Use these core words to create your first simple sentences in Polish. Read the word, the translation and see the example sentences to see how the words are used. Have fun!
Hint: Polish uses feminine, masculine and neuter, requiring agreement. Polish also has a plural “you” (wy). Don’t forget that verbs are conjugated differently for I/you/we/they/he/she/it/you plural, but we’ll just cover the verb endings for “I” (ja) here, in present form. Polish grammar is pretty complicated, so we’ll just keep things simple here for this exercise.
Social Words
yes - tak
no/not - nie
thank you - dziękuję
please - prosze
hello - czesc
good-bye - do widzenia
Pronouns
I/me - ja
my - mój
you - ty/wy
it - to
he - on
she - ona
we - my
they - oni
Question Words
what - co
when - kiedy
where - gdzie
who - kto
why - dlaczego
how - jak
Verbs
I am - ja jestem
I do/make - ja robię
I can - mogę
I have - mam
I go - idę
I stop - przestaję
I look - patrzę
I open - otwieram
I close - zamykam
I eat - jem
I drink - piję
I help - pomagam
I want - chcę
I need - potrzebuję
I tell - mówię
I know - ja wiem
I come - przychodzę
I read - czytam
I think - myślę
I work - pracuję
I play - gram
I give - daję
I wait - czekam
Descriptive words
more - więcej
one - jeden
two - dwa
three - trzy
big - duża
little - mały
fast - szybki
slow - wolny
same - to samo
different - różne
beautiful - piękny
red - czerwony
blue - niebieski
yellow - żółty
good - dobry
new - nowy
old - stary
happy - zadowolony
sad - smutny
very - bardzo
Prepositions
at - w
on - na
under - pod
Determiners
this - ten
that - że
some - niektóre
all - wszyscy
Conjunctions
and - i
but - ale
Adverbs
now - teraz
here - tutaj
there - tam
Sentences:
chcę czytać. I want to read.
Gdzie on jest? Where is he?
On tam jest. He is there.
Kim jesteś? Who are you？
Kiedy będziemy jeść? When are we going to eat?
Co chcesz do picia? What do you want to drink?
Daj mi to proszę. Give me that please.
Idę tam teraz. I’m going there now.
Wszystkie są czerwone. All are red.
Nie wiem. I don’t know.
Dziękuję Ci! Do widzenia! Thank you! Goodbye!
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