Well I had a great post for you all on Friday. Minor hitch – my special characters are not coming through. So after a few times of copying and pasting with the same issue coming up, I scrapped it and decided to finish another one I had (I’ll post the other one when I get it fixed). And I have to thank a reader for inspiring me, because this one is written as an answer to their question. So to the one who requested, thank you for the request and hopefully I answer you well.<\/p>\n
Poniedzia\u0142ki<\/strong>. Mondays. It doesn’t matter where you live or what language you speak, the days can just be awful. You enjoy a weekend, rest and relax and then the dreaded day comes to start the work week over again. Well, I thought I might ease us into the week, this week, with a post on days, times of day and everything related. I am also going to swing you to a previous post, Adverbs of Time<\/a>. It too will be very helpful in helping you speak to the topic.<\/p>\n So, very quickly, let’s roll through the dni tygodnia<\/strong> (days of the week):<\/p>\n One thing my six year old picked up quickly was Wednesday. He recently learned the word for middle in Polish, which is \u015brodek<\/strong>. When we were going through the days of the week and he heard \u015broda<\/strong>, he asked me if Wednesday and middle were the same word in Polish. I said not quite, but Wednesday is the middle day of the week, this it’s called \u015aroda<\/strong> in Polish. If you ask him what day wtorek<\/strong> or czwartek<\/strong> are, he sometimes gets it right. \u015aroda<\/strong>, however, is one he always knows. I am hoping that helps one of our novice learners out there.<\/p>\n Moving on, there are different parts of the dzie\u0144<\/strong> (day) too. Most of us wake and the day begins with rano<\/strong> (morning). Then the zegar<\/strong> (clock) chimes 12 and we have po\u0142udnie <\/strong>(noon). Minutes after that, we have popo\u0142udnie<\/strong> (afternoon). We busy ourselves and get food together to enjoy our dinner in the wiecz\u00f3r<\/strong> (evening). And now that the days are getting shorter, noc (night) is creeping in sooner and sooner codzienny<\/strong> (everyday). Finally, if you’re a nocny marek<\/strong> (night owl) like me, you probably catch the clock striking 12 a second time, marking p\u00f3\u0142noc<\/strong> (midnight).<\/p>\n Dzisiaj<\/strong> (today), we have covered dni<\/strong> (days) and how seven together form a tydzie\u0144<\/strong> (week). Weeks turn into miesi\u0105ce<\/strong> (months), and after twelve months, we rack a a rok<\/strong> (year). One more list I want to give you is each miesi\u0105c<\/strong> (month) in Polish. I am hoping it is helpful, and really helps in reviewing the kalendarz<\/strong> (calendar) overall.<\/p>\n Okay, I think I have covered everything that I promised. This topic is an easier one and it really isn’t too much vocabulary overload. And it is definitely useful info you can use in your day to day. I shared a quick learning lesson that I shared with my son. If there are ways that you remember days or months that are helpful to you, please share in our comments. It might be helpful to someone else too!<\/p>\n And it has been so long since I have shared some of my beloved disco polo favorites with you. So wait no more, dear readers, wait no more. The song is a learning tool – the refrain talks about several words we covered – dzien<\/strong>, noc<\/strong>, jutro<\/strong> (uses declined version jutra<\/strong> in the song). The band, a favorite of mine, is zesp\u00f3l Top One<\/strong> and the song is Bliska Moim My\u015blom<\/strong>. Listen and love it.<\/p>\n\n
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