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Wierszyk na deszczowy dzień!

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Oct 27 2011

Yesterday I shared with you rhyme for a sunny day. Today I have one for a rainy day. It shows how to still be happy  even though it is raining outside.

W deszczowy dzień… On a rainy day…

 

Na przekór pogodzie

In spite of the weather

Na przekór przyrodzie

In spite of the nature

Mam w sobie słońce

“I feel the sun”

Słońce mam

“Feel the sun”

Wiatr bluesem kołysze

Wind rocks the blues

Muzykę wciąż słyszę

I still hear the music

Deszcz ścieka po włosach

Rain drips through my hair

Ja tańczę w kaloszach

I’m dancing in rain boots

Mam w sobie muzykę

“I feel the music”

Muzykę mam

“Feel the music”

Wiatr z deszczem zacina

Wind and rain jams

Szczęśliwa dziewczyna

Happy girl

Na przekór pogodzie

In spite of the weather

Na przekór przyrodzie

In spite of the nature

W słoneczny ruszam tan

I’m starting a sun dance

I pod parasole

And under umbrellas

Przechodniom zaglądam

of people I peek

Każdemu promień uśmiechu dam

Each one a beam with a smile I will give

Rozdaję słońce

I give the sun

Słońce mam

I have the sun

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Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

Zabawki i gry

Posted by Kasia 3 Comments
Oct 13 2011

Do you remember toys and games you played with when you were little? I do. Most of them were different then toys nowadays, but few simple toys and games have never changed…

Kids still have dolls (lalki, singular – lalka) and teddy bears (misie, singular – misio). I used to love them and my little daughter is the same. She loves misie and lalki. She is 2, so she just started putting sentences together. She calls lalka “lala”, which is another name you can use while describing a doll.

You can still find different types of blocks (klocki) and marbles (szklane kulki)  at the toy stores as well. It is always fun playing with yo-yo (jo-jo), puzzles (puzzle) or play checkers (warcaby).

Boys are usually interested in cars, planes and trains (samochody, samoloty i pociągi), sometimes robots (roboty). Although robots have been replaced by computers (komputery) and electric toy cars in recent years.

Artsy things have not really changed much. Kids still love to paint and draw (malować i rysować), either with paints (farby), crayons (kredki), markers (flamastry) or pencils (ołówki).

Last, but not least, I have to mention books (książki, singular - książka). Books were my favorite and they still are to this day. They may have nicer paper or pictures now, but there are still books that have been popular 30, 20 or 10 years ago. I’m sure each person have this one favorite book from their childhood. A book that still can be found in a bookshop. I buy them and share them with my daughter:). Each country has their own authors and books that are popular only in that country. However there are plenty of stories that have been published in most languages and are famous in all countries.

One of my favorite books was “The children of Noisy Village” (sometimes called “Children from Bullerbyn”) – “Dzieci z Bullerbyn”.

What is your favorite childhood book, toy or game?

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Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

What is your hobby?

Posted by Kasia 2 Comments
Oct 11 2011

What’s your favorite hobby? What’s that one thing you are especially interested in? Is it music? Is it painting? Is it reading? Is it sports? You could be gifted with a talent that is your special interest today. Well, it could be your profession tomorrow! Yes, hobbies can shape up into becoming careers, and hobbies can make you good money.We all like to do different things, we all have different hobby. In today’s blog I wanted to talk about describibg your interests and things you like to do. Here is a little vocabulary that could be helpful:

Hobby – hobby, pasja

Interest - zainteresowanie

Sports – sporty

Interesują mnie różne sporty. I’m interested in various sports.

Run – biegać

Lubię biegać. I like to run.

Ride a horse – jeździć konno

Horse – koń

Lubię jeździć konno. I like to ride a horse.

Ride a bike – jeździć na rowerze

Bike – rower

Lubię jeździć na rowerze. I like to ride a bike.

Drive a car – prowadzić samochód, jeździć samochodem

Car – samochód

Lubię jeździć samochodem. I like to drive a car.

Play computer games – grać w gry komputerowe

Game – gra

Surf the internet – korzystać z internetu, surfować internet

Play piano – grać na pianinie

Piano – pianino

Lubię grać na pianinie.I like to play piano.

Gram na pianinie przynajmniej 3 razy w tygodniu. I play piano at least 3 times a week.

Play guitar – grać na gitarze

Guitar – gitara

Lubię grać na gitarze przy ognisku. I like to play guitar by the bonfire.

