Jak się masz? / How are you?

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!

Jak się masz?
Dobrze, dziękuję, a Ty?
Świetnie! Dzięki.

A ty, jak się masz? 🙂

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Kolory = colours

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.

TRY YOURSELF!

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? 😀

Is there any other colour you would like to learn?

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5 facts about Poland & Polish language

1.Polish is considered as one of the most difficult languages! I’m so lucky to be Polish 😉

2. The population in Poland is around 38mln but there are more than 50mln people speaking Polish language in the World!

3. Many important people are/were Poles like: Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicolaus Copernicus), Maria Skłodowska-Curie, Andrzej Wajda, Adam Małysz, Fryderyk Chopin or Święty Jan Paweł II (Saint John Paul II).

4. It is believed that the geographical center of Europe is situated in Poland. Exactly in Polish village called “Suchowola”.

5. Zamek w Maborku (Malbork’s Castle) is one of the biggest gotic castle in the World. It was the most powerful fortress of medieval Europe. It is one of my favourite spots to visit in Poland!

I leave here a list of some beautiful castles that are definitely worth a visit on your next trip to Poland: https://polskapogodzinach.pl/najpiekniejsze-polskie-zamki/

Do you know any interesting facts about Poland or Polish language?

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“BYĆ” = “to be”

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!

I am using m. = male and f. = female

General rules for many verbs conjugation in Polish language:

• the verb is changing its ending with different personal pronouns
• the core word stays usually the same
• f.e.: I am = Ja jestem; You are = Ty jesteś; We are = My jesteśmy… The core word here will be “jest“.

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”.

Do you want to know more? Ask me!

I can tell you how to say your nationality! 🙂