Learn English from Polish the way people actually speak it

Chcę szybko nauczyć się angielskiego.

→I want to learn English quickly.

💡 Polish reflexive 'się' is required with 'nauczyć' (learn). English does not use reflexive pronouns with 'learn'. The basic SVO structure is similar.

Uczę się angielskiego od trzech lat.

→I have been learning English for three years.

💡 Polish uses the imperfective aspect present tense with 'od' for ongoing duration. English uses the present perfect continuous — the verb form itself signals the duration from past to present.

Czy mógłby Pan/Pani mówić wolniej?

→Could you speak more slowly?

💡 Polish formal address distinguishes 'Pan' (sir/Mr) and 'Pani' (ma'am/Mrs) where English uses 'you' for everyone. The auxiliary 'could' is similar in function to Polish 'mógłby'.

Gdybym więcej się uczył, zdałbym egzamin.

→If I had studied more, I would have passed the exam.

💡 Polish uses the conditional mood with '-by' suffix. The past counterfactual maps closely to the English third conditional — both express regret about an unrealised past.

Angielski jest bardzo ważnym językiem.

→English is a very important language.

💡 Polish uses instrumental case for the predicate — 'językiem' (language-INSTR). English uses the nominative with an article 'a'. Polish speakers often forget the article here.