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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Polish Season 1, Lesson 19 - Going Without. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in Polish.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to say 'I don't have a pen.' in Polish.
Marzena: [Normal] Nie mam długopisu.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'I don't have'
Marzena: [Normal] nie mam [Slow] nie mam
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'pen'
Marzena: [Normal] długopisu [Slow] długopisu
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have a pen.'
Marzena: [Slow] Nie mam długopisu. [Normal] Nie mam długopisu.
Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'I don't have time.'
Marzena: [Normal] Nie mam czasu.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'I don't have'
Marzena: [Normal] nie mam [Slow] nie mam
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'time'
Marzena: [Normal] czasu [Slow] czasu
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have time.'
Marzena: [Slow] Nie mam czasu. [Normal] Nie mam czasu.
Eric: Next up is the way to say 'I don't know.'
Marzena: [Normal] Nie wiem.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'no,’ or ‘not'
Marzena: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I know'
Marzena: [Normal] wiem [Slow] wiem
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't know.'
Marzena: [Slow] Nie wiem. [Normal] Nie wiem.
Eric: Finally, here is a way to say 'I don't understand.'
Marzena: [Normal] Nie rozumiem.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'no,’ or ‘not'
Marzena: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I understand'
Marzena: [Normal] rozumiem [Slow] rozumiem
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't understand.'
Marzena: [Slow] Nie rozumiem. [Normal] Nie rozumiem.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Marzena: Making a negative sentence in Polish is pretty simple—you just need to add the particle nie, meaning “not,” in front of the verb and it can be used in the same way even with the infinitive forms. If you have an object that follows, it will usually appear in the genitive case.

Outro
Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!

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