Here’s why POLISH is one of the most difficult languages - grammar cases

Why is Polish one of the most difficult languages ? One of the reasons are grammar cases, which we apply not only to nouns, but also to adjectives.
Let's look at how the phrase "ciekawa książka" changes depending on the grammar case.

[@polishwithblondes]

Polish doesn't have to be difficult! Check out the link on the screen to watch a lesson, which we recorded recently :)

[@termitedome]

Try Lithuanian language and will see how hard it is compared to Polish

[@zzaudeean]

But first i need to ask, why Polish are so much Racist.

[@KirillGalkin92]

As a russian speaker i got the concept. Cases in slavic languages are tricky for sure

[@notwerkinginthishouse8634]

Yes, i am slavic aswell

[@WuchtaArt]

I mean if you speak some slavic language you basically know like 50% in every slavic language

[@Rudelherz]

​@@WuchtaArtsomehow true. I was raised bilingual, Czech and German. I understand most of what Polish ppl talk about without ever learning it, however, when I try to actually TALK Polish, my husband (Pole) can't stop smiling, and I know it comes out completely wrong, no matter how hard I try! I studied French for 7 years in school and find it so much easier! Every time I try to say 'please', I pronounce it like 'pig', no matter how hard I try. 😅 Hopefully one day, I will manage somehow.

[@And-so399]

All I heard was “Chicago” lol 💀

[@hayls1075]

I really wanna to learn polish cuz I am polish but I've never been to poland and only my grandpa spoke polish. But I still think it would be really cool if I learnt it

[@markpirie1986]

It'll come to you naturally, it's the same as My gran Patsy with her indian 🇮🇳 tongue and My Grandads German 🇩🇪 Lingo. Its all in the genes

[@kissieljp]

Well you've never been to Poland, you don't speak polish, how so you think yourself as a pole? I am genuinely asking, not attacking or anything

[@asenciondivinagracia8881]

mas mahirap wika namin dyan...

[@markpirie1986]

@kissieljp also, I don't need to go to Poland!! I dated one in 2011, so get lost!! And we'll duh?! I know I ain't a polak!!

[@markpirie1986]

@@kissieljp 💪🇳🇴🇬🇧🇩🇪🇮🇳

[@Vinyishere]

Hello, I just started. I am Brazilian, learned English and now Polish❤️

[@Glory7RedemptionPrincess]

Respect❤

[@mikolajtak1590]

and im the opposite im Polish i learned English and now im learning spanish im like mid A2

[@natanluisp]

Useless language.

[@PocathoMapping]

May I ask why? ​@@natanluisp

[@natanluisp]

Only english is needed to learn ​@@PocathoMapping

[@md.f.6851]

I’m Brazilian, my gramma was polish descendent, she spoke Portuguese with a strong accent, both her parents also are polish, they speak polish at their community, even in Brazil. I love her so much, she had blue eyes and a pretty white skin hahaha, when I was with her, people asked “Is he adopted?” , because my brown hair and brown eyes…. She died about three years ago, at age 95 😢😢 She takes care of me when I was a kid, because my mom used to be a full time teacher, working in a school near by. Since I can remember, I just love blonde polish descendent girls (there are a lot in my state in Brazil), love their culture, their behavior and mindset, I wish I could go to Poland one day… because of that I have practice my English to get a chance to communicate with people (polish is too hard for Portuguese speakers). Soon I will arrive in Poland, if god allow me. Thanks for the tips my friend!

[@polishwithblondes]

Thanks a lot for sharing this :) And good luck!!

[@ST4R_the_star]

I am polish and i understand, she is so pretty-

[@757ontop]

same

[@Ordoxable]

Nie samo tez aleee.... I'll get it one day xD my girlfriend is polish and I'm from the Carribean.

[@Petargrasho]

In croatian we also have 7 cases: Nominativ: ovo je ''zanimljiva knjiga'' Genitiv: nema ''zanimljive knjige'' Dativ: prilazim ''zanimljivoj knjizi'' Akuzativ: vidim ''zanimljivu knjigu'' Vokativ : hej ''zanimljiva knjigo'' Lokativ: govorim o ''zanimljivoj knjizi'' Instrumenral: putujem s ''zanimljivom knjigom'' But croatian has a lot simpler pronounciation

[@polishwithblondes]

Wow, that looks complicated!

