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Episodes
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 7 (Daty)
11/05/2008 Duration: 04minReading dates in Polish is not the easiest thing in the world. Have a look at our quick explanation, read and listen to the text about Polish history and you will see it's all doable :) There are three basic situation: 1) w 1999 roku (only year) w tysiąc dziewięćset dziewięćdziesiątym dziewiątym roku you keep first two words in Nominative (Mianownik) and last two you put into Locative (Miejscownik) 2) w 07.1981 roku (month + year) w lipcu tysiąc dziewięćset osiemdziesiątego pierwszego roku put the month into Locative (Miejscownik), keep first two words of the year in Nominative (Mianownik) and last two you put into Genetive (Dopełniacz) 3) 10.09.1981 roku (day + month + year) dziesiątego września tysiąc dziewięćset osiemdziesiątego pierwszego roku put the day, the month and last two numbers of the year into Genetive (Dopełniacz) That's the theory. Now, listen to the text and see how it sounds
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 14
05/05/2008 Duration: 05minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for beginners we talk about some verbs in present tense and other useful things. Here are some words to add to your Teach2000: revision, review = powtórka And now, revision, review. = A teraz – powtórka. And now it’s time for revision. = A teraz czas na powtórkę. I live in London. = Mieszkam w Londynie. You live in London. = Mieszkasz w Londynie. to read = czytać I’m reading a paper. = Czytam gazetę. He’s reading a text in the Internet. = On czyta tekst w Internecie. They are reading a magazine. = Oni czytają magazyn. to fall = padać I’m exhausted. = Padam na nos. It’s raining. = Deszcz pada. It’s raining. = Pada. Get lost! = Spadaj!
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 13
27/04/2008 Duration: 03minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for beginners we talk about grammatical genders in Polish. When you learn a new noun in Polish, it’s good to remember what gender it is: męski (masculine), żeński (feminine) or nijaki (neuter). We put symbols in brackets to help you with that. water = woda (ż) mum = mama (ż) coffee = kawa (ż) tea = herbata (ż) lemon = cytryna (ż) computer = komputer (m) phone = telefon (m) boy, boy-friend = chłopak (m) bread = chleb (m) table = stół (m) house, home = dom (m) bus = autobus (m) beer = piwo (n) wine = wino (n) question = pytanie (n) breakfast = śniadanie (n) chicken = kurczę (n) centre = centrum (n) time = czas (m)
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 12
20/04/2008 Duration: 05minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for beginners you will learn numbers up to 100. Here are some words to add to your Teach2000 list: 30 = trzydzieści 40 = czterdzieści 50 = pięćdziesiąt 60 = sześćdziesiąt 70 = siedemdziesiąt 80 = osiemdziesiąt 90 = dziewięćdziesiąt 100 = sto That’s too difficult. = To za trudne. How old are you? = Ile masz lat? I’m 26. = Mam 26 lat. an apple = jabłko You’re stupid. = Głupi jesteś I think that… = Myślę, że…
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 11
13/04/2008 Duration: 05minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for beginners you'll learn lots of useful adjectives. If you want to add them to you Teach200 lists here they are: hungry = głodny, głodna tired = zmęczony, zmęczona beautiful = piękny, piękna tall = wysoki, wysoka handsome = przystojny ugly = brzydki, brzydka short (opposite to tall) = niski, niska fat = gruby, gruba slim = szczupły, szczupła poor = biedny, biedna rich = bogaty, bogata old = stary, stara young = młody, młoda big = duży, duża small = mały, mała long = długi, długa short (opposite to long) = krótki, krótka What does it mean? = Co to znaczy?
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 10
08/04/2008 Duration: 03minIn this Bloggy Polish lesson for beginners you'll learn the verb "to have" . If you want some new phrases to add to your Teach2000, here they are: To be or not to be. = Być albo nie być. to have = mieć I have = mam I have a problem. = Mam problem. I have some time. = Mam czas. I don’t have much time. = Nie mam czasu. you have = masz Do you have a question? = Masz pytanie? he has = on ma He has a Polish girl-friend. = On ma polską dziewczynę. she has = ona ma She has a Polish boy-friend. = Ona ma polskiego chłopaka. we have = mamy We have a Polish lesson now. = Mamy teraz lekcję polskiego. you have = macie You have a nice house. = Macie ładny dom. they have = oni mają, one mają
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 6 (Wiosna?)
