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| INTRODUCTION |
| Betsey:Hello everyone, and welcome back to PolishPod101.com. This is Beginner series, season 1, lesson 16, Talking About Activities in Polish, Part 1. I’m Betsey. |
| Joanna:And I’m Joanna. |
| Betsey:In this lesson you’ll learn how to talk about activities you like and dislike. |
| Joanna:This conversation takes place on the street. |
| Betsey:It’s between Ewa and Jan. |
| Joanna:They’re friends so they’ll be using informal Polish. |
| Betsey:Let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Ewa:Co lubisz robić? |
| Jan:Lubię grać w tenisa i pływać. A ty? |
| Ewa:Lubię czytać książki i chodzić do kina. |
| Jan:Lubisz chodzić do kina? Świetnie! |
| Ewa:Dlaczego? |
| Jan:Dzisiaj w kinie Rozrywka grają nowy film Andrzeja Wajdy. Idziemy? |
| Alisha: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Ewa:Co lubisz robić? |
| Jan:Lubię grać w tenisa i pływać. A ty? |
| Ewa:Lubię czytać książki i chodzić do kina. |
| Jan:Lubisz chodzić do kina? Świetnie! |
| Ewa:Dlaczego? |
| Jan:Dzisiaj w kinie Rozrywka grają nowy film Andrzeja Wajdy. Idziemy? |
| Alisha: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Ewa:Co lubisz robić? |
| Betsey:What do you like to do? |
| Jan:Lubię grać w tenisa i pływać. A ty? |
| Betsey:I like to play tennis and swim. And you? |
| Ewa:Lubię czytać książki i chodzić do kina. |
| Betsey:I like to read books and go to the movies. |
| Jan:Lubisz chodzić do kina? Świetnie! |
| Betsey:You like going to the movies? That’s great! |
| Ewa:Dlaczego? |
| Betsey:Why? |
| Jan:Dzisiaj w kinie Rozrywka grają nowy film Andrzeja Wajdy. Idziemy? |
| Betsey:Today at the movie theater Rozrywka they are playing a new movie by Andrzej Wajda. Shall we go? |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Betsey:What shall we talk about this time? |
| Joanna:About one of the best-known Polish directors in the world. |
| Betsey:Is this the person mentioned in the dialogue? |
| Joanna:Yes - Andrzej Wajda. |
| Betsey:So tell us a little bit about him. |
| Joanna:Andrzej Wajda started his career as a director more than 50 years ago and is very famous not only in Poland, but also abroad. |
| Betsey:Some of his movies were nominated for Academy Awards. |
| Joanna:Yes, there were 4 movies nominated, and one of them was ‘Katyń’, made in 2007, which tells the story of the infamous Katyn massacre |
| Betsey:What are his movies usually about? |
| Joanna:Most of the time, they’re related to Poland’s tragic history. |
| Betsey:He was also the recipient of an honorary Oscar for contribution to world cinema. |
| Joanna:That’s right, he received that award in the year 2000. |
| Betsey:So check out his films, listeners! Okay, now let’s move on to the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Betsey:Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| :The first word we shall see is Joanna:co [natural native speed] |
| Betsey:what |
| Joanna:co [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Joanna:co [natural native speed] |
| :Next Joanna:czytać [natural native speed] |
| Betsey:to read |
| Joanna:czytać [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Joanna:czytać [natural native speed] |
| :Next Joanna:dzisiaj [natural native speed] |
| Betsey:today |
| Joanna:dzisiaj [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Joanna:dzisiaj [natural native speed] |
| :Next Joanna:kino [natural native speed] |
| Betsey:movie theater, cinema |
| Joanna:kino [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Joanna:kino [natural native speed] |
| :Next Joanna:robić [natural native speed] |
| Betsey:to do |
| Joanna:robić [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Joanna:robić [natural native speed] |
| :Next Joanna:lubić [natural native speed] |
| Betsey:to like |
