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How to type in Polish
Your computer and your phone already have a Polish keyboard. It only needs turning on, and on a computer it keeps every letter where a US keyboard has it. Here's how on each, plus where ą, ł, ż and the rest are.
Typing a word yourself is part of learning it, and AnimeLang counts a missing mark as a spelling mistake: zona means “zone” and żona means “wife”.
On a Mac
- Open System Settings › Keyboard, then Text Input › Edit.
- Click +, search for Polish and add Polish. The other one, Polish – QWERTZ, swaps Y and Z.
- Switch with Control-Space, or from the input menu in the menu bar. To use the 🌐 key instead, set Keyboard › “Press 🌐 key to” › Change Input Source.
On Windows 11
- Open Settings › Time & language › Language & region.
- Next to Preferred languages, choose Add a language, pick Polish, then Next and Install. Its keyboard is Polish (Programmers), Windows' default for Polish.
- Switch with Windows key + Space.
On an iPhone or iPad
- Go to Settings › General › Keyboard › Keyboards › Add New Keyboard and choose Polish.
- To switch, touch and hold the 🌐 key and pick the keyboard.
- For a letter with a mark, touch and hold the letter it's related to, then slide to the one you want.
On Android
- With the keyboard open, tap Settings › Languages › Add keyboard in Gboard, pick Polish and tap Done.
- To switch, touch and hold the space bar.
- For a letter with a mark, touch and hold a key to see its options.
The letters English doesn't have
On the Mac's Polish, hold Option (keys named as on a US keyboard):
- ą is Option-A, ć Option-C, ę Option-E, ł Option-L and ń Option-N.
- ó is Option-O, ś Option-S, ź Option-X and ż Option-Z.
- Add Shift for a capital: Shift-Option-L gives Ł.
On Windows' Polish (Programmers), it's the same letters with Right Alt (or Ctrl + Alt):
- ą is Right Alt + A, ł Right Alt + L, ź Right Alt + X and ż Right Alt + Z, and so on.
- Add Shift for a capital: Right Alt + Shift + L gives Ł.
From Apple's, Microsoft's and Google's own help: Mac, Windows, Polish (Programmers), Windows' default keyboards, iPhone, typing on iPhone, Gboard and typing in Gboard.