Learn how to talk about your hobbies
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| Welcome to Can-Do Polish by PolishPod101.com. |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your hobbies in Polish. |
| For example, "I like fishing." is |
| Lubię wędkować. |
| Two neighbors, Damian Dąbrowski and Konrad Kowalski, are having a conversation in an apartment building lobby. |
| Before you hear their conversation, let’s preview some of its key components. |
| Wędkować. |
| "to fish" |
| Wędkować. |
| Wędkować. |
| Hobby. |
| "hobby" |
| Hobby. |
| Hobby. |
| Listen to the conversation? |
| Jakie jest twoje hobby? |
| Lubię wędkować. |
| Once more with the English translation. |
| Jakie jest twoje hobby? |
| "What's your hobby?" |
| Lubię wędkować. |
| "I like to fish." |
| Let's break down the conversation. |
| Do you remember how Damian Dabrowski asks, |
| "What's your hobby?" |
| Jakie jest twoje hobby? |
| Let's start with the word, hobby, "hobby." Hobby. Hobby. |
| In Polish, all nouns have grammatical gender and are either singular or plural. Hobby is neuter and singular — a fact which will determine the form of other words in the sentence. |
| Before hobby is twoje, an adjectival possessive pronoun meaning "your." Twoje. Twoje. |
| Twoje is neuter and singular to agree with hobby. |
| Together, it’s twoje hobby. "Your hobby." Twoje hobby. |
| Moving to the start of the sentence, jakie, literally meaning "which" or "what kind of" but, it translates as "what" in this context. Jakie. Jakie. |
| Note: Jakie is also neuter singular to agree with hobby. |
| Next is jest, "is," as in "what is..." Jest. Jest. |
| Jest is from the verb być, meaning "to be." Być. |
| All together, it's Jakie jest twoje hobby? This literally means "Which is your hobby?" But it translates as "What's your hobby?" |
| Jakie jest twoje hobby? |
| Let's take a closer look at the response. |
| Do you remember how Konrad Kowalski says, |
| "I like to fish." |
| Lubię wędkować. |
| First is lubię, "I like." Lubię. Lubię. |
| Lubię is from ja lubię, "I like," but ja is omitted, as it's understood from the context. |
| Lubię is from the verb lubić meaning "to like." Lubić. |
| Next is wędkować, "to fish." Wędkować. Wędkować. |
| Note: this can also translate as "fishing," as in "I like to fish," but we’ll use "to fish," as the translation. |
| All together it's Lubię wędkować. literally "I like to fish." |
| Lubię wędkować. |
| The pattern is |
| Lubię ACTIVITY. |
| "I like ACTIVITY." |
| Lubię ACTIVITY. |
| To use this pattern, simply replace the {ACTIVITY} placeholder with an activity you like to do. |
| Note: the placeholder is a verb and must be placed in the infinitive, or, in other words, the dictionary form. |
| Imagine you like reading, czytać. Czytać. Czytać. |
| Say |
| "I like to read." |
| Ready? |
| Lubię czytać. |
| "I like to read." |
| Lubię czytać. |
| Again, the key pattern is |
| Lubię ACTIVITY. |
| "I like ACTIVITY." |
| Lubię ACTIVITY. |
| Let's look at some examples. |
| Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers. |
| Lubię wędkować. |
| "I like to fish." |
| Lubię wędkować. |
| Lubię czytać. |
| "I like to read." |
| Lubię czytać. |
| Lubię podróżować. |
| "I like to travel." |
| Lubię podróżować. |
| Lubię pływać. |
| "I like to swim." |
| Lubię pływać. |
| Lubię grać w siatkówkę. |
| "I like to play volleyball." |
| Lubię grać w siatkówkę. |
| Did you notice how the last speaker uses the different pattern? |
| Lubię grać w siatkówkę. |
| "I like to play volleyball." |
| First is lubię. "I like." Lubię. |
| Lubię is from ja lubię, "I like," but ja is always omitted, as it's understood from the context. |
| Lubię is from the verb lubić meaning "to like." Lubić. |
| Next is grać, "to play." Grać. Grać. |
| After this is w siatkówkę literally "at volleyball," but it translates as "volleyball." W siatkówkę. |
| First is the preposition w, meaning "at." W. W. |
| It's used after grać, when referring to a recreational activity or a sport. |
| Note: in this sentence, the preposition w does not have a corresponding English translation. |
| Last is siatkówkę, "volleyball." Siatkówkę. Siatkówkę. |
| Siatkówkę is from siatkówka. "Volleyball." Siatkówka. |
| The grammatical term here is the accusative case. |
| All together, Lubię grać w siatkówkę. |
| "I like to play volleyball." |
| Let's review the new words. |
| Podróżować. |
| "to travel" |
| Podróżować. |
| Podróżować. |
| Pływać. |
| "to swim" |
| Pływać. |
| Pływać. |
| Let's review. |
| Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then repeat after the native speaker, focusing on pronunciation. |
| Ready? |
| Do you remember the word meaning "to fish?" |
| Wędkować. |
| Wędkować. |
| Do you remember how Konrad Kowalski says, |
| "I like to fish." |
| Lubię wędkować. |
| Lubię wędkować. |
| Do you remember how to say "hobby"? |
| Hobby. |
| Hobby. |
| And how to say "your hobby"? |
| Twoje hobby. |
| Twoje hobby. |
| Do you remember how Damian Dabrowski asks, |
| "What's your hobby?" |
| Jakie jest twoje hobby? |
| Jakie jest twoje hobby? |
| And do you remember the word meaning "to read?" |
| Czytać. |
| Czytać. |
| And the word meaning "to swim?" |
| Pływać. |
| Pływać. |
| Do you remember the word meaning "to travel?" |
| Podróżować. |
| Podróżować. |
| Let's practice. |
| Imagine you're Aneta Adamska , and you like to read, or czytać in Polish. |
| Respond to the question. |
| Ready? |
| Jakie jest twoje hobby? |
| Lubię czytać. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Lubię czytać. |
| Lubię czytać. |
| Let's try another. |
| Imagine you're Grażyna Grabowska , and you like to travel, or podróżować in Polish. |
| Ready? |
| Jakie jest twoje hobby? |
| Lubię podróżować. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Lubię podróżować. |
| Lubię podróżować. |
| Let's try one more. |
| Imagine you're Jarosław Jablonski , and you like to swim, or pływać in Polish. |
| Ready? |
| Jakie jest twoje hobby? |
| Lubię pływać. |
| Listen again and repeat. |
| Lubię pływać. |
| Lubię pływać. |
| Well done! This is the end of the lesson and the Can Talk About Hobbies unit of this course. |
| Remember, these Can Do lessons are about learning practical language skills. |
| What's next? |
| Show us what you can do. |
| When you're ready, take your assessment. |
| You can take it again and again, so try anytime you like. |
| Our teachers will assess it, and give you your results. |
| Keep practicing — and move on to the next lesson! |
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