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W szkole Posted by on Oct 31, 2011 in Culture, Vocabulary

What are the most popular things you can find in a classroom (klasa)?

They may be slightly different nowadays than 30 years ago, but most of them stayed the same.

Most of the classrooms have map (mapa) on the wall, and blackboard (tablica). Students (in Europe a lot of people use word “pupils”) – studenci, uczniowie – sit by the desks (ławka, biurko) and a lot of them use computers (komputery).

In their backpacks (plecaki, singular: plecak) they would usually have exercise books (zeszyty, singular: zeszyt), books (książki, singular: książka), drawing books (bloki rysunkowe, singular: blok rysunkowy).

During classes (lekcje, singular:lekcja) they will use pen (długopis), pencil (ołówek), pencil sharpener (temperówka), eraser (gumka), ruler (linijka), glue (klej), markers (flamastry), crayons (kredki), paints (farby), paintbrush (pędzel).

Teacher uses chalk (kreda) to write on the chalkboard and  wet sponge (gąbka) to erase it.

Did I miss something? Of course, I forgot about people cleaning classrooms. In Poland this person is called woźna (female) or woźny (male).

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

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My name is Kasia Scontsas. I grew near Lublin, Poland and moved to Warsaw to study International Business. I have passion for languages: any languages! Currently I live in New Hampshire. I enjoy skiing, kayaking, biking and paddle boarding. My husband speaks a little Polish, but our daughters are fluent in it! I wanted to make sure that they can communicate with their Polish relatives in our native language. Teaching them Polish since they were born was the best thing I could have given them! I have been writing about learning Polish language and culture for Transparent Language’s Polish Blog since 2010.