Ch 3, p. 23 Some Useful Polish words, Yes, No, Not, and, There is, There is not

Some useful words. Imagine each in your mind.

English
Polish
Gender
Pronunciation
Menomic

yes
tak
n/a
TAK
Imagine saying YES, I’d like listening to the clock going tick, TOCK, tick TOCK.

no
nie
n/a
ńe
Imagine a sign saying NO riding in the caNYon.

not
nie
n/a
ńe
Imagine that you’re NOT going fire the caNYon during the 4th of July.

and
i
n/a
ee
Imagine shrieking, EEk! AND there is a mouse!


What is English for:

• tak
• nie
• nie
• i

What is Polish for:

• yes
• no
• not
• and

Grammar:
“There is” in Polish is “Jest”
So there is a telephone is Jest telefon (Nominative case)

“There is not” in Polish is “Nie ma + Genitive case”
So “There is not a telephone” is “Nie ma telfonu”

How do you say in English?
1. Jest okno.
2. Nie ma okna.
3. Jest sweter.
4. Nie ma swetera.
5. Jest bluska.
6. Nie ma bluski.
7. Siostra ma brat.
8. Siostra nie ma brata*

How do you say in Polish?

1. There is a window.
2. There is not a window.
3. There is a sweater.
4. There is not a sweater.
5. There is a blouse.
6. There is not a blouse.
7. Sister has a brother.
8. Sister does not have a brother.

*Grammar note: Remember, the genitive case is used after negatives

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Ch 3, p. 22 Polish Clothing

Picture each word in your mind as you read.

English
Polish
Gender
Pronunciation
Menomic

sweater
sweter
m
SVE ter
Imagine wearing a Polish SWEATER.

coat
płaszcz
m
PWASHCH
Imagine asking the dry cleaner to please WASH CHarlie’s COAT.

shoe
but
m
BOOT
Imagine calling your SHOE a BOOT

pajamas
piżama
f
pee ZAH ma
Imagine gettin PIZza on your pajAMAS from Poland

skirt
spódnica
f
spood ńEE tsa
Imagine wearing a SPUD NEATly SOwn on your SKIRT.

blouse
bluzka
f
BLOOZ ka
Imagine a BLOUSE the color of the BLUE SKy.


tie
krawat
m
KRA vat
Imagine calling your Polish TIE, a CRAVAT.

cap
czapka
f
CHAP ka
Imagine that a CHAP CAn wear your cap.


What is English for:

• sweter
• płaszcz
• but
• piżama
• spódnica
• bluzka
• krawat
• czapka

What is Polish for:

• sweater
• coat
• shoe
• pajamas
• skirt
• blouse
• tie
• cap
  

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Ch 3, p. 21 Quiz on Genitive & Polish Family

Genitive & Family words Quiz

How do you say in English?

1. To jest pokój siostry.
2. To jest lustro aligatora.
3. To jest telewizor brata.
4. To jest ptak niemowienia.
5. To jest krzesło matki.


How do you say in Polish?

1. This is sister’s room.
2. This is the alligator’s mirror.
3. This is brother’s TV.
4. This is baby’s bird.
5. This is mother’s chair.

Cramped for time - that's why so little material

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Ch 3, p. 20 Polish Family Quiz, Genitive (Possessive Case)

What is English for:

• ojciec
• matka
• brat
• siostra
• mąż
• żona
• chłopiec
• dziewczyna
• syn
• niemowię

What is Polish for:

• father
• mother
• brother
• sister
• husband
• wife
• boy
• girl
• son
• baby

A little bit of grammar

Grammar – Genitive (Possessive) Case
The Genitive case generally means of someone or something and suggests some sort of possession.

Endings for masculine animate are the same as accusative.
Therefor brat (brother) adds an “a” ending to become brata

Neuter endings also add an “a” in the genetive
So okno (window) becomes okna

However neuter nouns ending in ię change ię to ienia
So jagnię (lamb) becomes jagnienia

Masculine inanimate nouns add “u” so dom (house) becomes domu.

Feminine nouns change “a” to “y” except after k, g and l which changes the “a” to “i”.

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Ch 3 p. 19 Polish Family

Imagine each word in your mind.

English
Polish
Gender
Pronunciation
Menomic

father
ojciec
m
OY ćhets
Imagine your DAD who loves chess crying out in joy, “OH CHESS” when he sees a chessboard.

mother
matka
f
MAT ka
Imagine your MOM saying “MAT CAn do that.”

brother
brat
m
BRAT
Imagine your friend’s BROTHER is a really brat who eats all the BRATs.

sister
siostra
f
śHOS tra
Imagine your SISTER, SO STROng, beating all the boys in arm wrestling.

husband
mąż
m
mownsh
Imagine your HUSBAND, showing you the lawn MOWN SHort.

wife
żona
f
ZHO na
Imagine your WIFE named JOAN NAturally.

boy
chłopiec
m
KHWO phets
Imagine the BOY yelling WOW PETS at the pet store

girl
dziewczyna
f
dźhev CHI na
Imagine a GIRL in DSHED in CHINA.

son
syn
m
SIN
Imagine your SON is more handsome than SIN.

daughter
córka
f
TSOOR ka
Imagine your DAUGHTER loves the CIRCUs.

baby
niemowię
n
ńe MO vlan
Imagine the BABY saying NO MORE VAN.

Quiz tomorrow

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Ch 2, Polish / English Wordlist

Polish, English, Gender, Pronunciation, Menomic

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


• kurtyna, curtain, f, koor TI na, Imagine a pink Polish CURTAIN.


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


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


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


• lustro, mirror, n, LOOS tro, Imagine a LOOSE TROll looking at you from your mirror.


• ma, has, verb


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


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


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


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


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


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


• radio,r adio, n, RA dyo, Imagine having a yellow polish RA DIO.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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

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