Saturday, June 23, 2007

Ch 2, English / Polish Wordlist

English, Polish, Gender, Pronunciation, Menomic
  • bathroom łazienka f wa źHEN ka Imagine WASHING KAle in your pink bathroom.
  • bed, łóżko, n, WOOZH ko, Imagine a bed WOOSH GOing through the air.
  • black, czarny, m, CHAR ni, Imagine your kids out in the black yard CHARring NIckels blue
  • blue, niebieski, m, ńe BYES kee, Imagine that you’ll NEver BE keen to SKI on blue snow
  • chair, krzesło, n, KZHES wo, Imagine CACHEd WOmb bats on your favorite yellow chair.
  • cheap, tani, m, TA ńee, Imagine your friend TANYa NEEds you to help her find a CHEAP dress.
  • clock, zegar, m, ZE gar, Imagine a blue CLOCK shaped liked a CIGAR.
  • color, kolor, m, ko lor, Imagine your favorite color of crayon dancing a polka
  • couch, tapczan, m, TAP chan, Imagine you have the TOP CHAnce to win a couch in a contest.
  • curtain, kurtyna, f, koor TI na, Imagine a pink Polish CURTAIN.
  • free, wolny, m, VOL ni, Imagine a VOLE NIbbling on a FREE sample of worms.
  • garden, ogród, m, O groot, Imagine looking at your garden and thinking “OH GOOD no weeds.”
  • gray, szari, m, SHA ri, Imagine your friend SHARI wearing an unflattering, drab,shapeless, gray dress,
  • green, zielony, m źhe LO ni, Imagine being all by yourself in a green room and thinking it’s SURE LONELY here.
  • has, ma (verb)
  • house, dom, m, dom, Imagine you live in a house that is a huge blue DOME.
  • kitchen, kuchnia, f, KOOKH ńa, Imagine a KOOK saying NYA, nya in your pink kitchen.
  • lamp, lampa, f, LAM pa, Imagine you have a pink polish LAMP, AH.
  • large, duży, m, DOO zhi, Imagine seeing a LARGE ant the size of a basketball and thinking, “Wow, that’s ant’s a DOOZY.”
  • little, mały, m, MA wi, Imagine your MA WIll be really LITTLE when she is a grandma.
  • living room, salon, m, SA lon, Imagine your blue living room is beauty SALON.
  • mirror, lustro, n, LOOS tro, Imagine a LOOSE TROll looking at you from your mirror.
  • radio, radio, n, RA dyo, Imagine having a yellow polish RA DIO.
  • red, szerweny, m, sher ve ni ,Imagine saying to your friend, “SURE BENNY we can buy red hats.”
  • room, pokój, m, PO kooy, Imagine you POKE Your head into a blue room.
  • stool, taboret, m, ta BO ret, Imagine using a small TABORET drum as a stool.
  • table, stoł, m, STO w, Imagine STOring your blue table in a Wagon.
  • telephone, telefon, m, te LE fon, Imagine a blue Polish TELEPHONE.
  • toilet, toaleta, f, to a LE ta, Imagine a TOE And LETA trying to find a TOILET.
  • TV set, telewizor, m, te le VEE zor, Imagine your blue TELEVIsion SOARing through the sky.
  • white, biały, m, BYA wi, Imagine asking your picky friend “BUY WHIch white socks?”
  • window, okno, n, O kno, Imagine saying “ACH NO” the baseball just went through the WINDOW.
  • yellow, żółty, m, ZHOOW ti, Imagine your friend JUDY wearing a bright yellow pantsuit
  • young, młody, m, MWO di, Image moM WOn’t DIng the YOUNG car.

© 2007 by KGW

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Ch 2, p. 18 More Polish Home Words, Accusative Case - Masculine animate and Feminine nouns

Picture each word in your mind as you read.

