Learn how to find out whether the bus you're going to ride will stop at your destination
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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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| In the previous lesson, we covered how to get a bus ticket. |
| So now that you have your ticket, get ready to jump on your bus and start the tour. But wait a moment. Before you get on the bus, you need to confirm whether it's going to your destination. We can accomplish this by asking Przepraszam, czy ten autobus jedzie do...? ["Excuse me, does this bus go to (destination)?"] Let's look at this phrase. We start with the word przepraszam, which you already know very well. |
| Then we have czy ten autobus, meaning "does this bus." This is followed by jedzie, which is the third person singular of the verb jechać ("to go by means of transportation"). |
| Please note that it can only be used with the means of transportation that move on the ground, so not with any kinds of planes nor ships. |
| The last word is do ("to"). |
| So all together, we have Przepraszam, czy ten autobus jedzie do...? ("Excuse me, does this bus go to...?") |
| Let's imagine now that you are in Warsaw and you have to go to Stare Miasto ("the Old Town"), the oldest district in Warsaw. What would you ask the bus driver? Przepraszam, czy ten autobus jedzie do Starego Miasta? ("Excuse me, does this bus go to the Old Town?") As you can see, in this sentence we simply added the destination we would like to go to. |
| Imagine that you are visiting a city for the first time and you have no idea of the distances between your favorite destinations. |
| You need to ask the bus driver how long the bus takes. Ile zajmuje dojazd do...? ["How much time does it take to get to (your destination)?"] |
| Ile means "how much." |
| Then we have zajmuje, which means "it takes." Zajmuje comes from the verb zajmować, which means "to take." Next we have dojazd do, which literally means "getting to." Finally, all you have to do is add the place you want to go! It's as simple as that. |
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. |
| "Excuse me, does this bus go to (destination)?" - Przepraszam, czy ten autobus jedzie do...? |
| Przepraszam, czy ten autobus jedzie do...? |
| Przepraszam, czy ten autobus jedzie do...? |
| "Excuse me, does this bus go to the Old Town?" - Przepraszam, czy ten autobus jedzie do Starego Miasta? |
| Przepraszam, czy ten autobus jedzie do Starego Miasta? |
| Przepraszam, czy ten autobus jedzie do Starego Miasta? |
| "How much time does it take to get to (destination)?" - Ile zajmuje dojazd do...? |
| Ile zajmuje dojazd do...? |
| Ile zajmuje dojazd do...? |
| 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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