Learn how to express what time you want to reserve a table for
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hello and welcome to Polish Survival Phrases brought to you by PolishPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Poland. You will be surprised at how far a little Polish will go. |
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Lesson focus |
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| Normally, if you make a phone call to make a reservation for the evening, you would say Chciałbym zarezerwować stolik na dzisiejszy wieczór. |
| Let's look at the components of this phrase. |
| The first word, chciałbym, means "I (male) would like to." We follow this with the infinitive form, zarezerwować, meaning "to book, to reserve." |
| The next word is stolik, which means "table." Stolik is followed by na, which in this context means "for." Now let's have a look at the next component of our phrase. Dzisiejszy means "today's." |
| The last word is wieczór, which stands for "evening." |
| In our phrase, we used the word chciałbym, which means "I (male) would like to." |
| The feminine form for "I (female) would like to." is chciałabym. |
| The difference between the masculine and feminine form is really small, but the significance is very important. |
| Normally, they'll ask you how many people are in the party and the time of the reservation. |
| "For how many people?" in Polish is Na ile osób? |
| Now let's imagine you are a party of two. |
| In Polish, you would say Na dwie, which in English means "for two." |
| Finally, let's see how they will ask you the time of your reservation. Na którą godzinę? ("At what time?") This phrase literally means "At what hour?" |
| Now, let's answer the question! Let's imagine you want to reserve a table at eight o'clock. Na ósmą. ("At eight.") |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so powodzenia, which means “good luck” in Polish. |
| "I (male) would like to make a reservation for this evening." - Chciałbym zarezerwować stolik na dzisiejszy wieczór. |
| Chciałbym zarezerwować stolik na dzisiejszy wieczór. |
| Chciałbym zarezerwować stolik na dzisiejszy wieczór. |
| "I (female) would like to make a reservation for this evening." - Chciałabym zarezerwować stolik na dzisiejszy wieczór. |
| Chciałabym zarezerwować stolik na dzisiejszy wieczór. |
| Chciałabym zarezerwować stolik na dzisiejszy wieczór. |
| "For how many people?" - Na ile osób? |
| Na ile osób? |
| Na ile osób? |
| All right, that's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by PolishPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
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