In Polish language we use zmiękczenia; their purpose is to soften some of the letters by adding „i” after the consonant: bi, chi, ci, dzi, fi, gi, hi, ki, mi, ni, pi, si, wi, zi .
Below we have the examples of different words with their translation followed by the audio with pronunciation of each single word.
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When we would like to ask someone “how are you?” in Polish language we would ask: “Jak się masz?”.
Typical answer to this question is “Dobrze, dziękuję, a ty?” (eng. “good, thank you, and you?”).
Depending on our mood, we can answer “Jak się masz?” question in many different ways, here are some examples:
Świetnie ! – Great!
Bardzo dobrze – Very good
Dobrze – Good
Nieźle – Not too bad
Tak sobie – So so
Bywało lepiej – It could be better
Źle – Bad
Bardzo źle – Very bad
Fatalnie! – Horrible!
A ty, jak się masz? 🙂
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After today’s class you will be able to ask and answer question “what is your name?” in Polish language. Let’s first have a look at conjugation of verb “nazywać się“:
As we can see the core word for verb „nazywać się” is „nazywa”.
To ask someone „what is your name?” in Polish language we would use:
„Jak się nazywasz?” or “Jak masz na imię”?
We can answer to it in three different ways:
Nazywam się…
Mam na imię…
Jestem…
„Jestem” as we know from previous classes means „I am”. „Nazywam się” and „Mam na imię” means in English exactly the same which is „My name is…”.
Here is an audio with pronunciation of sentences from the examples below:
A ty? 🙂
Jak się nazywasz?
In this class you can find some of the basic colours names in Polish language, their pronunciation and few questions related with the subject f.e. “what is your favourite colour?”.
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Q & A:
What colour is it? = Jaki to kolor?
It is….= To jest ….
What is your favorite colour? = Jaki jest twój ulubiony kolor?
My favorite colour is blue. = Mój ulubiony kolor to niebieski.
What colour are your eyes? = Jakiego koloru masz oczy?
I have green eyes. = Mam zielone oczy.
Here are few more common colours names that you can use:
If you want to say that something is colourful you can use the word “kolorowy” f.e colourful painting = kolorowy obraz; colourful butterfly = kolorowy motyl; colourful World = kolorowy Świat.
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To practice the names of the colours you can name all the colours on the rainbow below:
How many of them you’ve got right? 😀
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Today I would like to show you how to use “to be” verb with personal pronouns in Polish language. After that, you will be able to say for example “ I am Patrick”, “He is John”, “They are Irish” but in Polish of course 😉
Let’s start then with personal pronouns!
General rules for many verbs conjugation in Polish language:
Next we will move to our verb “to be” = “być”. It is a bit tricky verb as it changes to “jest…” as we conjugate it by each person, it doesn’t have to see anything with its basic form “być”. As we can see below:
You can use that construction to tell someone for example your name, nationality or gender:
“Jestem Sylwia, jestem Polką, jestem kobietą” / “I am Sylwia, I am Polish, I am a woman”.
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Today we will learn how to say “hello” and other greetings used in everyday Polish language.
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Słowniczek – Glossary:
Cześć = Hi/hello
Hej = Hi
Witam/Witaj = Welcome
Dzień dobry = Good morning/ good afternoon
Dobry wieczór = Good evening
Dobranoc = Goodnight
Do widzenia = Goodbye
Do zobaczenia = See you
Do jutra = See you tomorrow
Pa pa = Bye bye
In Poland we are distinguishing formal and unformal language. Formal language is to be used with strangers, our supervisors and elder people. On the other hand, unformal will be used talking with your family, friends or ocassionaly with peers (f.e. if they are not your supervisors/bosses).
That language rule can be broken only if a person would ask you to be called by their name:
“Proszę, mów mi Anna…” – Please, call me Anna…”.
“Cześć”, “Hej” and “Pa pa” – are typical for unformal language, we won’t use them in formal conversation.
In formal convesation we would use “Witam”, “Dzień dobry”, “Dobry wieczór”, “Do widzenia”.
Of course, it is not a crime to use “Witaj!” with your friends but it might cause a smile on their faces. That rule is more about putting in life good education and manners. A child wouldn’t say “Cześć” to a teacher beacause it is simply inappropiate 🙂
How would you say “Cześć” in your language?
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There are 7 two letter combinations in Polish language. Each of them corresponds a single sound. Letters ch = h and rz = ż are pronunced exactly the same way.
CH CZ RZ SZ DZ DŻ DŹ
More words to practice your pronunciation:
Ch – choinka (Christmas tree), chleb (bread)
Cz – czołg (tank), czoło (forehead)
Rz – rzecz (thing), drzewo (tree)
Sz – szalik (scarf), szczotka (brush)
Dz – dzwonek (bell), dzban (jug)
Dż – dżdżownica (earthworm), dżungla (jungle)
Dź – dźwięk (sound), niedźwiedź (bear)
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1.Watch the videos with pronunciation, pause the video and repeat the sound of each letter!
2. Make a list of the words with each letter of the Polish alphabet. F.e. “a” – auto, “d” – dom, “z” – zebra (you can use the words that appeared in the videos or other words that you already know).
3. Find similarity! Write down to which sound in your language the sound is similar f.e. “cz” in Polish word “cześć” for English speaker would be like “ch” in the “chocolate”.
4 .Make your letter “memory word”! For each of the letters have one word that is going to be like your reminder when you will forget how the letter sounds. F.e. the word “dom” is going to be always your “memory word” for the letter “d”.
5. Learn all the rules “Remember that” from last post!
6. Make sure to update your list and add new words to it!
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A ą B C ć D E ę F G H I J K L ł M N ń O ó P R S ś T U W Y Z ź ż
In the Polish alphabet there are:
32 letters (LITERY), 9 vowels (SAMOGŁOSKI) and 23 consonants (SPÓŁGŁOSKI).
Remember that!
You might find many videos with Polish alphabet, although the 3 videos listed below are my favorite ones as they are focusing on different aspects.
That video is showing how the letters sounds in the words. Also, thanks to the picture we can guess what is the meaning of each word.
3. Alfabet + dwuznaki (ch, cz, dz, dź, dż, rz, sz) + zmiękczenia (bi, chi, ci, dzi, fi, gi, hi, ki, mi, ni, pi, si, wi, zi)/ Alphabet + two-letter combinations + words with “i” after the consonant
First of all, I really like that video because it is made in form of the song. Beside the alphabet letters we can hear how to pronunce two-combination letters (like “cz” or “sz”) and consonants with “i” (like “bi” or “si”). All the words are illustrated with pictures which is kind of helpful as well.
I know that it may seems a bit complicated but trust me it is possible to learn it!
To help you with that, my next post is going to give you some tips how to make your learning Polish alphabet much easier 🙂
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