English
Polish
Gender
pronunciation
Menomic

telephone
telefon
m
te LE fon
Imagine a blue Polish TELEPHONE.

toilet
toaleta
f
to a LE ta
Imagine a TOE And LETA trying to find a TOILET.

bed
łóżko
n
WOOZH ko
Imagine a bed WOOSH GOing through the air.

window
okno
n
O kno
Imagine saying “ACH NO” the baseball just went through the WINDOW.

garden
ogród
m
O groot
Imagine looking at your garden and thinking “OH GOOD no weeds.”

curtain
kurtyna
f
koor TI na
Imagine a pink Polish CURTAIN.
mirror
lustro
n
LOOS tro
Imagine a LOOSE TROll looking at you from your mirror.

clock
zegar
m
ZE gar
Imagine a blue CLOCK shaped liked a CIGAR.

couch
tapczan
m
TAP chan
Imagine you have the TOP CHAnce to win a couch in a contest.

stool
taboret
m
ta BO ret
Imagine using a small TABORET drum as a stool.


What is English for:

  • telefon
  • toaleta
  • łóżko
  • okno
  • ogród
  • kurtyna
  • lustro
  • zegar
  • tapczan
  • taboret

What is Polish for:

  • telephone
  • toilet
  • bed
  • window
  • garden
  • curtain
  • mirror
  • clock
  • couch
  • stool

Grammar: Accusative Case – Masculine animate nouns and Feminine nouns.

Masculine animate nouns add an “a” ending
and femine nouns change their “a” ending to “ę”

For example:

  • The house has a rabbit is “Dom ma królika”
  • The lamp has a parrot is “Lampa ma papugę”

How do you say in English?

  1. Mucha ma kurtynę
  2. Moskit ma kota.
  3. Kaczka ma toaletę.
  4. Kurtyna ma królika.
  5. Zegar ma byka.

How do you say in Polish?

  1. The fly has a curtain.
  2. The mosquito has a cat.
  3. The duck has a toilet.
  4. The curtain has a rabbit
  5. The clock has a bull.

© 2007 by KGW

Monday, June 18, 2007

Ch 2, p. 17 More Polish Adjectives and Accusative (Direct Object) Case

Picture each word in your mind as you read.

English
Polish
Gender
Pronunciation
Menomic

large
duży
m
DOO zhi
Imagine seeing a LARGE ant the size of a basketball and thinking, “Wow, that’s ant’s a DOOZY.”

free
wolny
m
VOL ni
Imagine a VOLE NIbbling on a FREE sample of worms.

little
mały
m
MA wi
Imagine your MA WIll be really LITTLE when she is a grandma.

cheap
tani
m
TA ńee
Imagine your friend TANYa NEEds you to help her find a CHEAP dress.

young
młody
m
MWO di
Image moM WOn’t DIng the YOUNG car.

What is English for:
duży
wolny
mały
tani
młody


What is Polish for:

  • large
  • free
  • little
  • cheap
  • young

What is English for:

  • duża lampa
  • wolny telewizor
  • mały stoł
  • tana łazienka
  • młody pokój

What is Polish for:

  • large lamp
  • free TV set
  • little table
  • cheap bathroom
  • young room

Grammar: The accusative (direct object) case
The accusative case indicates the direct object of the sentence and shows whom or what a direct action is affecting. Luckily endings don’t change for masculine inanimate/nonliving objects and neuter nouns. So you only have to worry about changing the endings for feminine nouns and masculine living/animate nouns (People & animals).

For example:
The masculine nonliving Polish word "dom" for "house" remains "dom".

Translate:
Kot ma dom

Answer:
The cat has a house.

For example:
The neuter nonliving Polish word "radio" for "radio" remains "radio".

Translate:
Ptak ma lustro.

Answer:
The bird has a mirror

How do you say in English?

  1. Goryl ma dom.
  2. Indyk ma łóżko.
  3. Foca ma krzesło.
  4. Motyl ma telwizor.

How do you say in Polish?