06/04/2008 Duration: 05minIt's snowing in London and there is a powercut in our flat. What kind of spring is that? Listen to our really depressed Bloggy Polish podcast for intermediate learners and revise your vocabulary related to weather, seasons of the year and complaining.
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 9
03/04/2008 Duration: 02minIn this Bloggy Polish for beginners you'll learn the verb "to be". Here is another list to add to your Teach2000: to be = być I am = jestem you are = jesteś he is = on jest she is = ona jest we are = jesteśmy you are = jesteście they are (masculine) = oni są they are (feminine) = one są ill = chory, chora tired = zmęczony, zmęczona hungry = głodny, głodna a little bit = trochę
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 8 (numbers 11-29)
26/03/2008 Duration: 05minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for beginners you'll learn numbers 11 to 29.
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 5 (Wielkanoc)
18/03/2008 Duration: 06minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for intemediate learners we talk about Easter. Apparently Polish Easter traditions vary...
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 7 (Easter)
17/03/2008 Duration: 03minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast we talk about Polish Easter and some traditions that you really should be familiar with!
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 4 (Męska grypa)
12/03/2008 Duration: 04minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for intermediate learners we talk about men flu - have you ever heard about it? Well, Łukasz has a cold (przeziębienie) and he behaves as if he was dying. Do all men behave like that when they are ill?
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 4 (Męska grypa)
12/03/2008 Duration: 04minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for intermediate learners we talk about men flu - have you ever heard about it? Well, Łukasz has a cold (przeziębienie) and he behaves as if he was dying. Do all men behave like that when they are ill?
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 4 (Męska grypa)
12/03/2008 Duration: 04minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for intermediate learners we talk about men flu - have you ever heard about it? Well, Łukasz has a cold (przeziębienie) and he behaves as if he was dying. Do all men behave like that when they are ill?
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 6
10/03/2008 Duration: 02minIn this Bloggy Polish Podcast you learn all words you need to know to be polite, so if you want to feed your Teach2000 with them, here they are: please = proszę sorry = przepraszam no problem = nic nie szkodzi thank you = dziękuję But the word "proszę" is much more than simple "please". Listen and learn all about Polish magic words.
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 5 (numbers 0-10)
04/03/2008 Duration: 04minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast for beginners you learn numbers 0 to 10. They look like that: 1 [ye•den] – jeden 2 [dva] – dwa 3 [tshi] – trzy 4 [chte•ri] – cztery 5 [pyench] – pięć 6 [sheshch] – sześć 7 [shye•dem] – siedem 8 [o•shyem] – osiem 9 [jye•vyench] – dziewięć 10 [jye•shyench] – dziesięć Remember: when you learn numbers try not to think about them in you mother tongue but go straight to the number itself! P.S. We also do a little bit of math today. After you listen to the podcast check if your equations look similar to these: 1+1= 2+2= 2+3= 5+2= 7+3= 10-1= 9-3= 6-4= 2+6= 8-8=
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 3
01/03/2008 Duration: 03minIn our third Bloogy Polish podcast for intermediate learners we have guests from Poland. We talk about some funny differences between Poland and the UK, and we certainly use the word "dziwne" a lot. If you feel like having a look at the transcript of the podcast, drop us an email (bloggy.lukasz@googlemail.com).
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 4
25/02/2008 Duration: 03minIn this Bloggy Polish podcast you learn how to ask: "How are you?" and give an answer... in a Polish way.
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 2 (Praktyka czyni mistrza)
20/02/2008 Duration: 05minThis is our second Bloggy Polish podcast for intermediate learners. We talk about learning foreign languages. We ask ourselves what we can do to make it more effective and more fun. Any ideas? Practice makes perfect!
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Polish to polish: Lesson 1 (Valentine's Day)
10/02/2008 Duration: 03minNoc Kupały - is it a Polish version of Valentine's Day? In the picture - Mazury Lake District in June. Isn't it more romantic than 14th February? Our first Bloggy Polish podcast for intermediate students is also our Valentine's podcast. We are discussing Valentine's Day and it's more Slavic version - Kupala Day. We are also talking about Valentine's cards and what you might need during Valentine's Day.