A Day in Toruń, Polish Tongue Twisters, and Thanksgiving in Poland

Polish is hard, but Poland is pretty.
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FAQ
Q: What are you doing in Poland?
A: I'm a preschool English teacher and adult conversational English teacher.
Q: Why Poland?
A: No idea. For real though, I wanted to move to Europe after graduating university, and teaching English was my best option to get a visa. Poland is one of the countries in Europe with the highest demand for English teachers, and it just worked out!

[@emmawitter8148]

it seems we're all confused on what i'm doing here. would y'all watch a q&a about what i'm doing and how life in poland is going? if so, hmu with some questions here!

[@TheGB1]

How long are you planning to stay in Poland?

[@jakub_rolny7952]

What do you think about Polish government?

[@anthropophagus4402]

Do you like schabowe or pierogi?

[@Nivailo]

Top three things you miss leaving behind in the states. Top three things you'd take from PL back there.

[@m00nf4iry]

what's your favorite polish dish?

[@Daroo180]

Fun Fact: This name from the 3rd minute of the film - "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz, Powiat Łękołody", is something like a meme from an old Polish comedy, in which the main character using this name trolls a German officer who tries to write down his data. :D

[@aynulox2584]

it's like dead meme tho

[@jasiof2622]

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[@klimus2686]

@@aynulox2584 Hell nah

[@agaart5951]

@@aynulox2584 sińce when is dead?

[@nonametherabbit8593]

Straight outta Chrząszczyżewoszyce!!!!!

[@vooyeck]

I am learning English by watching you learn Polish 😉 you are a very positive person. greetings

[@rafapopawski2559]

When I was in Cracow I remember that I loved the tour in Wieliczka Salt Mine. I highly recommend seeing it.

[@Inflator82]

Yeah, the best place in Kraków is Wieliczka.

[@-_Robert_-]

It's not in Kraków but definitely worth to visit. (45-50 min. drive with city bus.)

[@adamkozakiewicz6766]

Wawel of course - if you can tour it, do. Also, just the old town in general... But there's also one interesting but very non-Polish place: the Manggha museum. A piece of Japan in Poland, great tea and sushi, also the place where I proposed to my wife. ;-) And don't forget to look in the corners - there are some very nice places hidden from the main streets.

[@kommie27]

*Cracow only Poles use that. Americans and English use Krakow

[@tomkrzyt]

I am loving your attitude towards Polish language.

[@deadhead7930]

When you reach that point where you can actually have a conversation in polish, you should be proud of yourself. In my book it gives you 100% pardon to brag about it too. Learning the hardest language in the world as an American is a huge challenge.

[@Malgorzataa23]

oh my gosh girl you automatically got a like after hearing that you're pronouncing tongue twisters so well xx

[@filipambro495]

Jestem zawsze dumny kiedy słyszę jak ludzie z innych państw próbują uczyć się Polskiego :D I'm always proud when I hear people from the other countries trying to learn Polish :D

[@tjblues01]

So, can I assume that you are the one who invented Polish language? 🤔 George Carlin once said: _“I could never understand ethnic or national pride, ’cause to me, pride should be reserved for something you achieve or attain on your own, not something that happens by accident of birth.”_ Sure, I can understand that for a Pole it might feel nice and heartwarming but the pride is a whole different ball game...

[@nataliamach7248]

​@@tjblues01you don't have to invent a language in order to be proud of it. There's a positive and a negative aspect of pride. As long as your pride is rooted in love for your nation and not hatred of others its all good.

[@dahu4046]

that first tongue twisters "W Szczebrzeszynie..." in my opinion DEFINES if you can speak polish or not, its very easy to pronounce for polish natives. I think you did well.

[@MarekzAnglii]

In the English language, the words Poland, Polish and Poles are always spelled with a capital "P"... ALWAYS!!!

[@funkymonks8333]

YESS KRAKÓW! I love that city so much. Especially night walks in the old town in the summer or early autumn. Of course, you should keep yourself company when it's especially late and when there's not a lot of people. Personally, i don't have one particular place to come back to, I just wander near wherever I have business at the time.

[@igakalina9433]

I also love Cracow and especially Kościuszko Mound

[@matekzwolak]

What an impressive progress, Emma! Keep going! ^^

[@danon20]

You are amazing ! How quick you are learning polish is just amazing. Good luck 🤞and have fun.

