Archive for 'Grammar'
Numbers Posted by Kasia on Jan 18, 2011
It is impossible to use any language (including Polish, of course) without knowing the rules connected with liczby/liczebniki/cyfry (numbers). Therefore, I am going to present how the aspect of numbers and numbering looks like in the Polish language. First of all, let’s talk about liczebniki główne (Cardinal Numbers): Numbers from 1 to 9: 1 –…
Prepositions of Motion Posted by Katarzyna on Jul 22, 2010
Prepositions are a necessary evil. They are very necessary in the learning of a language, but they tend to be very evil in that they are difficult to learn.
Przeczytajcie to – It’s Imperative! Posted by Katarzyna on Jul 12, 2010
Well, the World Cup has officially concluded in South Africa, and the Spaniards have come through victorious. If you want moje trzy grosze (my two cents), the Spanish were very lucky with the calls the referee made in this sixty-fourth and final match of the competition. In fact, I think the Dutch really got the…
Czytać – To read or not to read? Posted by Katarzyna on Jun 28, 2010
The verb czytać and its conjugation. A good verb to learn a basis for conjugation of several Polish verbs that end in -ać. As with many rules though, there are exceptions.
Summer, Sports and Action Verbs Posted by Katarzyna on Jun 18, 2010
It’s summer time! Time for outdoor activities and how to say those action verbs in Polish!
Round 2: The Polish Alphabet – Digraphs (Dwuznaki) Posted by Katarzyna on May 12, 2010
A, B, C. Easy as 1, 2, 3. Simple as do, re, me… Well, maybe not as simple as do re mi. The Polish language is a beautiful language, but it is a very difficult one to learn and, ultimately, understand. Though I was born of two Polish native-speakers, with Polish as my first language…
Polish Participles – imiesłowy continued Posted by Anna on Apr 28, 2010
As promised, today we will take a more in-depth look at the mystical imiesłowy. Joy oh joy, I know. To do this we need to pick a nice, easy verb. How about “pisać”? And how about “napisać”? Both mean “to write”, but pisać is imperfective, and napisać is perfective. Ready? Ok, here we go. piszący…