When learning a new language, grammar is one of those hideous things that you\u2019re stuck – with regardless of how much you may despise it (or not). Kind of like taxes, as my friend sometimes says.<\/p>\n
And it seems that when it comes to foreign grammars, Polish rates quite high on the hate-o-meter. I\u2019m not all that surprised. While it may come more or less intuitively to the natives (I mean grammar, not hate), even we tend to make plenty of embarrassing mistakes when speaking our mother language.<\/p>\n
So, what\u2019s a foreigner supposed to do? Ola\u0107 gramatyk\u0119<\/strong> (literally:<\/em> piss on grammar) and concentrate on memorizing as many words as possible hoping that somehow it will all get nicely sorted out in the end? I tried that approach once when learning another language and found out the hard way that it didn\u2019t work. At all.<\/p>\n Which brings me to today\u2019s question for you. How do YOU deal with grammar? Do you simply chain yourself down and slowly plow through the Swan book while drinking copious amounts of \u017cubr\u00f3wka<\/strong> to make the whole ordeal less traumatic? Or do you effortlessly memorize various declension tables or absorb that knowledge through osmosis? And if yes, then do you know when and how to apply it in your everyday conversations?<\/p>\n I know I\u2019ve asked you before about how you learn Polish in general. But that was easy. What I want to know now is \u2013 how do you deal with Polish grammar?<\/p>\n This question is inspired in part by Barb\u2019s confession about her own Polish learning experiences detailed in her guest entry on this blog. And in part by my own inability to master certain plural noun cases.<\/p>\n So I think that sharing what works and what doesn\u2019t, plus other tips and advice, can be simply invaluable for us all. Yes, even for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When learning a new language, grammar is one of those hideous things that you\u2019re stuck – with regardless of how much you may despise it (or not). Kind of like taxes, as my friend sometimes says. And it seems that when it comes to foreign grammars, Polish rates quite high on the hate-o-meter. I\u2019m not…<\/p>\n