[@turbanzglowy8334]

Wow, you're doing very well. You have very good accent and I'm sure in very short time your Polish will be fluent. Wszystkiego najlepszego w Nowym Roku Emma :)

[@tomasznarloch7611]

Wspaniałe Ci poszło z tymi zwrotami . Brawo👏👏👏

[@nonametherabbit8593]

Yooooo this channel has such a great vibe!! I love how lighthearted your approach to language learning is! I've always marveled at the beauty of the Polish language but never really got into learning it...as a little kid I just loved the sounds of Slavic languages and accents for whatever reason, and I still do 😊

[@Spychu1993]

Oh yes, finally Kraków, my city ;D Places to check out: 1. Main square (rynek główny) 2. Stare Miasto (old Town) 3. Walk by the Wisła (Bulwary) 4. Zakrzówek (especially in summer) 5. Błonia and park Jordana and many more like Forum Przestrzenie, various clubs and pubs, Ogród świateł near Tauron arena, restaurant in Kossak Hotel or Jubilat (especially the terrace area with beautiful landscape. Once you visit it during winter it's worth rediscovering the city in summer time. From Kraków you can travel to Zakopane and hike on Tatra mountains and check Morskie Oko.

[@mariamatusiak9123]

Please upload more videos! They are so great, I can relate to your situation so much :)

[@klaudiasoliwoda7503]

It's so great to see your new vlog! :D You did so well with those tongue twisters

[@fotoveer]

Fantastycznie :) chyba będę oglądać Cię częściej :)

[@feandil1713]

As a person living in Kraków I can confirm that it's worthy seeing. You'll be amazed! In the meanwhile, I'm amazed how hard you work on your polish. With that amount of determination you'll be speaking Polish better than native speakers soon! :)

[@pateczek]

Honesly Im shocked how pretty, vibey and authentic does Poland look in your videos. I kinda missed it for like 18 years of living there. Im depressed lol much love

[@michalfrankowski8393]

Poland has a depression and anxiety problem festering from families, i mean it comes from war, culture preservation and death threats. We don't hide our distain for something, we cuss it out till it will be known everywhere as people unite, and the strongest untity, is poles for their devotion for the country. -by a book.

[@Inflator82]

Glad you visited Toruń. I hope you liked it.

[@syloxkowalski2854]

Another cool video Emma, nice to see U again! ^^

[@melianna999]

Wow. Mój ulubiony Toruń. Byłam tam w 2019 roku. Super miasto.

[@matdejmont3703]

Mój kolega tam mieszka, bo studiuje tam.

[@czasem_miy_typ8574]

I just watched this video and I can't wait to see next

[@maria6860]

girl ur so good at these tongue twisters! respect!!

[@luckyloser3785]

Emma😘😘 dobra dobra dawaj częściej filmy 👍😇

[@simonzwierzaq4242]

i love the way you don't give up with this wierd language, its amazing and its quite motivational. Great job Miss Emma!

[@maksymilianreiter3111]

coffee perks in toruń is amazing!

[@usunto8470]

Some of the things worth seeing in Kraków: -Wawel & Old town ofc (Kościół Mariacki, Main Square underground museum, Sukiennice art gallery & Wawel Castle Museum recommended) -Kazimierz (Jewish district, lots of fun places to hang out too) -Nowa Huta (socrealist, unique, planned city built in late 40s/early 50s, now a district of Kraków) Museums: -MOCAK -MNK -Schindler’s factory -Auschwitz-Birkenau (this one I would leave for another time tho, it’s quite far and depressing to say the least) Hope others recommend smth a bit more fun, sadly I’m out of ideas Have a great time!

[@antczak84]

you aced those tongue twisters. The progress you made is amazing!

[@jerzypeghehe2876]

swietna robota , great progress !!!!