[@Agentpikus]

@@polishwithblondesthey say polish is hardest to learn well damn cuz i know it since birth and am dutch 😂

[@ClifffSVK]

Slovak: N: to je zaujímavá kniha G: zo zaujímavej knihy (different example) D: prichádzam k zaujímavej knihe A: vidím zaujímavú knihu V: hej, zaujímavá kniho (today this case is used only in special cases and poetry) L: hovorím o zaujímavej knihe I: putujem so zaujímavou knihou Polish uses the diminutive version of the word. In Slovak it's knižka. Just replace the "h" with "žk" in the examples above. In everyday speech both versions are used 50/50 in Slovak. The "n" in kniha/knižka is soft (usually written as ň). In Slovak, letters "d", "t", "n" and "l" are always written without diacritics before "e" and "i". The letter "h" is voiced, so its pronunciation is similar to English (like in the word hello). In Croatian, the letter "h" represents a voiceless sound. Slovak has that sound too and it's written as "ch".

[@user_qwerty007]

Russian language: И - есть «интересная книга» (interesnaya kniga) Р - нет «интересной книги» (interesnoj knigi) Д - дать «интересной книге» (interesnoj knige) В - вижу «интересную книгу» (interesnuju knigu) Т - любуюсь «интересной книгой» (interesnoj knigoj) П - говорю об «интересной книге» (interesnoj knige)

[@joannas1726]

Polish greetings to all Croats, Slavs as well as Poles. Pozdrawiam serdecznie!

[@Maslanka_]

i jeszcze liczba mnoga 💀

[@anatolydyatlov963]

I odmiana przez płeć rzeczownika (ta książka, a nie ten książek).

[@vladoshka9014]

​@@anatolydyatlov963what do you mean? A word can have two genders?

[@anatolydyatlov963]

@@vladoshka9014 No, but my point is that there are three kinds of conjugation: plural / singular, case-based AND gender-based. Masculine nouns have different conjugation rules. For example, most feminine nouns end with the letter "a", like "książka" or "praca", and the way you conjugate them by grammar cases is similar: "z tą książkĄ", "z tą pracĄ". However, with masculine nouns, you add different suffixes, like with the words "księżyc" or "chłopak": "z tym chłopakIEM", "z tym księżycEM". In addition to that, you also change the adjectives that describe the nouns based on their gender: "z tym pięknYM księżycEM", "z tą pięknĄ książkĄ"

[@Petr_LA]

W rzeczywistości jest to trudne tylko dla osób anglojęzycznych, jako Rosyjski widzę tutaj analogię do koniugacji i deklinacji🙂

[@alexpopowitz9]

Great lessons! Beautiful girl too! 🙌

[@voodijaanus]

I’m Estonian and we have 14 cases hihi

[@daishoo]

Cases are hard, I grant it, specially miejscownik, and It becomes even harder due to all the rules for three genders, virile plurals, etc. But what gets me everytime are the damn exception to the rules!!! It seems polish has more exceptions than rule based words!

[@polishwithblondes]

ahh that's true, we have many exceptions!

[@remizubon2875]

Great explanation! There are also difficult sounds in Polish, it's different from other slavic languages . I love learning it though.

[@markpirie1986]

In 2011, I went out with a lass that was 10 year's older than me, and she said her Grandfather was from Poland 🇵🇱 and joined the RAF in ww2 as a pilot when he moved to England, and never returned, her last name was Rosiak.

[@ditemirkhan]

I think, this thing is very similar to Russian. Also in Kazakh we have that thing🥲

[@polishwithblondes]

I think so too :)

[@syniasynia6736]

Well, if I am not wrong, in Russian are 6 cases, not 7. But I might be wrong. But still it's hard to say what language is harder, because they are similar and they have their own difficulties. For example in Russian you don't speak like you write all the time. The first example which came to my mind is ,,o" they read as ,,a", but not always. And it's hard to know for non russian speakers when you should say ,,o" and when ,,a" In Polish you basically read like you write (they are some exceptions, but only a few), but polish words are harder to pronounce than in Russian because of fact, that consonants are often next to each othe.