  1. The gorilla has a house.
  2. The turkey has a bed.
  3. The seal has a chair
  4. The butterfly has a TV set.

© 2007 by KGW

Friday, June 15, 2007

Ch 2, p. 16 Polish Colors Quiz

What is English for:

  • kolor
  • czarny
  • biały
  • szari
  • żółty
  • szerweny
  • zielony
  • niebieski

What is Polish for:

  • kolor
  • czarny
  • biały
  • szari
  • żółty
  • szerweny
  • zielony
  • niebieski

Grammar:
Colors are adjectives so their masculine y or i ending changes to agree with the noun. (Remember regular feminine adjectives end in "a" and neuter adjectives end in "e". See June 3, 2007 post on Adjectives and Gender)

How would you say in English?

  • czarny dom
  • biała kuchnia
  • żółte radio
  • zielony salon
  • niebieskie krzesło

How would you say in Polish?

  • black house
  • white kitchen
  • yellow radio
  • green living room
  • blue chair

© 2007 by KGW

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Ch 2, p. 15 Polish Colors

Colors:
Picture each word in your mind as you read.

English
Polish
Gender
Pronunciation
Menomic

color
kolor
m
ko lor
Imagine your favorite color of crayon dancing a polka

black
czarny
m
CHAR ni
Imagine your kids out in the black yard CHARring NIckels blue

white
biały
m
BYA wi
Imagine asking your picky friend “BUY WHIch white socks?”

gray
szari
m
SHA ri
Imagine your friend SHARI wearing an unflattering, drab, shapeless, gray dress.

yellow
żółty
m
ZHOOW ti
Imagine your friend JUDY wearing a bright yellow pantsuit

red
szerweny
m
sher ve ni
Imagine saying to your friend, “SURE BENNY we can buy red hats.”

green
zielony
m
źhe LO ni
Imagine being all by yourself in a green room and thinking it’s SURE LONELY here.

blue
niebieski
m
ńe BYES kee
Imagine that you’ll NEver BE keen to SKI on blue snow

Note: All these colors are in the masculine gender nominative (dictionary) case form. (Remember the nominative from Chapter 1, p. 10 posted Tuesday, June 5, 2007)

© 2007 by KGW

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Ch 2, p.14 Polish Home Quiz, Polish verb "has"

What is English for:
  • dom
  • lampa
  • kuchnia
  • telewizor
  • stoł
  • radio
  • łazienka
  • krzesło
  • salon
  • pokój

What is Polish for:

  • house
  • lamp
  • kitchen
  • TV set
  • table
  • radio
  • bathroom
  • chair
  • living room
  • room

Grammar: A useful verb
The Polish word "has" is "ma"

so to say
The “cat has” in Polish you say “Kot ma”

How would you say in Polish?

  • The dog has

Answer: Pies ma

© 2007 by KGW

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Ch 2, p. 13 Polish Home

Picture each word in your mind as you read.

English
Polish
Gender
Pronunciation
Menomic

house
dom
m
dom
Imagine you live in a house that is a huge blue DOME.

lamp
lampa
f
LAM pa
Imagine you have a pink polish LAMP, AH.

kitchen
kuchnia
f
KOOKH ńa
Imagine a KOOK saying NYA, nya in your pink kitchen.

TV set
telewizor
m
te le VEE zor
Imagine your blue TELEVIsion SOARing through the sky.

table
stoł
m
STO w
Imagine STOring your blue table in a Wagon.

radio
radio
n
RA dyo
Imagine having a yellow polish RA DIO.

bathroom
łazienka
f
wa źHEN ka
Imagine WASHING KAle in your pink bathroom.

chair
krzesło
n
KZHES wo
Imagine CACHEd WOmb bats on your favorite yellow chair.

living room
salon
m
SA lon
Imagine your blue living room is a beauty SALON.

room
pokój
m
PO kooy
Imagine you POKE Your head into a blue room.

