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Conjugation of Verbs ending in -ać

<1>

- Pamiętasz jej imię? Ja nie pamiętam.

- Kunegunda.

- Jak to pamiętasz?

- Często powtarzam jej imię.

<1>

"Do you remember her name? I don't remember."

"Kunegunda."

"How do you remember?"

"I often repeat her name."

 

 

 

<2>

- Znasz piosenkarza Marka Grechutę?

- Nie, dlaczego?

- Uwielbiam go. Kocham jego piosenki!

- A znasz piosenkarkę Halinę Frąckowiak?

- Tak, znam ją. Dobrze śpiewa!

- Zgadzam się!

<2>

"Do you know the singer Marek Grechuta?"

"No. why?"

"I adore him. I love his songs!"

"And do you know the singer Halina Franckowiak?"

"Yes, I know her. She sings well."

"I agree!"

 

 

 

<3>

- Śpisz?

- Jeszcze nie.

- Więc piszesz esej na jutro?

- Nie, teraz ja i mój kolega gramy w World of Warcraft.

- Ale mamy esej na jutro, co nie?

- A ty piszesz esej?

- Nie, oglądam telewizję.

<3>

"Are you sleeping?"

"Not yet"

"So you're writing an essay for tomorrow?"

"No, now I and my friend are playing World of Warcraft."

"But we have an essay due tomorrow, right?"

"So you're writing an essay?"

"No, I'm watching TV."

 

 

 

<4>

- Witam Pana i zapraszam do środka.

- Z przyjemnością. To Pani pies tak szczeka?

- Przepraszam. Zwykle śpi.

- To nic. Kocham psy.

 

<4>

"Welcome, Sir. Please come in."

"With pleasure. Ma'am, is it your dog barking so much?

"I'm sorry. Usually he sleeps."

"It's no problem. I love dogs.

 

 

 

 

VOCABULARY

adverbs

do środka

inside: into the house

dobrze

well; fine; O.K.

tak

so; so much

conjunctions

a

and; but

ale

but

i

and; together with

idioms/expressions

co nie?

right?; is it right?

to nic

it's no problem

z przyjemnością

with pleasure

nouns

drzwi (always plural)

door

esej

essay

film

movie

gazeta

newspaper

gość (masculine!)

guest

goście (plural)

guest

imię

first name

kot

cat

koty (plural)

cats

magazyn

magazine

nic

nothing

okno

window

pies

dog

piosenka

song

piosenkarka

singer (woman)

piosenkarz

singer (man)

piosenki (plural)

songs

psy (plural)

dogs

telewizja

TV; television

possessive pronouns

jego

his

jej

her

question words

dlaczego?

why?

time expression

ciągle

all the time

często

often

jeszcze

still

jeszcze nie

not yet

jutro

tomorrow

zawsze

always

zwykle

usually

verbs

czekać (na + biernik)

wait (for + accusative)

czytać

to read

grać

to play

kochać

to love

oglądać

to watch

otwierać

to open

pamiętać

to remember

pisać

to write

powtarzać

repeat

przepraszać

to be sorry

spać

to sleep

szczekać (na + biernik)

to bark (at + accusative)

śpiewać

to sing

uwielbiać

to adore

witać

to welcome

zamykać

to close

zapraszać

to invite

zgadzać się (na + biernik)

to agree (to + accusative)

znać

to know

 

Although "chować się" most often is used meaning "to hide oneself", there are times when the meaning is "to be brought up", like in the example:

 

Jak się dzieci chowają?

Dobrze się chowają u dziadków?

How are the childrens growing up?

Are they growing up fine with grandparents?