[@SM-ef7yp]

​@@syniasynia6736on the other hand, in polish you have to know whether say c or dz/cz or dż in a softened or hardened way. In russian you have ь and ъ

[@NatSvaAmi]

If I wasn't born Polish (Polish Parents in England) I would have died trying to learn the word 'Play' in all the different ways.

[@polishwithblondes]

:D

[@michastepien8326]

Polish people living abroad can speak Polish to their kids. I have people like that living in Belgium. Only mother is Polish and kids speak Polish. Do not blame Polish, blame your parents.

[@swiftlessons]

@@michastepien8326true, my wife is polish, and I learned to speak at a rudimentary level. Our daughter is only three years old and fluent. Her vocabulary quickly surpassed my own and her grammar is instinctively accurate. Kids learn at a remarkable pace, but it’s 100% on the parents to make the commitment.

[@michastepien8326]

@@swiftlessons Exactly, that is not easy but due to my friends living in Belgium I know that it is doable. Friends of my parents leaved Poland in 1980 and their kids were born and brought up in France. And still -- they were bilingual -- later one of the boys came back to Poland where he got job and started family and he had no issued with blend in. The problem in that the local language is everywhere outside so if issue is unattended Polish will always loose. I cross my fingers for you.

[@user-xo1jh3xh9p]

I have never seen beauty like you😮❤😮

[@MRANNONYMOUS]

Freaking hard 😭

[@arabman5848]

Don't know why this was recommended to me but she's very likeable.

[@haniasalamonik3325]

I'm from Poland read this : Grzegrzółka or Szczebrzeszyn or Żółć

[@Dongingas]

😢

[@artbookgaming]

Case languages are beautiful. I'm Finnish, we have up to 15 cases but there's a couple we don't necessarily use. I want to learn Polish, but I should get my Portuguese to a stable level first. I kind of have a problem with getting excited about new languages to learn and even though I still want to learn the previous languages I get too distracted trying to learn too many languages at the same time XD

[@polishwithblondes]

Looks like you really enjoy learning languages then! :)

[@artbookgaming]

@@polishwithblondes I do! It's one of my favorite hobbies, though it's kind of a side product of obsessively learning about cultures and religions

[@hansproftv4198]

Very Good and tank you..Beauty Teacher Poland

[@cos1841]

Remember: If you can't learn polish then może morze pomoże, może nie pomoże jeżeli morze nie pomoże to może pomorze pomoże, jeśli pomorze nie pomoże to może pomorze Gdańsk

[@JoannaMalak]

Gdańsk jest dobry na wszystko! Na pewno pomoże :)

[@siddharthaverma7611]

It sounds sweet n soft.

[@docskin]

I am learning Polish. Declensions really are doing my head in. On the other hand, Slavs really struggle with articles in Romance languages. Funny old world ;)

[@sanchesseli]

Just like any Slavic (except Bulgarian) and Baltic languages.

[@skullcandy15151]

My grandparents were polish and German before they came to America. I am American, third generation. I'm learning German now, but Polish is very hard. I will probably stick with the West/East-Germanic languages (Norwegian, Dutch, Danish) rather than West-Slavic (Polish). My friend taking Russian says it's easy for her to learn Polish now (since Russian is an East-Slavic language in the same family). Pretty cool. Learning any language is always fun, Finnish was one I studied that has even more cases than Polish! 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇩🇰 🇳🇱 🇳🇴

[@Sxomie]

You will be my teacher

[@urbanistgod]

You can’t learn Polish. You have to be born with the language 😂

[@gardenscapeNastya]

Haha yes I am happy my house only speaks polish

[@urbanistgod]

@@gardenscapeNastya You’re from Poland?

[@gardenscapeNastya]

@@urbanistgod No I was born in US but have polish parents I don’t have to be from Poland to know the language if that’s what you meant no hate

[@urbanistgod]

@@gardenscapeNastya I’m just asking. I’m like you except I was born in Canada.

[@polishwithblondes]

Haha well it's hard but not impossible!

[@gimkit1188]

Even if I can pronounce it... I'm just doubtful about remembering how to spell it.

[@polishwithblondes]

Ah that's true. But I think pronunciation is more important than spelling!

