I said that upon first inspection that I could only remember the translation or definition of 18 of the 48 recorded words. I hope you're following along and learning vocabulary too. This list is equally valuable for learners of Polish or English. Here's the list again, this time with translations. Do you know them all?
I have chosen the only the meaning and part of speech I was interested in at the time. There are, of course, many other possibilities.
- food / jedzenie (n.)
- meldunek / registration (n.)
- przyszłość / future (n.)
- airmail / pocztą lotniczą (n.)
- pillowcase / poszewka (n.)
- single / pojedynczy (adj.)
- good / grzeczny (adj., in this case meaning 'well behaved')
- help / pomoc (n.)
- patience / cierpliwość (n.)
- odbierać / to pick up (v.)
- czegoś / something (pronoun, genitive case)
- anything / coś (pronoun)
- something / coś (pronoun)
- płyn / liquid or fluid (n.)
- bleach / wybielacz (n.)
- comfortable / wygodny (n., in this case of a chair, a bed, glasses . . . )
- wide / szeroki (adj.)
- shiny / błyszczący (adj.)
- makler / (stock)broker (n.)
- walk / chodzić piechotą (v.)
- ratusz / town hall (n.)
- change / reszta (n.)
- ring / pierścionek (n.)
- forget / zapominać (v.)
- celny / customs (adj. 'what kind of officer?')
- służba / service (n.)
- graniczny / border (adj.)
- młodzież / youth(s) (n.)
- march / maszerować (v.)
- March / marzec (n.)
- galop / gallop (n. I love these ones! Free word!)
- dopiero / only (adv.)
- begin / po pierwsze (v. 'To begin with, I'd like to know . . . )
- when / kiedy (adv.)
- try / starać się (v. to make an effort)
- salmon / łosoś (n.)
- happy / szczęśliwy (adj.)
- ławka / bench (n.)
- orchid / orchidea (n.)
- stoic / stoik (n.)
- zboczony / perverted (adj.)
- zbocze / slope (n.)
- spleen / śledziona (n.)
- stukot / clatter (n.)
- żal / regret (n.)
- grudzień / December (n.)
- obowiązujący / valid (adj.)
- loyal / lojalny (adj.)
There are 14 I either have memorised or remember, which I don't think is too bad! This is a good idea/thing to be able to recall for useful vocab.
OdpowiedzUsuńSure ... no idea what you were doing when you looked up #41.
OdpowiedzUsuńHaha, I really can't remember. I must have been trying to find a word I saw somewhere in the street, because I looked up 'zbocze' first, then 'zboczony.' Either that or I was thinking about one of these other Polish blogs . . . probably PzU.
OdpowiedzUsuńOnly 6 I didn't know, which makes me wonder why I don't speak this language better than I do! :-)
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