© 2007 by KGW

Friday, June 8, 2007

Ch 1, Polish / English Wordlist

Polish-English-Gender-Pronunciation-Menomic

  • aligator-alligator, m, a lee ga tor-Imagine an alligator blue from the cold of a Polish winter.
  • byk-bull, m,b ik-Imagine a blue bull writing with a BIC pen.
  • chomik-hamster, m, KHO meek-Imagine your blue hamster sO MEEK hiding under the chips in its cage.
  • delfin-dolphin, m, DEL fin-Imagine DEL the Polish dolphin with his blue FIN.
  • dinozaur-dinosaur, m, dee no za oor-Imagine a blue dinosaur.
  • dobry-good, m, DOB ri-Imagine that it’s good to DUB RIanna with the nickname Ria.
  • duży-big, m, DOO zhi-Imagine looking at something really big and saying, “That’s a real Doozey”
  • foka-seal, f, FO ka-Imagine using your binoculars to FO CAs on a pink seal.
  • goryl-gorilla, m, GO ril-Imagine a GORILLa in a Polish zoo shouting “GO RIL!”
  • indyk-turkey, m, EEN dik-Imagine mEAN DICK bringing a blue turkey for Thanksgiving.
  • jagnię-lamb, n, YAG nyan-Imagine a yellow lamb sitting in NAN's lab eating YOGurt
  • jest-is
  • kaczka-duck, f, KACH ka-Imagine a pink duck catching you and saying "GOT CHA!"
  • koń-horse, m, kon-Imagine a blue horse wearing an orange construction CONE on his head
  • kot-cat, m, cot-Imagine a blue cat laying on a COT
  • królik-rabbit, m, KROO leek-Imagine a CREW of LEEKs racing on a blue rabbit
  • krowa-cow, f, KRO VA-Imagine a pink cow with a CROW driving a VAN
  • kura-chicken, f, KOO ra-Imagine a pink chicken in a cheerleading uniform at a football game yelling "COO - RAH!"
  • mały-small, m, MA wi - Imagine staying on the beautiful small Hawaiian island MAUI.
  • mój-my, m, moo y
  • moja-my, f, moo ya
  • moje -my, n, moo yeh
  • moskit-mosquito, m, MOS keet-Imagine shooting mosquitos with a MUSKET.
  • motyl-butterfly, m, MO til-Imagine a MOTEL decorated with blue butterflies.
  • mucha-fly, f, MOO kha-Imagine a little pink fly sitting on a MOO COW.
  • mysz-mouse, f, mish-Imagine just MISsing stepping on a pink mouse with your bare feet.
  • nowy-new, m, NO vi-Imagine getting a new car every NOVEmber.
  • papuga-parrot, f, pa POO ga-Imagine a parrot in a PAPOOSE going GA ga.
  • pies-dog-m, pyes, Imagine a blue dog stuttering "P YES"
  • ptak-bird, m, pTAK-Imagine a blue cuckoo bird saying tick- TOCK.
  • ryba-fish, f, RI ba-Imagine a pink fish croaking like a frog "RI - BA."
  • świnia-pig, f, śHVYAN ńa - Imagine a SHoVed VAN NAmed pig.
  • tam-there
  • To -this is "a"-To
  • To jest-This is-To yest
  • zebra-zebra, f, ZE bra - Imagine a ZE BRA sunburned from the hot Polish summer sun
  • zły-bad, m, ZWI - Imagine eating some really bad ZWIEback crackers.
  • zmęczony-tired, m, zman CHE ni - Imagine hearing the Zzzs of a tired sleeping MACHINIST.

