slavicafire:

abandon all hope

in all honesty: first of all, learn pronunciation (and the polish-specific letters). polish is a good language in the aspect that the pronunciation is consistent. no word should surprise you. maybe you won’t be able to get it 100% right, but you’ll know what it should sound like.

listen to polish music. the older ones, especially, they sing more clearly in them. you’ll get the rhythm of the language. there’s a polish playlist i made, i’ll link it here later when i’m on desktop. edit: here it is!!

read, if you can. contemporary, if you can. lots of people translate english fanfiction to polish – you can read both and compare.

if you want help or just chat a bit, feel free to hmu! and good luck. polish is a tough one, but a beauty.