[@ajvelichko6294]

I’m moving to Poland soon. I have my work cut out for me.😌

[@lucypher5200]

Polish is hard af but I love it. Not polish or anything but I just love how it looks and sounds

[@Vinyishere]

In Portuguese, we have many cases tho, it's hard even for us 😅 At some point we just give up and use informal speech😂🙉

[@polishwithblondes]

Oh I didn't know Portuguese has cases too, interesting!

[@Vinyishere]

​@@polishwithblondesIt's quite similar to our grammar. It would be way easier to learn through Portuguese but there are no materials for it. Learning Polish using English has been hard😂.

[@DannyPotato]

We don't use cases in Portuguese sorry to break it to you. Noun classes exist, though.

[@Michalaniol487]

Peace of cake 🍰

[@Yobanarusniya]

I coming to Poland !! You're unearthly beautiful ❤❤❤

[@thihongquanvu565]

I think it is only difficult for non-Slavic speakers

[@polishwithblondes]

definitely more difficult :)

[@dionisslavinskas]

​@@polishwithblondes это практически дефолт, все падежи, что на польском, звучит практически также по-русски. Украинцам ещё проще, у них слов похожих с поляками на горазд больше, чем у нас. Далеко не самый сложный язык. Финский и венгерский - да, чёрт ногу сломит.

[@Karma_1112]

This is a interesting book

[@josephrochefort9989]

Now I understand why none of the elders in the family tried to teach us Polish.

[@polishwithblondes]

Haha this could be the reason :)

[@Joan-fz7tw]

Me with Aonikenk in my bag : 😎

[@Ebad-khan-helmand]

Polish people are the most beautiful

[@jaengen]

If you say so. Hard to beat Italians though.

[@FebruaryHas30Days]

Fun fact: Bulgarian is the easiest Slavic language to learn.

[@veracity5977]

That moment when I have full polish name and super polish family but was never taught the language

[@Manuel4Languages]

It is not, stop demotivating people😅 What you are probably doing is comparing Polish with English or (looking at your location) to Swedish. Why don't you compare it with Finnish, Hungarian, Russian, Chinese, Czech, Turkish, Arabic, Georgian, Kazak, Korean, Vietnamese and tons of other languages. You are basically selling cigarrettes and promoting a healthy lifestyle 😅 Polish is just as easy or hard as all slavic languages, depending on your mother tongue. Yes I speak Polish, at B2 and other 5 languages. Thanks for the content anyway🎉

[@polishwithblondes]

Thanks for the comment! You're right, those languages are also super difficult! But here I'm just saying that Polish is ONE of the most difficult :D That's the conclusion I have got to after talking to a lot of language learners and polyglots :) 6 languages, that's impressive!

[@viperunknown]

Stfu its hard asf

[@Noname-oj5me]

Как носитель русского, я понимаю около 70% польского языка на слух, если говорят медленно, но польская письменность для меня это непостижимые дебри

[@89alcatraz89]

Yep, put like this it seems well... incredibly overengineered but it allows the language to be incredibly flexible with almost any word order in a simple sentence conveying exactly the same meaning guess that makes poetry easier?

[@generalmaczek6134]

WHY anybody should learn Polish ? Such a complicated language ? The only reason I can see is there are unbelievable beautiful girls in Poland, stunning places like Cracow, Gdansk, Warsaw, Zakopane or Mazury, fantastic kitchen so so good food, a lot of interesting history, museums, books, writers like Sienkiewicz, Lem, Słowacki, Sapkowski, friendly, open people, safe, clean country, very modern digitized infrastructure, a good place to live. And really nothing else.

[@user-mf3sm2ds7j]

Czech has entered the chat

[@uncleol]

I was born in poland lived there till I was 5 and then I moved to UK and stopped speaking Polish, now im starting from scratch.

[@polishwithblondes]

That's great, good luck, powodzenia!

[@uncleol]

@@polishwithblondes Dziękuję!