© 2007 by KGW

Ch 1, English / Polish Wordlist

English, Polish, Gender, Pronunciation, Menomic

  • alligator, aligator, m, a lee ga tor, Imagine an alligator blue from the cold of a Polish winter.
  • bad, zły, m, ZWI, Imagine eating some really bad ZWIEback crackers.
  • big, duży, m, DOO zhi, Imagine looking at something really big and saying, “That’s a real Doozey”
  • bird, ptak, m, pTAK, Imagine a blue cuckoo bird saying tick- TOCK.
  • bull, byk, m, bik, Imagine a blue bull writing with a BIC pen.
  • butterfly, motyl, m, MO til, Imagine a MOTEL decorated with blue butterflies.
  • cat, kot, m, kot. Imagine a blue cat laying on a COT
  • chicken. kura. f. KOO ra, Imagine a pink chicken in a cheerleading uniform at a football game yelling "COO - RAH!"
  • cow, krowa, f, KRO VA, Imagine a pink cow with a CROW driving a VAN
  • dinosaur, dinozaur, m, dee no za oor, Imagine a blue dinosaur.
  • dog, pies, m, pyes, Imagine a blue dog stuttering "P YES"
  • dolphin, delfin. m. DEL feen, Imagine DEL the Polish dolphin with his blue FIN.
  • duck, kaczka, f, KACH ka, Imagine a pink duck catching you and saying "GOT CHA!"
  • fish, ryba, f, RI ba, Imagine a pink fish croaking like a frog "RI - BA."
  • fly, mucha, f, MOO kha, Imagine a little pink fly sitting on a MOO COW.
  • good, dobry, m, DOB ri, Imagine that it’s good to DUB RIanna with the nickname Ria.
  • gorilla, goryl, m, GO ril, Imagine a GORILLa in a Polish zoo shouting “GO RIL!”
  • hamster, chomik, m, KHO meek, Imagine your hamster cheering "GO MICK!"
  • horse, koń, m, kon, Imagine a blue horse wearing an orange construction CONE on his head
  • is, jest
  • lamb, jagnię, n, YAG nyan, Imagine a yellow lamb sitting in NAN's lab eating YOGurt
  • mosquito, moskit, m, MOS keet, Imagine shooting mosquitos with a MUSKET.
  • mouse, mysz, f, mish, Imagine just MISsing stepping on a pink mouse with your bare feet.
  • my, mój, m, moo y
  • my, moja, f, moo ya
  • my, moje, n, moo yeh
  • new, nowy, m, NO vi, Imagine getting a new car every NOVEmber.
  • parrot, papuga, f, pa POO ga, Imagine a parrot in a PAPOOSE going GA ga.
  • pig, świnia, f, śHVYAN ńa, Imagine a SHoVed VAN NAmed pig.
  • rabbit, królik, m, KROO leek, Imagine a CREW of LEEKs racing on a blue rabbit
  • seal, foka, f, FO ka, Imagine using your binoculars to FO CAs on a pink seal.
  • small, mały, m, MA wi, Imagine staying on the beautiful small Hawaiian island MAUI.
  • there, tam
  • This is, To jest, To yest
  • this is "a", To, To
  • tired, zmęczony, m, zman CHE ni, Imagine hearing the Zzzs of a tired sleeping MACHINIST.
  • turkey, indyk, m, EEN dik, Imagine mEAN DICK bringing a blue turkey for Thanksgiving.
  • zebra, zebra, f, ZE bra, Imagine a ZE BRA sunburned from the hot Polish summer sun

© 2007 by KGW

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Ch 1, p12 More Polish Animals

More Polish animals

English
Polish
Gender
Pronunciation
Menomic

parrot
papuga
f
pa POO ga
Imagine a parrot in a PAPOOSE going GA ga.

bull
byk
m
bik
Imagine a bull writing with a BIC pen.

pig
świnia
f
śHVYAN ńa
Imagine a SHoVed VAN NAmed pig.

gorilla
goryl
m
GO ril
Imagine a GORILla in a Polish zoo shouting “GO RIL!”

dolphin
delfin
m
DEL fin
Imagine DEL the Polish dolphin with his blue FIN.

How would you say in English?

  • papuga
  • byk
  • świnia
  • goryl
  • delfin

How would you say in Polish?

  • parrot
  • bull
  • pig
  • gorilla
  • dolphin

Grammar Note:
When noun and adjectives are together, the adjective usually comes before noun.

