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First 50 Polish Words Every Beginner Should Learn

Lalo Team·Updated April 17, 2026·3 min read

Start your Polish journey with the 50 most essential high-frequency words. These cover roughly 40% of everyday conversation.

These 50 words cover ~40% of everyday Polish

Pronouns(17)

się

oneself (reflexive pronoun)

/ɕɛ/

to

this, it, that

/tɔ/

co

what

/t͡sɔ/

ten

this, that (masculine)

/tɛn/

go

him, it (accusative)

/ɡɔ/

ja

I, me

/ja/

tym

this (instrumental/locative)

/tɨm/

wszystko

everything, all

/ˈfʂɨstkɔ/

tego

this, that (genitive)

/ˈtɛɡɔ/

je

them, it (accusative); eats

/jɛ/

mi

me (dative)

/mi/

ona

she

/ˈɔna/

mnie

me (accusative/genitive)

/mɲɛ/

on

he

/ɔn/

mój

my, mine (masculine)

/muj/

ich

their, them

/ix/

cię

you (accusative, informal)

/t͡ɕɛ/

Core Verbs(3)

jest

is

/jɛst/

był

was (masculine)

/bɨw/

być

to be

/bɨt͡ɕ/

Common Nouns(1)

pan

sir, Mr., you (formal masculine)

/pan/

Adverbs(13)

jak

how, like, as

/jak/

tak

yes, so, like this

/tak/

bardzo

very

/ˈbard͡zɔ/

już

already, yet

/juʂ/

tylko

only, just

/ˈtɨlkɔ/

jeszcze

still, yet, more

/ˈjɛʂt͡ʂɛ/

tu

here

/tu/

może

maybe, perhaps; can

/ˈmɔʐɛ/

kiedy

when

/ˈkʲɛdɨ/

teraz

now

/ˈtɛras/

tam

there

/tam/

gdzie

where

/ɡd͡ʑɛ/

dobrze

well, good, okay

/ˈdɔbʐɛ/

Prepositions(9)

w

in, at

/v/

na

on, onto, for

/na/

z

with, from, out of

/z/

do

to, until, into

/dɔ/

o

about, at (time)

/ɔ/

za

behind, for, in (time)

/za/

od

from, since

/ɔd/

po

after, along, around

/pɔ/

przy

by, near, at

/pʂɨ/

Connectors(3)

i

and

/i/

że

that (conjunction)

/ʐɛ/

ale

but

/alɛ/

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