A few months ago I started taking Polish language classes at Polword near Oxford Circus in central London. It has since become my favorite weekly activity. The school is conveniently located and is staffed by lovely native Polish speakers who can teach well.
Even though I only have class once a week, I know that I won’t ever learn the language if I don’t practice every day. To help enrich my vocabulary, I’ve created a spreadsheet on Google Docs that has my Polish words of the day (polskie słowa dnia Ryana). Every day I will add a new noun (rzeczownik), adjective (przymiotnik), and verb (czasownik) to the list.
I find daily doses of information coupled with weekly reviews to be good for long term retention. I used this same method when learning the basic key sequences for emacs commands and it definitely helps.
Today’s words, the first on the list so far, are:
- grzyb (m) – mushroom
- głośny – loud, noisy
- pilnować (aspekt dokonany: dopilnować) – to look after, watch, guard (among other meanings)
grzyb (m) - mushroom
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