Listen to music – słuchać muzyki

Music – muzyka

Lubię muzykę klasyczną. I like classical music.

Read – czytać

Lubię czytać książki historyczne. I like to read historical books.

Write – pisać

Lubię pisać artykuły o modzie. I like to write articles about fashion.

Watch TV – oglądać telewizję

Lubię oglądać filmy dokumentalne. I like to watch documentary movies.

Sing – śpiewać

Lubię śpiewać gdy sprzątam. I like to sing when I clean.

Meet with friends – spotykać się z przyjaciółmi

Paint – malować

Lubię malować krajobrazy, czasami portrety. I like to paint landscapes, sometimes portraits.

Cook – gotować

Swim – pływać

Dance – taniec (to dance - tańczyć)

Camp – obóz, kemping (to camp - obozować, mieszkać w namiocie)

Photography - fotografia, fotografowanie

Water sports – sporty wodne

Lubię sporty wodne, szczególnie nurkowanie.  I like water sports, especially diving.

Winter sports – sporty zimowe

Lubię sporty zimowe,  szczególnie jazdę na nartach.

Skiing – jazda na nartach, narciarstwo

Ice skating  - jazda na łyżwach, łyżwiarstwo

collect different things - zbierać różne rzeczy, kolekcjonować

Kolekcjonuję stare monety. I collect old coins.

Travel - podróżować

Please take a look at the video with pronunciation:

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Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

 

 

Professions – getting a job

Posted by Kasia No Comments
Sep 28 2011

When you decide to move to another country yo may have to look for a job and talk to someone about your job experience. This vocabulary should help you with that. I’m also attaching video with pronunciation.

Work, job – praca 

Retired – na emeryturze

Retirement – emerytura

Pension – renta

Salary – wynagrodzenie

Unemployed – bezrobotny

I’m looking for a job – Ja szukam pracy

Requirements – wymagania

Payment – zapłata

What is your education? – jakie jest twoje wykształcenie/edukacja ?

Education – Edukacja

I work as a … – ja pracuję jako …

What can you do? – Co potrafisz robić?

Here are few of the most popular professions. Some of them have different spelling, depending on the sex of the person. I put both male and female version in the translation:

Policeman – policjant, policjantka

Teacher – nauczyciel, nauczycielka

Fireman – strażak

Builder – budowniczy

Carpenter – stolarz

Director – dyrektor

Waiter – kelner/ kelnerka

Nurse – pielęgniarka

Doctor – lekarz

Hairdresser – fryzjer, fryzjerka

Housekeeper – sprzątacz/sprzątaczka

Merchant – handlowiec

Plumber – hydraulik

Driver – kierowca

Beautician – kosmetyczka

Mechanic – mechanik

Cook – kucharz, kucharka

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Please let me know if you have questions.

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

Transportation

Posted by Kasia No Comments
Aug 26 2011

There are various types of transportation that keep the day to day operations of Polish society up and running.  We need roadways open and unobstructed to get to work each day.  Airplanes (samoloty) need to fly us to far away destinations to transact business deals or just for vacation getaways.  Subway (metro) and public transportation (transport publiczny) are the center of major city operations: buses (autobusy), trains (pociągi), trams (tramwaje) and trolleys (trolejbusy). School buses (autobusy szkolne) transport thousands of children to classes.  Trucks (ciężarówki) deliver everyday items to distribution centers and warehouses.  Barges (barki) float down rivers and waterways carrying natural resources like coal and steel.  It is all a part of keeping our daily lives moving every day.

Little kids need strollers (wózki) and when they get a little bigger, wagon (wagon) is great to tow their toys in (or each other).

A lot of people have bicycles (rowery), motorcycles (motocykle, motory) or cars (samochody), but while on the vacation we often use taxis (taksówki) or limousines (limuzyny).

When there is an emergency we hear fire trucks (wozy strażackie) and ambulances (karetki pogotowia, ambulanse). Farmers use tractors (traktory), sprayers (opryskiwacze) and mowers (kosiarki) in their daily work.

And when we plan vacation, we may be going sailing on the sailboat (żaglówka), canoeing on the rivers and lakes in canoe (czółno) or kayaking in your favorite kayak (kajak). We can choose a trip on the boat (łódź, statek), a cruise ship (statek wycieczkowy) or take a ferry (prom) to get to different destinations.

As you see, there are a lot of different types of transportation. I may have missed something, but hopefully vocabulary is helpful.

I’m adding a video with pronunciation of most of the polish words used in this text.

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Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

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