17 lutego 2011

Dictionary Discoveries: Translated

Yesterday I posted about discovering that the Polish/English dictionary has a history feature, which keeps an effective log of the words I needed in my travels. Scroll down and read that post, 'Dictionary Discoveries' first if you haven't already.

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.
  1. food / jedzenie (n.)
  2. meldunek / registration (n.)
  3. przyszłość / future (n.)
  4. airmail / pocztą lotniczą (n.)
  5. pillowcase / poszewka (n.)
  6. single / pojedynczy (adj.)
  7. good / grzeczny (adj., in this case meaning 'well behaved')
  8. help / pomoc (n.)
  9. patience / cierpliwość (n.)
  10. odbierać / to pick up (v.)
  11. czegoś / something (pronoun, genitive case)
  12. anything / coś (pronoun)
  13. something / coś (pronoun)
  14. płyn / liquid or fluid (n.)
  15. bleach / wybielacz (n.)
  16. comfortable / wygodny (n., in this case of a chair, a bed, glasses . . . )
  17. wide / szeroki (adj.)
  18. shiny / błyszczący (adj.)
  19. makler / (stock)broker (n.)
  20. walk / chodzić piechotą (v.)
  21. ratusz / town hall (n.)
  22. change / reszta (n.)
  23. ring / pierścionek (n.)
  24. forget / zapominać (v.)
  25. celny / customs (adj. 'what kind of officer?')
  26. służba / service (n.)
  27. graniczny / border (adj.)
  28. młodzież / youth(s) (n.)
  29. march / maszerować (v.)
  30. March / marzec (n.)
  31. galop / gallop (n. I love these ones! Free word!)
  32. dopiero / only (adv.)
  33. begin / po pierwsze (v. 'To begin with, I'd like to know . . . )
  34. when / kiedy (adv.)
  35. try / starać się (v. to make an effort)
  36. salmon / łosoś (n.)
  37. happy / szczęśliwy (adj.)
  38. ławka / bench (n.)
  39. orchid / orchidea (n.)
  40. stoic / stoik (n.)
  41. zboczony / perverted (adj.)
  42. zbocze / slope (n.)
  43. spleen / śledziona (n.)
  44. stukot / clatter (n.)
  45. żal / regret (n.)
  46. grudzień / December (n.)
  47. obowiązujący / valid (adj.)
  48. loyal / lojalny (adj.)
So, how many did you know? How many did you learn?

    4 komentarze:

    1. 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.

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    2. Sure ... no idea what you were doing when you looked up #41.

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    3. Haha, 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.

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    4. Only 6 I didn't know, which makes me wonder why I don't speak this language better than I do! :-)

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