[@ScorpioPL]

First of all. YAY! New video! Some of the best content I've seen in a while. Light hearted comedy with a personality with a well deserved, cheerful accomplishment vibe. Emotive and authentic "I did it" joy. It almost lacks a light-bulb overhead whenever you make a breakthrough. Refreshing after so many people trying to fake it for youtube clickbait. Will we ever get to see the 30 min of you conquering our language? Heck, I'd watch that twice. There is no embarrassment in learning. With your personality that would make for great content. It's not like I can take the anglosphere by storm with my language skills and let me tell you - English is not exactly a breeze to learn. :) It's a different linguistic group so the best of us struggle with it. That's the moment where my English fails on intricacies. Not sure how to offer encouragement without being out of line or pushy so consider yourself warmly encouraged and have fun in my little corner of the world :) Cheers

[@xywa23]

Reg. your next destination: Krakow is a very cool city, it is an old city that has not been leveled like Warszawa during ww2, plus it is a university town, so I'm sure you will love it there. Places to visit; Stare miasto i Rynek, Wawel - Zamek Krolewski (Royal Castle) Kazimierz (old jewish neighborhood) Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory (bit sad but great piece of history from WW2) not far away from Krakow is Wieliczka Salt Mine - Kopalnia Soli - a must see destination if you are in Krakow area. plus many more great places to visit. Milej Zabawy, Pozdrawiam!

[@tjblues01]

Obviously you're doing something right; merely 6 posted videos and already 38k+ subs!!! Congrats and Happy New Year, Emma 👍

[@Zoltar_vero]

Great movie. Nice fun with difficult language compilations.

[@KrispyBarbarian]

As always your video is so full of positive energy it nearly charges my batteries. I wish you could upload more often but I realize that it's rather hard with amount of duties that you have. Best wishes for a brand new year!

[@Ninusperegrinus]

Omg u improved a lot!! I'm impressed

[@Felix-ee7ni]

I've been waiting, love your videos

[@lil.soleil6]

Oh my god! I remember watching your video about learning polish and instantly subscribing. And now you are in my city... How cool is that

[@vanillacaffelatte]

Your videos are so cool, keep'em coming :D!

[@tomekwiraszka7312]

Hi There! You are fascinating in your storytelling. And a beautiful woman on top of that! Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. I lived the oposite adventure of emigration from Poland to the US halfway through highschool. Amazing experiences for decades to come !

[@michaskretowicz3519]

I love the format! Please keep this up and please don't turn into another boring youtuber You're awesome!

[@Floralmaggie]

Apart of obvious places in Krakow to visit like Wawel Castle or Main Square I think you can visit Zakrzowek (but best at spring or summer) - it is huge water reservoir made of an old quarry. And also go to see Kazimierz and Podgorze. Don’t forget to visit Wroclaw! It is really also beautiful city.

[@reymond6564]

Hi Emma-your polish is getting better-sounds really awsome ;)!!! I'm struggling with my english many years still traying to improve...Polish language is sometimes weird🙂.I wish I could speak english as good as you.Your tough polish words sounds incredible👍😀

[@randomhobbies5796]

This was awesome. Love your accent

[@KS-tf6nw]

Finally, the wait is over. 🥳Thx

[@MrSilny]

you're doing great, your pronunciation is on point!

[@Bozejek]

Cześć jestem z Torunia, dobrze było zobaczyć moje miasto na filmie pozdrawiam:)

[@izzyR0ck]

Lovely vid Emma! Your polish is getting much better, congrats! When it comes to must visit places in Kraków, as other mentioned before, I would suggest places like: Wawel Castle, MOCAK (museum of modern art), Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology (where you can also eat some delicious food with one of the most beautiful view!), Gallery of 19th-Century Polish Art at Sukiennice. Moreover, you should just get lost and discover charming little streets in Kazimierz District, get a coffee and delicious cinnamon or cardamon bun at Cafe Bageri Stockholm, have a drink at Hevre, eat a polish zapiekanka at Okrąglak in the center of Plac Nowy. If you’re into vintage shops and second hands, there are plenty of them at Starowiślna Street. If you need any more recommendations or a local guide (I live near Kraków and studied there for three years), just dm me :)

[@peterschannel6252]

Hello Emma, I'm so happy you have seen Torun (my home town), great that you have tried ginger breads!, have you noticed statue of fiddler with frogs? Have you found story about it? Ahh and I'm so proud of your polish attempts! Below there is a path to Grzegorz Brzeczyszczykiewicz origins - try the entire movie with local friends maybe? PS: this bag was full of eggs not apples ;)

[@michasosnowski5918]

Funny, spontaneous, interesting girl(s) and another episode. Thanks for another bit of Emma's Poland experience :)

[@Roni.sketches]

Yay I’m so glad you listened to my video request!! Thanks so much

[@realitycheck_]

