Learn how to ask and answer the question, "Where do you live?"
Now Playing: Lesson Audio
Get a breakdown of the dialogue and translations instantly with the Premium line-by-line Audio. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Get this lesson’s key vocab, their translations and pronunciations. Sign up for your Free Lifetime Account Now and get 7 Days of Premium Access including this feature.
Unlock Lesson Notes and Transcripts for every single lesson. Sign Up for a Free Lifetime Account and Get 7 Days of Premium Access.
| INTRODUCTION |
| Betsey: In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Polish learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
Lesson focus |
|---|
| Betsey: In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question “Where do you live?” In Polish this is |
| Joanna: Gdzie mieszkasz? |
| Betsey: The first word in the question is |
| Joanna: gdzie |
| Betsey: meaning “where” in English. |
| Joanna: (Slow, by syllable) gdzie |
| Betsey: Listen again and repeat. |
| Joanna: gdzie |
| {Pause} |
| Betsey: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Joanna: mieszkasz |
| Betsey: meaning “you live.” |
| Joanna: (Slow, by syllable) mieszkasz |
| Betsey: Now repeat. |
| Joanna: mieszkasz |
| {Pause} |
| Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Joanna: gdzie mieszkasz |
| {pause} |
| Betsey: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question “Where do you live?” |
| Joanna: Mieszkam w Nowym Jorku. |
| Betsey: "I live in New York..” Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Joanna: (Slow) Mieszkam w Nowym Jorku. |
| {pause} |
| Betsey: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Joanna: mieszkam |
| Betsey: meaning “I live.” |
| Joanna: (Slow, by syllable) mieszkam |
| Betsey: Now repeat |
| Joanna: mieszkam |
| {Pause} |
| Betsey: And after that |
| Joanna: w |
| meaning “in”. |
| Joanna: (Slow, by syllable) w |
| Betsey: Now repeat. |
| Joanna: w |
| {Pause} |
| Betsey: And next |
| Joanna: “Nowym Jorku” |
| which is “New York.” |
| Joanna: (Slow, by syllable) Nowym Jorku |
| Betsey: Now repeat. |
| Joanna: Nowym Jorku |
| {Pause} |
| Betsey: Listen to the speaker say, “I live in New York.”, and then repeat. |
| Joanna: Mieszkam w Nowym Jorku. |
| {pause} |
| Betsey: To use a different phrase, replace New York with Tokyo. |
| Joanna: Tokio |
| Betsey: Tokyo |
| Joanna: (slow) Tokio (regular) Tokio |
| Betsey: Listen to the phrase again, this time with “Tokyo” |
| Joanna: Mieszkam w Tokio. |
| Betsey: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace New York. Say I live in “Tokyo”. |
| {pause} |
| Joanna: Mieszkam w Tokio. |
| Betsey: To expand on the pattern, replace Tokyo with Berlin. |
| Joanna: Berlinie |
| Betsey: Berlin |
| Joanna: (slow) Berlinie (regular) Berlinie |
| Betsey: Listen to the phrase again, this time with Berlin |
| Joanna: Mieszkam w Berlinie. |
| Betsey: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace Tokyo. Say “I live in Berlin.” |
| {pause} |
| Joanna: Mieszkam w Berlinie. |
| Betsey: To make another phrase, replace Berlin with Madrid. |
| Joanna: Madrycie |
| Betsey: Madrid |
| Joanna: (slow) Madrycie (regular) Madrycie |
| Betsey: Listen to the phrase again, this time with “Madrid” |
| Joanna: Mieszkam w Madrycie. |
| Betsey: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace Berlin. Say I live in Madrid. |
| {pause} |
| Joanna: Mieszkam w Madrycie. |
| QUIZ |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Poland and someone asks where you live. You live in New York. Respond to the question. |
| Joanna: Gdzie mieszkasz? (five seconds) Mieszkam w Nowym Jorku. |
| Betsey: Imagine you live in Tokyo Respond to the question. |
| Joanna: Gdzie mieszkasz? (five seconds) Mieszkam w Tokio. |
| Betsey: Imagine you live in Berlin. . Answer the speaker's question. |
| Joanna: Gdzie mieszkasz? (five seconds) Mieszkam w Berlinie. |
| Betsey: Imagine you live in Madrid. Respond to the question. |
| Joanna: Gdzie mieszkasz? (five seconds) Mieszkam w Madrycie. |
| Betsey: Now you want to ask that person where they live. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Joanna: Gdzie mieszkasz? |
| {pause} |
| Betsey: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Joanna: Gdzie mieszkasz? |
| {pause} |
Outro |
| Betsey: This is the end of Lesson 3 |
Comments
Hide