Nigdy wcześniej nie używałem polskiego w pracy, ale zastanawiam się, czy korpoludzie defaultowo używają stylu nieoficjalnego (czyli "ty"), czy przy pierwszym kontakcie z nowym kolegą albo biznespartnerem raczej zwracają się do siebie bardziej formalnie (czyli "Pan/Pani")?

Thanks from the mountain

I’ve been in Poland for 4 years, first two i was studying in a private English school where I was taught basic polish and then I started to go to a polish school. When I was preparing to go into a polish school I only practiced everything I needed to pass the 8th grader exam (egzamin ósmoklasisty), so now I’m in a position where I have blank spaces and often times when I need to have a conversation in polish people don’t understand what I’m saying. I’ve tried going to a polish course for b1-b2 and tried to learn from some student books, but I didn’t notice much of a change in how polish people understand me. I don’t know if that’s useful info, but when I write polish essays I make a lot of language errors (błędy językowe), maybe that could explain what I’m struggling with better, thanks in advance for any help

Been living in Poland for a while now and realized my vocab is kind of stuck. I can handle everyday stuff fine, but the second I want to say something more specific or nuanced, I hit a wall.

Anyone else run into this? What actually helped you get past the “basic vocab plateau”? Right now I’m doing:

1. Watching Polish shows with Polish subtitles (not translated)
   
2. Anki, but with full phrases instead of single words
   
3. Reading simple news articles and pulling out words I don’t know

Feels like I’m missing something more structured though maybe organizing by topic (work, daily life, emotions) instead of just grabbing random words as they come up.

Curious what worked for people actually living here and using Polish daily, not just studying from a textbook.