Do you speak Polish? Useful expressions for Polish learners.

Today we will learn some useful Polish phrases which concern your ability to speak and understand Polish. I mean phrases like: "I speak Polish a little", 
"I don't undersand", "Could you speak more slowly, please!", "I'm learning Polish" and some more.

I hope that  you don't need an expression  "I don't speak Polish" any more. The girl in the picture on the left doesn't seem to feel very comfortable with this phrase. 
Let's begin our lesson. As always, you can listen to recordings with all Polish words and expression (bold print).

How to say "my" and "your" in Polish. Why we need 3 forms?

Talking about things or persons belonging to us is a really nice thing, isn’t it? We can talk about that for hours. We keep on talking even if people who are listening to us get bored quickly.
 Let’s try to talk about that in Polish!
 At first look it seems to be a bit complicated because the word “my” has 3 basic forms in Polish. The same is with a word “your” (singular).  “My” can be translated as mój, moja or moje in Polish. “Your” can be translated as twój, twoja or twoje into Polish. A right choice of a right form among these 3 forms depends on the gender of a noun which follows the word "my" or "your".

How to avoid a strange "dzi" sound when you speak Polish.

Beginner Polish learners get sometimes confused seeing so many words with a quite strange (from foreigner’s point of view) spelling: dziękuje, dzień, dziewczyna. “Dzi”: how for God sake do I pronounce it?! These three letters are represented by one sound. Let's call it the "dzi" sound. Is it possible to avoid words with this strange “dzi” sound?

I have a bad and a good piece of news for you. The bad news: it’s almost impossible to avoid  the “dzi” sound  when you speak Polish, because many the most frequent  and useful  Polish words contain “dzi” sound. How can we talk not using words like: "thank you", "day",  "girl", "family" or "child"? I can’t imagine that. These words are so basic, that they do not have even synonyms.