Practice:

Translate:

1. My pretty gorilla is there.
2. This is a tired rabbit.
3. This mouse is big.
4. This is a new fish.
5. My dog is old.


Answers:
1. Mój ładny goryl jest tam.
2. To (jest) zmęczony królik.
3. To mysz jest dobra. *
4. To nowa ryba.
5. Mój pies jest stary.

*Remember mysz (mouse) is feminine.

© 2007 by KGW

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Ch 1, p. 11, More Polish Adjectives

More Polish adjectives in the masculine gender and nominative (dictionary) case given in the following order:

English
Polish
Pronunciation
Menomic

quiet
spokojny
spo KOY ni
The SPOOK NIxed the quiet house.

fresh
świeży
śHVYE zhi
SHOVE ZEE fresh veggies into the fridge.

old
stary
STA ri
Our sun is an old STAR and that’s why it’s yellow.

good
dobry
DOB ri
With this sword, I DUB RIck a good knight.

bad
złe
ZWE
These ZWIEback crackers taste really bad.


How would you say in English?
  • spokojny
  • świeży
  • stary
  • dobry
  • złe


How would you say in Polish?

  • quiet
  • fresh
  • old
  • good
  • bad

Practice: Remember adjectives change their ending to match the gender of the noun

1. Feminine adjectives generally end with what letter?
2. Neuter adjectives generally end with what letter?

Answers:

1. Feminine adjectives generally end with the letter "a".
2. Neuter adjectives generally end with the letter "e".

© 2007 by KGW

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Ch 1, p. 10 More Polish Animals, Polish word "there" and "is", Nominative Case

More Polish animals

Picture each word in your mind as you read. Imagine the masculine animals wearing a hat and the feminine animals holding a flower.

Remember words are given as follows:

  • English
  • Polish
  • Gender
  • Pronunciation
  • Menomic
fly
mucha
f
MOO kha
Picture a little pink fly sitting on a MOO COW.

mosquito
moskit
m
MOS keet
Imagine shooting mosquitos with a MUSKET.

Quiz:

How would you say in English?
  • moja mucha
  • mój moskit
  • mój ptak
  • mój królik
  • moja kaczka
  • moja ryba


How would you say in Polish?

  • my fly
  • my mosquito
  • my bird
  • my rabbit
  • my duck
  • my fish

The Polish word for "There" is "Tam"

The Polish word for "is" is "jest"

Grammar: Nominative Case

All words given so far have been in given in the Nominative Case which is the basic form of the word shown in a dictionary (dictionary form of words). Nominative case indicates the subject of the sentence (who or what is doing something.) This form indicates that the noun is the subject of a sentence Nominative case also follows “to” (this) where “this” indicates persons or things.

Polish for "This is my fly." is "To jest moja mucha."
Polish for "The fish is there." is "Ryba jest tam."

© 2007 by KGW

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Ch 1, p. 9 Polish Adjectives and gender

Endings of Polish adjectives change to match the gender of the noun:

Adjectives modifying masculine nouns normally end in y and occasionally i.

How would you say in Polish?
  • bad cat
  • big dog
  • good horse
  • small rabbit
  • tired alligator
  • new bird


How would you say in English?

  • zły kot
  • duży pies
  • dobry koń
  • mały królik
  • zmęczony aligator
  • nowy ptak

Adjectives modifying feminine nouns usually end in a.

How would you say in Polish?

  • bad chicken
  • big cow
  • good duck
  • small fish
  • tired seal


How would you say in English?

  • zła kura
  • duża krowa
  • dobra kaczka
  • mała ryba
  • zmęczona foca

Adjectives modifying neuter nouns usually end in e.

How would you say in Polish?

  • new lamb


How would you say in English?

  • nowe jagnię


© 2007 by KGW

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Ch 1, p. 8 Polish Adjectives Quiz

What is English for:
  • zły
  • duży
  • dobry
  • mały
  • zmęczony
  • nowy


What is Polish for:

  • bad
  • big
  • good
  • small
  • tired
  • new

© 2007 by KGW