[@krzysztofj2059]

Dzieki Krzychu

[@GARDENER43]

Peace of cake.... 😂

[@gardenscapeNastya]

Piece *

[@Inspired_Indian686]

Nice🎉

[@YourgirlEve]

I don’t find it difficult but that’s probably because I grew up speaking it and my mother would refuse to speak to us in English 😅

[@Benzinmag-mj5xg]

Wow... very tuff this ward's

[@shantoreywilkins651]

🌅🔝

[@BEARCLAW1825]

“ yez he’s polish “

[@LoFiLucyASMR]

I am Polish and want to learn to speak it. My last name is Polish

[@goranjovic3174]

Ciekawe ! 😊❤

[@veteacolombani1070]

You are as beautiful as the polish cases. Спасибо

[@verloofd0.0]

…. it’s not late to give up (me)

[@amririzal2406]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@padmanabham.suresham]

Either break my b@lls or break my teeth, I cant pronounce the words.😂

[@Silly_Little_Weirdo]

Ż is the same as Rz Ó is the same as U Ł is almost the same as Y And other stuff like that

[@Juoa771]

Czech🇨🇿 has 7 cased too

[@PlagueBeer]

Almost all Slavic languages have 6-7 cases. It's normal for us.

[@alexeychalov163]

this "ksiazko" (for me it would be "knizhetsa") in polish sounds so french with that oouuu

[@worldclassyoutuber2085]

Well Polish preserved two nasal vowels "ą" and "ę" from Protoslavic. French also use nasal sounds so that "oouuu" = ą

[@priestofbenism1775]

2:04 hey

[@militia318]

🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱👍👍👍👍

[@alinibrittos]

Me (Brazilian) watching videos in English to learn polish auhauahsuahsuah

[@nikolaokulska6160]

im from poland

[@annspirit24]

I think every language is easier thrn german. Chinesr is so easy for me and i want to laern polnish

[@Ignati115]

WHY POLAND IS VERY POPULAR NOW?! I'm very proud of my country xD

[@polishwithblondes]

Is it? :)

[@Ignati115]

​@@polishwithblondes so many Polish memes are very popurar. For example, O holera czy to Freddy fazbear or bober ku*wa

[@noahthewolfking9428]

Is it about the verb or about the prepositions?

[@polishwithblondes]

both verbs and prepositions are a trigger for different cases, which means: the endings change

[@noahthewolfking9428]

@@polishwithblondes thanks😆

[@woloszyntomek]

Fińskie ma bodaj 15. przypadków 😂

[@volosatharasanov7577]

jesteś bardzo interesującą i ładną dziewczyną

[@MediocreAtBesd]

learning polish, crying

[@Nuelzhng]

Wait i think this language, Mix Russian with France 🤔

[@0705779]

😭my little brain just had a stroke! I should've known because a few years ago I took an exam where I had to use a calculator that uses polish notation... it wasn't great! 😢what's the trick here, how do I make this make sense?

[@polishwithblondes]

Hi, you can start with our video that's an intro to grammar cases! The name of the lesson is "Polish grammar cases explained (intro)" :)

[@CharlesKiarii]

I love you

[@Corvoattano-pu4hz]

For germanic and latin it's difficult. But for Slavs it's medium or easy

[@noahdry]

So every adjective has over 40 versions (considering gender)?

[@polishwithblondes]

Yes, theoretically, but in practice some of them have the same endings

[@schonistdermai3600]

Because of the grammar, Polish is not a particularly difficult language (the grammar is similar to other Slavic languages ​​and is certainly not easy). The much bigger hurdle for the beginner is PRONUNCIATION! In any case, it is significantly more difficult for Germans than pronouncing Russian, which is not a particularly big obstacle for Germans. That's why with Polish it's important to learn the pronunciation before you actually learn it, otherwise every new word becomes a pronunciation puzzle and you'll go crazy. Here the Polish PRONUNCIATION is explained for German speakers (particularly good, the teacher speaks German and Polish as a native language) and VERY GOOD for English speakers. 👉 hej.polska: www.youtube.com/@hej.polska

[@polishwithblondes]

We realise the pronunciation can be a struggle, so we have some lessons fully devoted to pronunciation as well

[@bountype]

😍😍😍💘

[@tecnein]

Dobaviw jesm ž w moj konlang 8 padéžuv😎 And I added 8 cases to my conlang 😎

[@not_gracjak]

I know polish i am polish

[@IZombiesProIIZombiesProI]

there is no such thing as difficult language or the most difficult etc.., every language has its special difficulty after all it depends how different your native language is from the target language and even if thats the case you still can learn it almost as easy as any other language you just need to immerse yourself in it, english for example can be the hardest language for a lot of people but the only reason it isnt is simply bc its the most used language in the world and all content everywhere is in english and bc of this it tends to be easier just bc you are surrounded by it if polish was a more known language it would be as easy as english in that case..

