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Adverbs, part II Posted by Kasia on Feb 24, 2012
Yesterday we talked about adverbs formed from adjectives. Today let’s gather some details about non-adjectival adverbs. They are so called original adverbs. In fact they are old forms of various nouns most often, e.g. prawie almost, chyba surely, rano in the morning, wczoraj yesterday, czasem sometimes, nocami in the nights. A generally accepted opinion does not exist for the…
Formation of Adverbs Posted by Kasia on Feb 23, 2012
Recently my husband and my daughter had some problems with formatting adverbs, so I thought it will be a great idea for today’s post! Adverbs (przysłówki) formed from adjectives end in –o or –‘e (with e preceded by softening), for example tanio (cheaply) from tani (cheap), drogo (dearly) from drogi (dear), gęsto (thickly) from gęsty (thick), dobrze (well) from dobry (good), źle (badly) from…
Little Madzia found… Posted by Kasia on Feb 6, 2012
Recently I have been following the story of “kidnapping” little Madzia, 6 month old girl in Poland. Supposedly (rzekomo) mother took her for a walk, was hit from behind by someone and lost consciousness (straciła przytomność). After she regained consciousness (odzyskała przytomność) , baby was gone. Being a mom myself, I felt horrible..Who could do such a thing…? Well…
Sztućce i narzędzia kuchenne Posted by Kasia on Jan 31, 2012
There are so many types of sztućce (cutlery) and narzędzia kuchenne (kitchen tools), that sometimes we do not even know how to name them. I will try to gather most of them and let you know how are they called in Polish. While a cutlery set can refer to general tableware containing a variety of table items…
What is inside of the fruit? – Co jest w środku owocu? Posted by Kasia on Jan 29, 2012
I think that we all love fruits (owoce). We may have a preference in what type of fruits we like, but we all love them. They are colorful, tasty and so good for us! Today I will show you an example of 2 different fruits and how we call what is inside of them. Sometimes…
Nie, dziękuję Posted by Kasia on Jan 24, 2012
Many times you were probably in a situation when you had to refuse something, say “no” in a polite way. Today I will try to give you some examples of refusal in a different situations you may find yourself in Poland. Shopping at the store, when you are approached by the sales representative asking if…
Łamanie języka Posted by Kasia on Dec 31, 2011
Each language has some sentences/phrases/rhymes that contain really hard to pronounce words, especially when they are put together with other words. In Polish we call it “Łamanie języka“, which translated would be literally “breaking tongue”. Here are 3 different ones that you can “practice” with…And don’t worry if you are having hard time with it…