LOL you are so goofy with your polish, I love it. It's so cute ;)

[@paulciges9415]

Emma, Sweetheart, it's quite astonishing how you've progressed in handling our difficult language - I mean tongue twisters... Unbelievable! Best of luck in your future endeavors 👍😘

[@iszigo50]

You probably noticed it already or someone else told you this but when it comes to pronunciation of polish words it gets easier once you realise that every letter in every polish word is pronunced the same, there is no secret way to pronunce it like in english, you litteraly mash the letters together and the only thing you have to have in mind are those double letters like rz, ch, sz, cz etc. The only exception to this rule I can think of is a word marznąć(getting cold) where you don't read rz as ż, I can't think of any other exceptions and I am the native Polish speaker.

[@mirekbiek534]

z wieloma wyjątkami: sinus, silos, ch jest praktycznie wymawiane jak h, to samo u i ó, rz jak ż, większość Polaków wymawia cz tak samo jak tsz lub trz. Albo "będę" - nikt nie wymawia tych dwóch "ę", bo to jest hiperpoprawna wymowa. W praktyce mówimy "bende". Albo spółgłoski w, g, d, wymawiane jak f, k, t. Na przykład, Jurczewski - Jurczefski, Piłsudski - Piłsutski, śnieg - śniek, gaz- gas, wstrząs -fsczons itd... I tu jest dla anglojęczycznych ludzi zaskoczenie. U nich "red" czytamy jak "red", nie ret "dog" to "dog", nie dok.

[@amjan]

​@@mirekbiek534 To co pisujesz to po prostu zjawisko ubezdźwięczniania spółgłosek, prosta sprawa. Ale tych wyjątków jest faktycznie sporo. Dodam jeszcze: organizmie czytamy /organiźmie/ itp., a w słowach typu "bank" czy "funkcja" nie ma wcale głoski /n/ jak w słowie "nauka" tylko /ŋ/. No i spółgłosci typu s, c, z, dz, n są zmiękczane do ś, ć, ź, dź, ń jeżeli po nich następuje "i", np. sik, cisza, zima itd. Dla nas oczywiste, ale tylko dlatego, że znamy te reguły.

[@mirekbiek534]

@@amjan no właśnie. Jeśli ktoś by przeczytał tak jak jest napisane, to Polak by zrozumiał, ale brzmiałoby to śmiesznie. Nie wspomnę o sz jako sh a nie s-z, cz jako ch a nie c-z itd. W języku polskim też jest sporo pułapek, która my przeważnie znamy. :-)

[@jackgrey7865]

Great video. Made me smile alot

[@yaboyjay7202]

I love your videos. You have a style of your own, which is fantastic. Toruń is a lovely little city. Been there only for a few days, but I hope you liked it as much as I did. Also I hope you get to visit Poznań, too. Bigger than Toruń, but with a similiar charme. Also has the best ice cream in the world (lodziarnia kolorowa) and a must visit pijalnia (I recommend the Monte wodka). As someone who's failing at learning that stupid language for years: Whenever you stumble over a long word or name, read it in chunks back to front. So for Konstantynopolitanczykowianeczka you start with eczka, then kowianeczka, then czykowianeczka and so on. Helps me all the time. Have a great 2022

[@karasko.6]

i absolutely love your videos

[@Rene_Moor3095]

WOW, I'm impressed that you can say so difficult polish words with ease. Polish people have difficulty saying their correctly, especially when they want to say those words very quickly.

[@artekszybki]

thanks for posting

[@paweosmanski4780]

Toruń, best city in Poland, that's greate you have been there!

[@erqadezz]

Hey Emma! Happy new year 😁

[@TheNataliakujawa]

Emma I love that you are sharing your Polish experiance :)

[@kenzzz3998]

In Cracow we have the oldest polish university - Jagiellonian University, Wawel - the castle where our kings lived, The Old Town - where you can see, among others, Saint Mary's Basilica. Also, if you go there on the hour, you will hear Hejnał mariacki (it's a melody played on trumpet and it is never played to the end, it's interrupted - you can see on Wiki why it happens). We have an underground museum under The Old Town. If you want to drink good coffee in a beutiful place, I recommend Massolit Cafe!

[@CakeInTheHouse1535]

Omg you have to go to Krakow! Make sure you visit the salt mines and the castle (dragon cave) and if you have time and want do visit Zakopane which is a mountain town!

