Which Polish words should I learn first?

The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.

What comes after these 100 words?

Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Polish words and brings each one back at the right moment.

Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?

Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

Your first 100 Polish words

New to Polish? Here are 100 easy words to start with: verbs, the small words of grammar and everyday vocabulary, translated into English.

These words come from the 26 grammar and everyday-life topics of KoKo. The app holds 2,397 words at this level.

Grammar 24 words

Polish	English
powiedzieć	to say
czytać	to read
śmiać się	to laugh
zabijać	to kill
niski	low
dobry	good
surowy	raw
twardy	hard
tam	there
tutaj	here
źle	badly
mało	little
do	toPreposition, movement in the direction of a place
od	fromProvenance, origin
i	and
lub	or
tam	thereAdverbial pronoun of place, replaces a complement
ten	thisDemonstrative determiner, masculine before a consonant
trochę	somePartitive article, masculine singular
tego	of it
wchodzić	to come in
wsiadać	to get on
oddawać	to give back
wychodzić	to get out

Everyday life 76 words

Polish	English
nie	no
tak	yes
dziękuję	thank you
cześć	hiInformal greeting
jeden	one
dziesięć	ten
niewiele	few
sześć	six
koniec	end
maj	May
lato	summer
sierpień	August
kość	boneHard part of the skeleton
szyja	neck
plecy	back
nos	nose
siniak	bruise
odpoczynek	rest
zdrowie	health
wirus	virus
przyjaciel	friend
niemowlę	baby
syn	son
mąż	husbandEveryday use
szalony	crazy
rozczarowany	disappointed
zakłopotanie	embarrassment
radość	joy
klucz	key
łóżko	bed
ściana	wall
podłoga	floor
wkręt	screw
drewno	wood
gwóźdź	nail
klej	glue
pończochy	stockings
kołnierz	collar
szykowny	smart
skóra	leather
czosnek	garlic
pszenica	wheat
woda	water
sok	juice
ekologiczny	organic
miska	bowl
głód	hunger
smak	flavour
torba	bag
drogi	expensive
kod PIN	PIN code
koszt	cost
ulica	street
dworzec	train station
park	park
plan	map
autobus	bus
autokar	coach
motocykl	motorbike
port	harbour
lot	flight
rachunek	bill
miejsce	site
przewodnik	guide
przełęcz	mountain pass
wschód	east
jezioro	lake
dziób	beak
kogut	rooster
gniazdo	nest
złoto	gold
łuk	arch
żelazo	iron
link	link
strona	page
rozmowa telefoniczna	call

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Which Polish words should I learn first?: The easiest words of grammar and everyday life: basic verbs, small structural words, polite phrases, numbers, family, food. This page gathers 100 of them.
What comes after these 100 words?: Carry on topic by topic: each list gives 100 words sorted into three levels. The KoKo app gathers +6,000 Polish words and brings each one back at the right moment.
Can I print this list or save it as a PDF?: Yes. The “Print the list” button at the top of the page opens your device’s print dialog: choose to save as PDF to keep the 100 words and their translation, with nothing else around them.

How KoKo makes words stick

These lists come from KoKo, the app to learn Polish vocabulary on iPhone.