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| Hello everybody. |
| My name is Marzena and welcome to Top Polish Words. |
| Today we will learn top ten phrases to know when having a baby. |
| Are you ready? |
| zmieniać pieluszki - to change a diaper |
| Zmieniać means "to change," and you can change anything else like, |
| uh, like change a bulb or, or change a name or something like that. |
| pieluszka - diaper |
| So one is pieluszka, and in plural it's pieluszki. |
| For example, you can say, "Muszę zmienić pieluszki." |
| Muszę zmienić pieluszki. |
| I need to change the diapers. |
| założyć śliniaczek |
| - to put on a bib. |
| So our next phrase is: założyć śliniaczek. |
| Założyć śliniaczek means to put on a bib. |
| ślina - saliva |
| Ślina means just saliva, so basically śliniaczek is something that |
| was supposed to catch your saliva coming down, |
| but it's basically a bib. |
| So założyć śliniaczek means to put on a bib. |
| For example, you can say, "Załóż mu śliniaczek." |
| Załóż mu śliniaczek. - Put a bib on him. |
| Załóż mu śliniaczek. |
| zmienić ubranie |
| - to change clothes. |
| So our next phrase is: zmienić ubranie. |
| Zmienić ubranie means to change clothes, and it's the same "zmienić" |
| or "to change" as in "zmienić pieluszki," |
| to change the diapers. |
| Zmienić ubranie, to change clothes, you can use in a sentence like this: |
| Zmień mu ubranie. |
| Zmień mu ubranie. |
| Change his clothes. |
| Zmień mu ubranie. |
| śpiewać kołysankę - to sing a lullaby. |
| So our next phrase is: śpiewać kołysankę. |
| Śpiewać kołysankę means to sing a lullaby. |
| So, for example, you can say, "Zaśpiewaj mu kołysankę." |
| Zaśpiewaj mu kołysankę. - Sing him a lullaby. |
| Zaśpiewaj mu kołysankę. |
| So one of the most famous lullabies in Poland is: Wlazł kotek na płotek. |
| Wlazł kotek na płotek. Uh, it's about a cat who jumped on a |
| fence and then he was walking there, |
| and then he was singing or something like that, |
| and it's very famous. |
| It's being sung to kids all around Poland. |
| Uh, I will not sing it here. |
| zdrzemnąć się |
| - to take a nap. |
| So our next phrase is really important. |
| It's "zdrzemnąć się." |
| Zdrzemnąć się, |
| and it means "to take a nap." |
| Zdrzemnąć się. |
| There is also a... |
| drzemka - a nap |
| Drzemka means "a nap," and a verb associated with it is "zdrzemnąć się." |
| Zdrzemnąć się means to take a nap. |
| So for example, you can say, "Dziecko musi się zdrzemnąć." |
| Dziecko musi się zdrzemnąć. - The child needs to take a nap. |
| kupić fotelik samochodowy - to buy a car seat. |
| Our next phrase is very descriptive, and it's: kupić fotelik samochodowy. |
| kupić - to buy |
| fotelik - seat |
| samochodowy - car |
| So kupić fotelik samochodowy means just to buy a car seat. |
| You can say, "Musimy kupić fotelik samochodowy." |
| Musimy kupić fotelik samochodowy. |
| We have to buy a car seat. |
| nakarmić - to feed. |
| Our next phrase, or actually our next verb, is: nakarmić. |
| Nakarmić. |
| Nakarmić means to feed, |
| uh, but it's a perfective form of this verb, |
| so already like when we suggest that somebody will be full |
| after that. |
| Nakarmić - that's already over, finished, |
| even though we can use it in the future tense, |
| it still means something finished, |
| like perfective, not imperfective. |
| And for example, you can say, "Trzeba go chyba nakarmić." |
| Trzeba go chyba nakarmić. - One has to feed him. |
| popychać wózek |
| - to push a stroller. |
| Our next phrase is: popychać wózek. |
| pchać - to push |
| and wózek means "stroller." |
| So popychać wózek means to push a stroller. |
| And for example you can say, "Tatuś z dumą popycha wózek." |
| Tatuś z dumą popycha wózek. |
| Daddy proudly pushes the stroller. |
| Tatuś z dumą popycha wózek. |
| czytać książkę |
| - to read a book. |
| So our next phrase is: czytać książkę. |
| Czytać książkę means to read a book. |
| For example, if you're asking somebody if he or she reads books |
| to their children, you will ask: |
| Czytasz książki swoim dzieciom? |
| Czytasz książki swoim dzieciom? |
| Do you read books to your children? |
| przygotować posiłek dla niemowląt |
| - to make baby food. |
| Our last phrase for today is: przygotować posiłek dla niemowląt. |
| niemowlę - a baby, niemowlęta - babies |
| Niemowlę, or in the plural form, niemowlęta, means just "babies." |
| So przygotować posiłek dla niemowląt means to make baby food. |
| And for example you can say: "Muszę przygotować posiłek dla niemowląt." |
| Muszę przygotować posiłek dla niemowląt. |
| I have to make baby food. |
| Thank you for watching this video. |
| Today we learned top ten phrases to know when having a baby. |
| Thank you again and see you! |
| śpiewać kołysankę means to sing a lullaby. |
| Lullaby... lullabl... pff... lullaby. |
| Lullaby. |
| Lullaby. |
| Lullaby. |
| Why can I not say lullaby? |
| Okay. |
| Yay! |
| There is like... uh... so when I was like five years old my mom |
| said, "Never sing in front of people," and I'm going to stick with |
| that. |
| Oh really? |
| No really, like really, because I was so terrible that my mom |
| told me not to sing in front of people. |
| Wlazł kotek na płotek i mruga... |
| Okay. |
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