[@GrzegorzPlichta]

Cracow... I live there for 3 months and I have to say it's beautiful in every direction. I didn't see everything, but some places You should see: Kopiec Kraka, Kościół Mariacki, old town (especially Kazimierz and Rynek), Wawel (and the dragon), Beach Bagry (I heard in summer is a great place :).

[@MrHyniu]

omg you are so cute haha

[@duszekanyzratak]

You're doing great with Polish! I have lived in Krakow for over 10 years and it is still interesting. You must see the Wawel Dragon ;)

[@d.d.725]

You definitely should visit Cracow next time! What to see? You can just wander across old town, the architecture here is astonishing. Wawel Castle for sure, and... salt mine in Wieliczka! (neighbouring city). Literally every tourist is amazed by how it looks - it's just like city carved in salt, hundreds of meters under the ground.

[@malgos_]

I love your movies and in my opinion you're really great person✨💖

[@mish6568]

I'm learning Polish and I have the same reactions as you do. Especially the pronunciation

[@namos9474]

Dobrze, że dobrze spędzasz czas.

[@rafawalczewski8662]

There is so much to see in Kraków! I noticed some people mentioned main square but also Kazimierz is a must-see ✌🏻Not only for its rich history, but also its great for a chill night out :) If I were you, I’d look for a super good guide that would show you all the „classics” but also tell stories you won’t find anywhere ✌🏻 In my view, then you can discover the deeper meaning of all these fancy architecture and ancient churches. Good luck!

[@BRWKarol]

Another great video! If you will visit Kraków you can also visit Katowice because it's really near :) And it's my home town :)

[@filipg9950]

Very good pronunciation. You sound almost like polish native speaker, great progress. Best regards. Peace.

[@Lambertv]

Yessssss new vlog

[@user-se5ls1lh2w]

Beautiful town) I've been there) And I like there)

[@gabiszumera]

wow, I see huge progress, have a good day 🌞

[@Anon_Koala]

Greetings from Toruń 🇵🇱

[@Slothar1]

In Kraków you should see usual staff like Sukiennince, when there lisen to Hejnał Mariacki, than maybe Wawel castle and if you will get hungry go to Kazimierz. There is a lot place to just walk.

[@vlatoma9227]

What i like about your videos is your are natural and it’s not crazy long.

[@kix9383]

Your polish acent is so goood

[@dominikwang8006]

Can’t believe you come to Toruń, I’m study there, also struggling with polish language 🥲

[@SQuallll10]

Hey. Don't give up with your Polish. You're doing better than the last time we saw You and I'm being 100% honest here (as a full Polish guy). Just try to post here more often. Keep up the good work and take care. ;)

[@guliwernowy]

Wieliczka Salt Mine is beautifull👍 Old Town Krakow, Wawel, Kosciół Mariacki, Łagiewniki, Kopiec Pilsudskiego😀

[@nazmiyibadullayev3721]

great video👍

[@igakalina9433]

In Cracow it is worth seeing the Kościuszko Mound

[@barszczlover]

Aaaaaa💗 i live in Toruń

[@gt7507]

Emma, you are amezing!

[@UncleWru]

Props for almost perfectly pronouncing my name! It's so hard for the foreigners!

[@karolswiton7963]

I like your style of movies they always make me better.

[@emmawitter8148]

:')

[@tojaonline946]

Emma I love you you;re so sweet as you try to speak Polish.

[@xlukeez7959]

Toruń my city! ♥️

[@whatadamsever]

I'm not one for watching vlogs, but yours are interesting and I could watch a lot more, I actually was really sad when this one ended, thought it was around 15 minuters, not only 7 :X (I feel like you could simply upload the whole tongue twisters stuff as an extra video and people from Poland would love it :D)

[@vitaliyshandrenko5089]

I were in coffee perks too, it’s soo interesting to watchin u!

[@pandabossanna]

Torun is beautiful, it's very near me :) also my mum got me to do those tongue twisters whilst drunk, I do not recommend 😂

[@randriu1221]

i was just checking you channel yesterday to see if you posted and u posted today lmao

[@WiktorWdowiak]

OKAY NGL, YOUR POLISH IS SO GOOD

[@plrc4593]

Moje miasto 😍

[@mister_ice]

I moje 🤓