 

 

Declination of GOŚĆ and GOŚCIE:

 

gość -> (witam) gościa

goście -> (witam) gości

 

CONJUGATION TYPE 1: -ać

ja

zgadzam się

ty

zgadzasz się

on/ona

zgadza się

my

zgadzamy się

wy

zgadzacie się

oni/one

zgadzają się

 

Exercise 1: Conjugate each verb with each pronoun:

czytać, grać, oglądać, otwierać, powtarzać, szczekać, śpiewać, zamykać, zgadzać się

 

Exercise 2: Translate the sentences:

1. He's reading a newspaper, and she's reading a magazine.

2. Are you singing the song? (singular)

3. They are playing.

4. Do you agree? (plural)

5. We're watching a movie.

6. The dog often barks.

7. I close the window all the time.

8. My friend (masc.) always opens the window.

9. My friend (fem.) loves cats.

10. I repeat it => I remember it.

 

Irregularly Conjugated Verbs with -ać


PISAĆ

ja

piszę

ty

piszesz

on/ona

pisze

my

piszemy

wy

piszecie

oni/one

piszą

SPAĆ

ja

śp

ty

śpisz

on/ona

śpi

my

śpimy

wy

śpicie

oni/one

śp

 

 

 

 

Exercise 3: Finish conjugating either the verb "pisać" or the verb "spać".

2. Adam? Ś______?

5. Co wy p________?

6. Oni nie ś________, tylko p______ esej.

7. Moja koleżanka też nie ś______.

 

DECLINATION OF PRONOUNS IN ACCUSATIVE:

I

ja

mnie

you (singular)

ty

cię, ciebie

he; it

on

jego [niego]

she; it

ona

ją [nią]

it

*ono (to)

je [nie]

we

my

nas

you (plural)

wy

was

they

oni

ich [nich]

they

one

je [nie]

 

Pronoun "ono" is a pronoun of neuter case, however it is rarely if ever used in modern Polish language, but the pronoun "je" may be used when the object of the sentence is gramatically neuter gender.

 

Pronouns "on" and "ona" can be used in place of masculine and feminine nouns, respectively. Therefore, "gazeta" is "ona", and "laptop" is "on".

 

Pronoun "oni" can only be used toward a group of people with at least one man. The pronouns for groups with only women is "one". The pronoun "one" can be also used in place of non-human objects, like animals and things (regardless of their grammatical gender).

 

The difference between "ciebie" and "cię" is simple. The "cię" is a standard accusative form, however if a speaker would like to put an extra importance to the "cię", then he or she says "ciebie". It looks like this:

 

Pamiętam cię.

Pamiętam ciebie.

I remember you.

I remember YOU!

 

However, recently "ciebie" is commonly used as a formality, making Polish language teachers's community rather upset at the level of education of certain individuals.

Third person pronouns (on, ona, ono, oni, one) have a special form in accusative case if they are followed by the preposition. That form, starting with "n" is included in the brackets next to the standard form.

 

Exercise 4: Change underlined words into pronouns.

1. Pamiętam Adama.

2. Zamykam drzwi.

3. Otwieram laptop.

4. Uwielbiasz Annę?

5. Znam Renatę i Marię.

6. Śpiewa piosenkę.

7. Kocham Roberta i Łukasza.

8. Mam lusterko.

 

 Exercise 5: Based on nominative pronouns and words, create accusative pronouns.

1. Pamiętam ________ (ty)

2. Kochasz _______ (ja)?

3. Przepraszam _______ (wy)!

4. Witają _______ (my).

5. Zapraszamy _________ (ty i kolega).

 

Exercise 6: Change underlined words into pronouns. Mind that they follow the preposition "na".

1. Czekają na Sylwię.

2. Pies szczeka na Andrzeja i Zbigniewa.

3. Zgadzasz się na kota?

4. Czekamy na Anetę i Bożenę.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRAĆ is a verb that is always followed by one of the two possible prepositions. Either "w" when playing a game, or "na" when playing a musical instrument. The first preposition requires the accusative case, but "na" requires the instrumental case that will be introduced in later chapters.

 

Common Games:

*bakarat

baccarat

baseball

baseball

domino

dominoes

futbal

soccer

futbol amerykański

football

golf

golf

hokej

hockey

karty (plural)

cards (games)

koszykówka

basketball

ping-pong

table tennis

*poker

poker

siatkówka

volleyball

szachy (always plural)

chess

tenis

tennis

 

Poker and Baccarat, as well as other card games are alive in Polish language, since grammatically they are being declined as the masculine animate nouns (same as people and animals):


Gramy w bakarata.

Grają w pokera.

NOT  Gramy w bakarat.

NOT  Grają w poker.