Ch 3, Polish/ English Wordlist

Polish -English -Gender -Pronunciation- Menomic

• bez- without- n/a -bes -It’s BESt to be WITHOUT some things.
• blisko -near -n/a -BLEES ko -It’s sheer BLISS COming NEAR the lake on a hot day.
• bliźnięta -twins -pl. -bleeźh ńAN ta -BLEACH NAN Til her hair is white so that she will look like her TWIN.
• bluzka -blouse -f -BLOOZ ka -Imagine a BLOUSE the color of the BLUE SKy.
• brat-brother -m -BRAT -Imagine your friend’s BROTHER is a really brat who eats all the BRATs.
• but -shoe -m -BOOT -Imagine calling your SHOE a BOOT
• chłopiec -boy -m -KHWO phets -Imagine the BOY yelling WOW PETS at the pet store
• córka -daughter -f -TSOOR ka -Imagine your DAUGHTER loves the CIRCUs.
• czapka -cap -f -CHAP ka -Imagine that a CHAP CAn wear your cap.
• daleko -far away -n/a -da LE ko -DAd LEt gO when you got to FAR AWAY.
• daleko od -far from -n/a -da LE ko od -FAR FROM DALI COnes look ODD.
• drzwi -door -n- DZHVEE -DoeS VIctor like the new DOOR?
• dziewczyna -girl -f -dźhev CHI na -Imagine a GIRL in DSHED in CHINA.
• i -and -n/a -ee -Imagine shrieking, EEk! AND there is a mouse!
• krawat- tie -m -KRA vat -Imagine calling your Polish TIE, a CRAVAT.
• matka -mother -f -MAT ka -Imagine your MOM saying “MAT CAn do that.”
• mąż -husband -m -mownsh- Imagine your HUSBAND, showing you the lawn MOWN SHort.
• nie -no -n/a- ńe -Imagine a sign saying NO riding in the caNYon.
• nie -not -n/a -ńe -Imagine that you’re NOT going fire the caNYon during the 4th of July.
• niemowię -baby -n -ńe MO vlan- Imagine the BABY saying NO MORE VAN.
• nożyczki -scissors -pl. -no ZHICH kee -NO STITCH so KEEN can be cut with a scissors.
• obok -next to -n/a -O bok -Look for it NEXT TO the “O” BOoK.
• od -from -n/a -od -That’s ODD, I thought you were FROM here.
• ojciec -father -m -OY ćhets -Imagine your DAD who loves chess crying out in joy, “OH CHESS” when he sees a chessboard.
• piżama -pajamas -f -pee ZAH ma- Imagine buying PAJAMAS from Poland
• płaszcz- coat -m -PWASHCH -Imagine asking the dry cleaner to please WASH CHarlie’s COAT.
• schody -stairs -pl. -SKHO di -SCOLD DILlon for cluttering up the STAIRS again.
• siostra- sister- f- śHOS tra- Imagine your SISTER, SO STROng, beating all the boys in arm wrestling.
• spódnica- skirt- f -spood ńEE tsa -Imagine wearing a SPUD NEATly SOwn on your SKIRT.
• spodnie -trousers -pl. -SPOD ńe -A SPUD Never makes good TROUSERS.
• sweter -sweater- m -SVE ter -Imagine wearing a Polish SWEATER.
• syn -son -m -SIN -Imagine your SON is more handsome than SIN.
• szorty -shorts -pl.- SHOR ti -Only a SHORTY can wear SHORTS.
• tak -yes- n/a -TAK -Imagine saying YES, I’d like listening to the clock going tick, TOCK, tick TOCK.
• urodziny -birthday -n -oo ro DźHEE ni -OO, RODNEY’S BIRTHDAY is today.
• wakacje- holiday -pl. -va KATS ye -There are VAcant COTS YEs because everyone is on VACATION.
• żona -wife -f -ZHO na -Imagine your WIFE named JOAN NAturally.

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