Why Polish?

Dzień dobry,

I often ask new students why they want to learn Polish. 
I am even more often asked why people want to learn Polish and what a typical student of Polilang is like.
The typical student of Polilang - I reply - is usually doing her/his homework and working hard :-) and it usually stops people from asking similar questions :-))).

I however found it important to answer why one has to work hard to learn Polish. That's because it is the second most difficult language in the entire world (natural and discovered).
Polish grammar is very complicated and even essential grammar sufficient for a very simple conversation is extremely complex.


Moreover Polish language is not going to be simplified or changed a lot. There is no way we will stop using different endings to state whether a word is a subject, a positive object or negative object etc. 

Even if someone had such a surreal idea, we would not allow it - we take pride in our language. This was a glue keeping us together and preserving our national identity when there was no Poland on a map of Europe (we regained independence in 1918 after 123 years of being divided among Austria, Prussia and Russia). Then and later - during the communists' regime it was our weapon against the invaders.

Even we struggle with this complex but beautiful language sometimes. We would however always want it to be pronounced properly and with the respect to grammar. Maybe this is why we are so happy when you speak Polish and share our love for it.

See you in class,
Ola