[@Gbhmagic]

interesująca książka?

[@monu21212002]

Please teach already I am trying to learn and speak polish if u help me

[@polishwithblondes]

Check out our full-length lessons on the channel, there's plenty of them :)

[@goshanpechenkin]

Ładna kobieta

[@busrakuris]

well I can't read the subtitles they're overlapping with the title :(

[@polishwithblondes]

Sorry about that! Was one of our first yt shorts

[@busrakuris]

@@polishwithblondes no worries just a feedback :)

[@pamelabalcom5583]

Make it stop! I am trying to learn polish on Duolingo. Ooh so hard!

[@polishwithblondes]

Haha I can't make it stop unfortunately! But I would encourage you to check out our lessons on the accusative or instrumental case. I'm sure it will make so much more sense to you after watching those! Good luck :)

[@haithamnagar4607]

I will learn the language only to speak with you so cute 🥰

[@polishwithblondes]

:)

[@Jibe111111111]

But how does that enriches communication ?

[@polishwithblondes]

you mean using the cases? It doesn't enrich it really, this is just Polish grammar :)

[@yzzh48]

For me i feel polish pronounciation is easier than other slavic language e.g.，Russian. The first time I heard russian I just gave up….

[@polishwithblondes]

Interesting :) that might be the case

[@wooden6456]

More noun cases does not mean more difficult

[@Bialy_1]

To make everything clear I will show you with word ‘dwa’, which means exactly ‘two’. The issue is so funny, that this word is inflecting in, if I remember well, 22 ways! First, declination + plural male gender 1. Dwaj mężczyźni (two men) 2. Dwóch/dwu mężczyzn 3. Dwóm mężczyznom 4. Dwóch/dwu mężczyzn 5. Z dwoma mężczyznami 6. O dwóch mężczyznach 7. Dwaj mężczyźni! Second, declination + plural non male gender 1. Dwie kobiety (two women) 2. Dwóch kobiet 3. Dwóm kobietom 4. Dwie kobiety 5. Z dwoma/dwiema kobietami 6. O dwóch kobietach 7. Dwie kobiety! Third, declination + male/female group 1. Dwoje ludzi (two people - man and woman) 2. Dwojga ludzi 3. Dwojgu ludzi 4. Dwoje ludzi 5. Z dwojgiem ludzi 6. O dwojgu ludzi 7. Dwoje ludzi! Fourth, declination + non human plural 1. Dwa koty (two cats) 2. Dwóch kotów 3. Dwóm kotom 4. Dwa koty 5. Z dwoma kotami 6. O dwóch kotach 7. Dwa koty! And the last, declination + ‘dwa’ as noun 1. Dwója/dwójka (diminutive) 2. Dwói/dwójki 3. Dwói/dwójce 4. Dwóję/dwójkę 5. Z dwóją/z dwójką 6. O dwói/o dwójce 7. Dwójo!/dwójko!

[@polishwithblondes]

It doesn't have to mean that but I think that's the case with Polish :D

[@ElenaIwaniec]

Im polish

[@JoannaMalak]

Polish is difficult because the declension has 7 cases? Finnish has 15 and Hungarian has 25 :)

[@master-stratocaster4737]

I jeszcze liczba mnoga 😆

[@rossellagiovanardi9154]

Ci credo, anche se, in realtà tutte le lingue sono difficili ad andarci a fondo

[@Obelisk57]

I learned nothing other than it's difficult.

[@polishwithblondes]

We have plenty of full-length videos where you can learn a lot!

[@Olive._.aesthetic]

Większość indoeuropejskich języków ma przypadki tylko romańskie nie mają, a tak to wszystkie germańskie, słowiańskie itp. mają chociaż 2 przypadki.