Thursday, May 31, 2007

Ch 1, p.7 Polish Adjectives

Here's some polish adjectives given first in English, then Polish followed by the approximate pronunciation and a menomic.

bad
zły
ZWI
Imagine eating some really bad ZWIEback crackers.

big
duży
DOO zhi
Imagine looking at something really big and saying, “That’s a real Doozey”

good
dobry
DOB ri
Imagine that it’s good to DUB RIanna with the nickname Ria.

small
mały
MA wi
Imagine staying on the beautiful small Hawaiian island MAUI.

tired
zmęczony
zman CHE ni
Imagine hearing the Zzzs of a tired sleeping MACHINIST.

new
nowy
NO vi
Imagine getting a new car every NOVEmber.


Note: The Polish “ł” sounds like the English “w”.

That's all for today

© 2007 by KGW

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