Learn how to count to ten
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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. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by PolishPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| This lesson is very straightforward as we're going to cover counting zero through ten. |
| Let's jump right in. |
| The first number is read in English, followed by the Polish. |
| 0 |
| zero |
| 1 |
| jeden |
| 2 |
| dwa |
| 3 |
| trzy |
| 4 |
| cztery |
| 5 |
| pięć |
| 6 |
| sześć |
| 7 |
| siedem |
| 8 |
| osiem |
| 9 |
| dziewięć |
| 10 |
| dziesięć |
| Counting things in Polish can be tricky as objects in Polish have gender. However, only two numbers have a gender change: "one" and "two." When we attach these numbers to a feminine object, they appear as: jedna and dwie. When we attach them to a neuter object, they have the forms jedno and dwa. |
| The number comes first, followed by the object. To say "two bananas," you will say dwa banany. In this case, banany is the plural of banan. In Polish, as you have seen, nouns have singular and plural forms, and they can be masculine, feminine, or neutral. |
| If you want to say "four bananas," you should say cztery banany. |
| Numbers can be very useful, especially when shopping in Poland. |
| Let's imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. |
| For example, imagine you would like to buy two bottles of good Polish vodka. "I would like to buy two bottles of vodka." (Chciałbym kupić dwie butelki wódki.) |
| Chciałbym means "I (male) would like to." Chciałbym is followed by kupić, which means "to buy." |
| Then you have the number dwie ("two"), followed by butelki, which is the plural form for the feminine object "bottle" (butelka). |
| The last word in our sentence is wódki, which of course stands for "vodka." |
| In our sentence, we used chciałbym ("I (male) would like to"). A woman would say chciałabym ("I (female) would like to"). Chciałabym. |
| What do you say when you want to buy two t-shirts? Chciałabym kupić dwa podkoszulki. |
| Let's have a quick look at this sentence. We start the phrase with chciałabym, meaning "I (female) would like to." We follow this with kupić ("to buy"). |
| The next word is dwa ("two"), followed by podkoszulki, which is the plural form for the masculine object "t-shirt." |
| You're probably wondering how you can figure out the gender of the nouns. It's very simple. Masculine nouns almost always end with a consonant. |
| For Example: |
| komputer ("computer") |
| telefon ("telephone") |
| There are some masculine professions that end with the vowel -a, like dentysta ("dentist") and poeta ("poet"). |
| The majority of feminine nouns end with -a. |
| For Example: |
| kawa ("coffee") |
| lampa ("lamp") |
| koleżanka ("female friend") |
| A small group of feminine nouns end with consonants or the letter -i. |
| For Instance: |
| zawartość ("content") |
| pani ("ma'am") |
| Finally, the neuter nouns have four different endings. |
| The endings are: |
| -um |
| muzeum ("museum") |
| -ę |
| imię ("name") |
| -e |
| słońce ("sun") |
| -o |
| mleko ("milk) |
| and |
| dziecko ("child") |
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. |
| "one banana" - jeden banan |
| jeden banan |
| jeden banan |
| "four bananas" - cztery banany |
| cztery banany |
| cztery banany |
| "I (male) would like to buy two bottles of vodka." - Chciałbym kupić dwie butelki wódki. |
| Chciałbym kupić dwie butelki wódki. |
| Chciałbym kupić dwie butelki wódki. |
| "I (female) would like to buy two t-shirts." - Chciałabym kupić dwa podkoszulki. |
| Chciałabym kupić dwa podkoszulki. |
| Chciałabym kupić dwa podkoszulki. |
| 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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