Adam Łukasiak

Adam is a native Polish speaker and works as a freelance translator. He has an MA and BA in English Studies from the University of Warsaw. His passion for education and technology drives him to seek ways to enable other people to develop their language skills with the help of online resources. He works as a Language Contributor for the Duolingo Polish course and has helped develop the Grammar Challenges in Polish and other languages for Clozemaster.

Making Sense of Polish Personal Pronouns

Personal pronouns – words like I, she, or they in English – are used to refer to a specific entity in the world (usually a person) without actually naming it. Just imagine how messy our everyday communication would be if we weren’t able to refer to someone as he, or to something as it. Using …

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Understanding Polish Adjectives

By Adam Łukasiak / Learn Polish, Polish Grammar / October 20, 2017

Just like in English, the default position of Polish adjectives is before the modified word. However, unlike in English, each adjective can assume a number of forms. This is done by changing the adjective’s ending and depends on three variables: number, gender, and case. It’s not a coincidence that the variables are exactly the same …

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