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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
My dear listeners, today we are going to take a trip to the post office. Now, the post office in Polish is poczta. Its logo is a yellow trumpet on a blue background, with the word poczta on it.
Today, we are going to work on getting your postcards, letters, and packages home.
The expression we need to accomplish is, "I would like to send this to...," and then the desired destination. For today's lesson, we will use Italy as our destination.
In Polish, "I (male) would like to send this to Italy" is " Chciałbym to wysłać do Włoch.
The first word chciałbym means, "I (male) would like to." Next, we have to ("this"). To precedes wysłać meaning, "to send." And finally, we have our destination do Włoch ("to Italy"). To recap, the whole phrase is Chciałbym to wysłać do Włoch. "I (male) would like to send it to Italy."
A woman would say Chciałabym to wysłać do Włoch. "I (female) would like to send it to Italy."
"Postcard" in Polish is pocztówka. "I (male) would like to send this postcard to Italy," in Polish is Chciałbym wysłać tę pocztówkę do Włoch.
A woman would say Chciałabym wysłać tę pocztówkę do Włoch. "I (female) would like to send this postcard to Italy."
Now let's try "letter," which in Polish is list. "I (male) would like to send this letter to Italy," in Polish is Chciałbym wysłać ten list do Włoch. As you have noticed, we substitute the words tę pocztówkę "this postcard" with the words ten list "this letter."
Now let's try to send a package. In Polish, "I (female) would like to send this package to Italy," is Chciałabym wysłać tę paczkę do Włoch. "Package" in Polish is paczka.
So all together, we have Chciałabym wysłać tę paczkę do Włoch. "I (female) would like to send this package to Italy."
Now, the package requires a closer look, which we'll do in the next lesson.
Cultural Insights
If you already have your letter or your postcard ready for sending, you don't need to look for a post office. You just need to find a mailbox, which in Poland, you can recognize by its red color. You can find them throughout neighborhoods all over the country.
They are easily recognizable by the sign Poczta, the post office logo, and a notice with the timetable for collection.
Post offices are open from Monday to Saturday. In major cities, there is usually one post office that is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

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 send this to Italy." - Chciałbym to wysłać do Włoch.
Chciałbym to wysłać do Włoch.
Chciałbym to wysłać do Włoch.
"I (female) would like to send this to Italy." - Chciałabym to wysłać do Włoch.
Chciałabym to wysłać do Włoch.
Chciałabym to wysłać do Włoch.
"I (male) would like to send this postcard to Italy." - Chciałbym wysłać tę pocztówkę do Włoch.
Chciałbym wysłać tę pocztówkę do Włoch.
Chciałbym wysłać tę pocztówkę do Włoch.
"I (female) would like to send this postcard to Italy." - Chciałabym wysłać tę pocztówkę do Włoch.
Chciałabym wysłać tę pocztówkę do Włoch.
Chciałabym wysłać tę pocztówkę do Włoch.
"I (male) would like to send this letter to Italy." - Chciałbym wysłać ten list do Włoch.
Chciałbym wysłać ten list do Włoch.
Chciałbym wysłać ten list do Włoch.
"I (female) would like to send this package to Italy." - Chciałabym wysłać tę paczkę do Włoch.
Chciałabym wysłać tę paczkę do Włoch.
Chciałabym wysłać tę paczkę do Włoch.
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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