While driving with my daughter, pretty often she would ask me questions about other cars and traffic lights. She wanted to know why we had to stop on red light, go on a green light… This rhyme really helped her understand the rules and now she knows it by heart.
Zasady ruchu drogowego
Na skrzyżowaniach
I przejściach dla pieszych
Trzeba przystanąć
I się nie spieszyć
Bo z naprzeciwka
Patrzy surowo
Sygnalizator
Trójkolorowy
On tu zarządza
I rozkazuje,
Bo kierownikiem
Ruchu się czuje
Jeśli zapali się
Światło czerwone
Musisz zaczekać
Przejście wzbronione!
Kiedy żółte
Już się zaświeci
Jeszcze chwileczkę
Kochane dzieci
A gdy światło
Zielone zobaczysz,
Przez przejście dla pieszych
Wesoło skaczesz
At the crossroads
And crosswalks
You have to stop
And not rush
Because from the opposite site
Looking strictly
at you the traffic light
Tricolored
He makes the rules
And commands
because he feels like manager
of the traffic
If red light
will turn on
You have to wait
Passage forbidden!
When the yellow
Light will turn on
Wait a minute
Little children
And when the green light
You will see
By pedestrian crossing
Jump happily
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.