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Love is in the air ♥

Posted by Kasia 2 Comments
Nov 29 2011

Love is always in the air! And we all express it different ways…

Today I wanted to give you some examples how to express “love” in words in Polish! In Poland, terms of endearment are often animal related and calling someone teddy bear, kitten, froggie, baby tiger or mouse is quite normal. It’s also popular to use words such as pearl, star, flower or strawberry! If you add the word moja/mój to the front of words such as żabko (froggy), you turn it into, “my froggy” which apparently is really sweet!

Here are some common phrases:

Kocham Cię - I love you

Lubię Cię or podobasz mi się – I like you

Kochasz mnie?- do you love me?

Myślę o Tobie - I think about you

Zawsze będziesz w moim sercu – you’ll be always in my heart

Kocham tylko Ciebie na zawsze- I love only you forever

Proszę, przytul mnie – hug me, please

Jesteś moim najlepszym przyjacielem – You are my best friend

Mój kochany (to male)/Moja kochana (to female)- My love

Jesteś bardzo przystojny – You are very handsome

Pocałuj mnie – Kiss me

Przytul mnie – Hug me

Marzę o twoim dotyku – I dream of your touch

Pozwól mi być tym jedynym…- Let me be the one…(ok, this one is really used mostly in love stories…:))

Pocałuj mnie na dobranoc – Give me A kiss for goodnight

Nie mogę żyć bez Ciebie – I cant live without you

Nie chcę Cię stracić – I don’t want to lose you

Nigdy cię nie zapomnę - I will never forget you

Jesteś taka śliczna – You are very beautiful

Podoba mi się Twój śliczny uśmiech – I like your gorgeous smile

Mój drogi (said to a male), moja droga (to a female)  - my dear

Kochanie – honey

Misio – teddy bear

Mój skarb, skarbie – my treasure, darling

Słoneczko – my sunshine

Moje szczęście – my happiness

Koteczek, kotek – kitten

Kwiatuszek – little flower

Żabko – froggie (this is actually a nice thing to say!)

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Did I miss something? I’m sure I did. So if you know any other phrases people loved or in love can use, please share it with us in comments below.

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

Days, months, compass directions

Posted by Kasia No Comments
Nov 28 2011

Here are some words you want to remember to describe date and location:

poniedziałek Monday, w poniedziałek on Monday

wtorek Tuesday, we wtorek on Tuesday

środa Wednesday, w środę on Wednesday

czwartek Thursday, w czwartek on Thursday

piątek Friday, w piątek on Friday

sobota Saturday, w sobotę on Saturday

niedziela Sunday, w niedzielę on Sunday

Compass Directions

północ north, na północy in the north

wschód east, na wschodzie in the east

południe south, na południu in the south

zachód west, na zachodzie in the west

Months

styczeń January, w styczniu in January

luty February, w lutym in February

marzec March, w marcu in March

kwiecień April, w kwietniu in April

maj May, w maju in May

czerwiec June, w czerwcu in June

lipiec July, w lipcu in July

sierpień August, w sierpniu in August

wrzesień September, we wrześniu in September

październik October, w październiku in October

listopad November, w listopadzie in November

grudzień December, w grudniu in December

Please note in Polish we do not use capital letters for the month name or day of the week name.

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On the playground

Posted by Kasia 1 Comment
Nov 17 2011

How to spend a day with kids? There are a lot of different ways, depending on the weather and place where you live. But most of the places will have small or big playgrounds nearby.

Let’s name few different things you can see at the playground:

zestaw zabawowy – playset

huśtawka – swing

piaskownica – sandbox

karuzela – carousel

domek do zabawy – playhouse

drabinka gimnastyczna – “monkey bar”

ławka – bench

huśtawka wagowa - seesaw, teeter-totter

zjeżdzalnia, ślizgawka - slide

linaria, park linowy – playplace with ropes (lina – rope)

kiwak, sprężynowiec - springrider

labirynt – maze

ścianka wspinaczkowa – climbing wall

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Sure kids love the obvious things about the playground—hanging upside down on the monkey bars, swinging feet-to-the-sky on the swings—but so many great social things happen there, too. They learn to get along with other kids. They learn to share public space. And you love watching them play and feel the sense of childhood delight. Playgrounds are all about the carefree nature of being a kid.

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

What is your morning like…?

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Nov 8 2011

We all like to do different things in the morning, get up at different hours. Today I wanted to share with you how to describe your morning routine…and the days that are not really like your routine.

Some of us are “early birds” which in Polish we describe as “ranne ptaszki” (singular: ranny ptaszek). Others like to sleep longer…I’m definitely in the second group.

to sleep longer - spać dłużej

person who likes to sleep a lot - śpioch (diminutive -  śpioszek)

Some of us use alarm clock (budzik) to wake up (obudzić się) in the morning. I always wake up without it…

Some of us like to lay in bed (leżeć w łóżku) and watch TV (oglądać telewizję) or read a book (czytać książkę) before getting up.

A lot of people like to get up early and work out (uprawiać sport), either at the gym (na siłowni) or outdoors (na świeżym powietrzu). Then they take a shower (brać prysznic), eat breakfast (jeść śniadanie), or not…and head to school (iść do szkoły) or work (iść do pracy)….or spend a day off the way they like.

Well, I definitely like to sleep longer and working from home definitely helps! I like to have my coffee (napić się kawy) and catch up on the news (nadrobić zaległości w wiadomościach), either on tv or in newspaper. (oglądać telewizję lub czytać gazety).

And how is your morning like? Try to describe it in Polish:)

Do następnego razu… (Till next time…)

W szkole

Posted by Kasia No Comments
Oct 31 2011

What are the most popular things you can find in a classroom (klasa)?

They may be slightly different nowadays than 30 years ago, but most of them stayed the same.

Most of the classrooms have map (mapa) on the wall, and blackboard (tablica). Students (in Europe a lot of people use word “pupils”) – studenci, uczniowie - sit by the desks (ławka, biurko) and a lot of them use computers (komputery).

In their backpacks (plecaki, singular: plecak) they would usually have exercise books (zeszyty, singular: zeszyt), books (książki, singular: książka), drawing books (bloki rysunkowe, singular: blok rysunkowy).

During classes (lekcje, singular:lekcja) they will use pen (długopis), pencil (ołówek), pencil sharpener (temperówka), eraser (gumka), ruler (linijka), glue (klej), markers (flamastry), crayons (kredki), paints (farby), paintbrush (pędzel).

Teacher uses chalk (kreda) to write on the chalkboard and  wet sponge (gąbka) to erase it.

Did I miss something? Of course, I forgot about people cleaning classrooms. In Poland this person is called woźna (female) or woźny (male).

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