The oldest known sentence written in Polish comes from around 1270 and appears in the Book of Henryków, a Latin chronicle of the Cistercian monastery in Lower Silesia. In the midst of a Latin narrative, one phrase stands out: „Day ut ia pobrusa, a ti poziwai.” This roughly translates to: “Let me grind, and you … Czytaj dalej The First Words: „Day ut ia pobrusa, a ti poziwai”