Polish For Dummies

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The book contains 20 short learning units that start by establishing your communication goals. It then moves on to new vocabulary and grammar explanations with extensive exercises. There are plenty of reading and writing sections to consolidate your learning, too. Endings for imperfective verbs The easiest way to form the future tense of imperfective verbs (which I explain in the ‘Recognising Perfective and Imperfective Verbs’ section earlier in this chapter), is to use the future form of the verb być (bihch’) (to be), which is shown in Table 2-13, followed by the infinitive of another verb – the same as you do in English. The infinitive I use in Table 2-13 is pisać (pee-sach’) (to write). Polish for Dummies is exactly what it says on the cover. Great for beginners, it provides a comprehensive overview of the language, its grammar, basic vocabulary and sentence structure. On our platform, you’ll find lesson recordings by native speakers, flashcards, vocabulary lists, a Polish dictionary, and much more. All of our materials are designed to help you speak Polish with confidence and understand the language better. To initiate less formality, take one of these approaches: Może przejdziemy na ‘ty’? (mo-zhe pshey-dj’e-mih na tih) (Shall we switch to first names?) – literally: shall we switch over to using ty? Proszȩ mi mówić po imieniu. (pro-she mee moo-veech’ po ee-mye-n'yoo) (Please call me by my first name) – this line enables you both to use ty. If you’re on the receiving end of such an invitation, you respond: Z przyjemnością. (s-pshih-yem-nosh’-ch’ohN) (With pleasure).

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Our Polish Easy Readers - Enjoy reading in Polish! Our short stories will teach you new phrases, help you to improve your grammar with no need of real studying! Grammar problems are introduced in context so it does take some concentration and patience to fully grasp the rules. Dialogues introduce a lot of vocabulary, too. Due to the slavic roots of Polish language, most Polish words can not be derived from central european languages. Polish loan words originate from Latin, Greek, Middle High German, Old Czech, in younger history from English, French, German, Ukrainian, Belarussian and Turkish languages.But if you’re an intermediate or advanced learner, you have more room to explore. You can read Polish novels, cookbooks, comic books, or any other reading material that can enhance your knowledge of Polish. Supplement your learning with other resources The course focuses mainly on listening and speaking so it would go well with another book that focuses a little bit more on grammar. Were you able to work out what they mean? They mean ‘If I don’t find a job, I’ll have to return home to Poland’ and ‘Many thanks in advance’. Funny, isn’t it? You certainly don’t want to end up with something similar when speaking Polish! When you listen to native speakers, you may notice that Poles often leave out the question word czy (chih). Intonation alone indicates the interrogative. As a beginning speaker, you probably want to use czy (chih), but as you become more fluent and want to drop it, remember that it’s essential to raise your intonation at the end of a question to indicate that it is a question. Otherwise, you’ll form a statement, not a question.

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Już kupiłem mieszkanie (yoosh koo-pee-wem mye-shka-n’ye) (I’ve bought a flat already) – present perfect This one was written by the legend, Oscar Swan. It does what it says on the cover. I would recommend this book to those learners who really want to understand the structure of the language before moving on to the more interactive aspects of language learning. Polish Verbs is, without a doubt, one of the best books to learn Polish, if you’re fully committed to learning one of the most crucial parts of its grammar. The general rule says that a voiced consonant changes to its silent form at the end of a word (chleb, bread, is pronounced as hlep) or before a silent consonant (podpisać, to sign, is pronounced pot-pee-sach’), both within one word or two words as in w Polsce (fpol-stse). However, consonant clusters are voiced if the last consonant of the cluster is voiced (you pronounce jest wesoły, is happy, as yezd ve-so-wih). You won’t be surprised to know that in some ‘special’ situations these rules don’t quite work.Conjugation refers to how verb forms differ depending on the person and number. Have a look at some different forms of the Polish verb “to be” ( być) in the examples below: Don’t use these questions with someone you see every day! Use them when you haven’t seen or spoken to your friend for some time and you have some catching up to do. And don’t be surprised when you hear a long-winded answer, because a Pole will take the question as an opportunity to talk about whatever has happened lately. And that means anything – no matter whether their news is good or bad, you’ll hear all about it! From the makers of the Innovative Language 101 app, one of our recommended apps for learning Polish, comes this newbie-friendly audiobook. The goal? To get you to speak Polish in an instant.

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I love this little visual dictionary. If you are a visual learner, like myself, it will make a massive difference to how well you can memorise Polish vocabulary. It’s very detailed too, but don’t worry – you don’t need to memorise every single word in each category! The ’ in a pronuciation reminds you that it’s a soft sound. I add an extra y to help you pronounce ci when followed by a vowel. Now, try the sound of these words: ciepło (ch’ye-pwo) (warm) mówić (moo-veech’) (to speak, say) Be aware that Polish past tense distinguishes between three genders – masculine, feminine and neuter – in singular form. With plural nouns, you have two types: masculine personal nouns identify a group with at least one man; every other plural noun is part of the second type called non-masculine personal – groups of women, children, objects, animals or any group without a man. Table 2-8 shows the past tense conjugation of grać (grach’) (to play). Language books are fun – even in the era of free internet resources and Youtube channels on language learning. If you’re just beginning your Polish learning journey, I’ve got a list of the best books to learn Polish for you. Recognising Perfective and Imperfective Verbs Polish has fewer tenses than English, but it doubles up on verbs. Most Polish verbs have developed two forms: The imperfective form of a verb refers to an action that is ongoing, repeating or not yet completed. The perfective form of a verb is used to express a single action or a completed action. So the bad news is that for (almost) every English verb you have two Polish verbs. The good news is that in most cases the two verbs look very similar. Table 2- 3 shows the difference between the imperfective pisać and the perfectiveformal; literally: Where are you from sir/madam? Jestem z Anglii (yes-tem zan-glee) (I’m from England.) Gdzie mieszkasz? (gdj’ye myesh-kash) (Where do you live?) Gdzie pan/pani mieszka? (gdj’ye pan/pa-n’ee myesh-ka) (Where do you live?) – formal. Mieszkam w Londynie (myesh-kam vlon-dih -n’ye) (I live in London.) Ja też mieszkam w Londynie (ya tesh myesh-kam vlon-dih-n’ye) (I live in London, too.) A gdzie dokładnie? (a gdj’ye dok-wad-n’ye) (And whereabouts?) W Notting Hill. To jest bardzo znana dzielnica (v Notting Hill to yest bardzo zna-na dj’yel-n’ee-tsa) (In Notting Hill. It’s a well-known area.) In Polish, as in English, you can say ‘I come from’ as well as ‘I am from’: Jestem z Brazylii = Pochodzȩ z Brazylii (yes-tem zbra-zih-lee = po-ho-dze zbra-zih-lyee) (I am from Brazil = I come from Brazil) So, instead of Skąd jesteś? (skont yes-tesh’), meaning where are you from, you can say Skąd pochodzisz? (skont po-ho-dj’eesh), meaning where do you come from, although this second question is less common in spoken Polish. As in English, you can either say Jestem z Anglii (yes-tem zan-glee) (I’m from England) or Jestem Anglikiem/Angielką (yes-tem an-glee-kyem/an-gyel-kohN) (I’m English [male/female]). The difference is simple: while the first one tells us about the country you come from, the second refers to your nationality. Table 3-2 lists some countries and cities you can use to tell people where you’re from. Publishing for Technology Dummies Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher Composition Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services Polish Courses in London for Complete Beginners - Get a taste of Polish with our Polish Group Courses for complete beginners. Learn basic Polish expressions and have a lot of fun when practising them with fellow students.