key)

Wikibooks - introduction to Polish grammar

LANGUAGE HELP

If you want to learn Polish but don’t know where to start, take a moment to check out these links:

7 free apps to help you learn Polish - our article about language apps you can download for free

Polski na dobry start - a beginner’s textbook and exercise book co-created by the Polish Office for Foreigners

READING PRACTICE

Reading is an essential part of any language learning process, but there comes a point when you start getting bored with textbook dialogues and reading exercises. Why not use some authentic texts instead?

POLISH-LANGUAGE BOOKS, TEXTS AND POEMS

Wolne Lektury - a huge collection of literary classics in Polish

lektury.gov.pl - an online reading list for Polish primary and high school students (lots of Polish classics!)

Wikiżródła - thousands of free public domain texts (Wikisource)

NEWS WEBSITES AND ONLINE NEWSPAPERS

Gazeta.pl

Onet

Polish Press Agency

Rzeczpospolita

Wirtualna Polska

ARTICLE-BASED/ MAGAZINE WEBSITES

Culture.pl

National Geographic

Nauka w Polsce

Przekrój

Vogue Polska

LISTENING PRACTICE

It has been proven time and time again that language immersion is the most effective way of learning a foreign language. If you can't travel to Poland at the moment or don't have too many opportunities to talk to native speakers, you can still listen to Polish on a regular basis!

Hello Polish! - very engaging exercises for students at different learning levels

polska-poezja.pl - Polish poems read by actors (great for learning pronunciation!)

Polski na wynos - various listening activities for beginners and more advanced learners

PODCASTS FOR LEARNERS

Polski Daily - a Polish-language podcast for anyone studying Polish as a foreign language

YOUTUBE CHANNELS FOR LEARNERS

Easy Polish - real-life dialogues with Polish and English subtitles

Teach me Polish - short language lessons with Polish and English subtitles

POLISH PODCASTS

Polimaty 2 - all kinds of curious facts and general trivia you never knew you needed

Ściężka dźwiękowa - film reviews and film dicussions

Tu Okuniewska - a popular Polish podcaster living in Iceland talks about her life

POLISH YOUTUBE CHANNELS

Mateusz Adamczyk - a Polish youtube channel focusing on language and linguistics

Globstory - a popular youtube channel of a Polish traveller (lots of videos with English subtitles!)

Krzysztof Gonciarz - one of the most well-known Polish youtubers - "a travel & lifestyle vlogger" living in Japan

Mówiąc Inaczej - the most popular youtube channel about the Polish language

Patrick Ney po polsku - a British-born filmmaker and writer living in Poland. This is his Polish-language channel, you can also check out his English-language videos about Poland and Polish history