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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Polish Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question How are you? in Polish.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'How are you?' in Polish.
Marzena: [Normal] Jak się masz?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'how'
Marzena: [Normal] jak [Slow] jak
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'are you'
Marzena: [Normal] się masz [Slow] się masz
Eric: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How are you?'
Marzena: [Slow] Jak się masz? [Normal] Jak się masz?
Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How are you?' When speaking to a man.
Marzena: [Normal] Jak się pan miewa?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'how'
Marzena: [Normal] jak [Slow] jak
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'sir, you'
Marzena: [Normal] pan [Slow] pan
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'is doing'
Marzena: [Normal] miewa [Slow] miewa
Eric: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How are you?' When speaking to a man.
Marzena: [Slow] Jak się pan miewa? [Normal] Jak się pan miewa?
Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.'
Marzena: [Normal] W porządku, dziękuję.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'fine'
Marzena: [Normal] w porządku [Slow] w porządku
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'thank you'
Marzena: [Normal] dziękuję [Slow] dziękuję
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.'
Marzena: [Slow] W porządku, dziękuję. [Normal] W porządku, dziękuję.
Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'Not too well.'
Marzena: [Normal] Nie za dobrze.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'not'
Marzena: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'too'
Marzena: [Normal] za [Slow] za
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'well'
Marzena: [Normal] dobrze [Slow] dobrze
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'Not too well.'
Marzena: [Slow] Nie za dobrze. [Normal] Nie za dobrze.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Marzena: It is not uncommon to ask about someone's well-being, but expect a long and usually negative answer. Poles love to complaining, especially to their friends and family.

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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