| Joanna:lubić [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Joanna:lubić [natural native speed] |
| :Next Joanna:pływać [natural native speed] |
| Betsey:to swim |
| Joanna:pływać [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Joanna:pływać [natural native speed] |
| :Next Joanna:grać [natural native speed] |
| Betsey:to play |
| Joanna:grać [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Joanna:grać [natural native speed] |
| :And last Joanna:iść [natural native speed] |
| Betsey:to go by foot |
| Joanna:iść [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Joanna:iść [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Betsey:Let's have a closer look at the usuage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Joanna:The first word we’ll look at is ‘kino’ |
| Betsey:“movie theater” |
| Joanna:in the dialogue, Jan asked Ewa to go to the movies with him, but the words we use in Polish to say this are completely different to English. |
| Betsey:Okay, remind us how the Polish sentence sounds please. |
| Joanna:‘Chodźmy do kina’ |
| Betsey:we translated this sentence as “let’s go to the movies”, but the literal translation is - “Let’s go to the movie theater” |
| Joanna:Please note that in this case, we have to change the nominative form ‘kino’ into ‘kina’ |
| Betsey:what are some other examples of sentences with this noun? |
| Joanna:‘W tym mieście są cztery kina’ |
| Betsey:“There are four movie theaters in this city.” |
| Joanna:‘Chodźmy do kina sprawdzić ceny’ |
| Betsey:“Let’s go to the movie theater and check the prices.” |
| Joanna:‘Chodźmy dziś do kina’ |
| Betsey:“Let’s go to the movies today.” |
| Betsey:Okay, what’s the next word? |
| Joanna:‘robić’ |
| Betsey:“to do”, “to make” and sometimes “to take” |
| Joanna:In Polish, we don’t distinguish between “to make” and “to do”, like we do in English |
| Betsey:So whichever one you’re talking about in Polish it’s always the same verb. |
| Joanna:That’s right, ‘robić’. |
| Betsey:Let’s hear a few examples. |
| Joanna:Robię śniadanie. |
| Betsey:“I’m making breakfast” |
| Joanna:‘On robi zdjęcia’ |
| Betsey:“He’s taking pictures” |
| Joanna:...and maybe the last example - ‘Co robisz?’ |
| Betsey:“What are you doing?” |
| Joanna:So even though in English we use two or three different words, in Polish it’s always the same, ‘robić’. |
| Betsey:That’s definitely good news, because it’s very easy. |
| Joanna:Yes! So now that we’re convinced that studying Polish is easy, let’s move on to the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Betsey:In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about activities you like to do. |
| Joanna:In the dialogue, Ewa asked Jan - ‘Co lubisz robić?’ |
| Betsey:which translates into “What do you like to do?” |
| Joanna:the components of this question are - the pronoun ‘co’ |
| Betsey:…which means “what”... |
| Joanna:…‘lubisz’ - the second person form of the verb ‘lubić’... |
| Betsey:...which means - “like”... |
| Joanna:...and at the very end, the verb in infinitive form - ‘robić’. |
| Betsey:Which means “to do”. |
| Joanna:so altogether, we have - ‘Co lubisz robić?’ |
| Betsey:“what do you like to do?” |
| Joanna:Listeners, please repeat after me - Co lubisz robić?’ [pause] |
| Betsey:For the conjugation table of the Polish verb “to do”, please check the lesson notes. |
| Joanna:Do you remember Jan’s answer to this question? |
| Betsey:Yes, he said - “ I like to play tennis and swim” |
| Joanna:In Polish - ‘Lubię grać w tenisa i pływać’ |
| Betsey:And then Ewa also told us what she likes to do. |
| Joanna:She said - ’Lubię czytać książki i chodzić do kina’ |
| Betsey:“I like to read books and go to the movies” |
| Joanna:As you can see, the pattern of both sentences is exactly the same. |
| Betsey:Let’s break down Jan’s answer. |
| Joanna:First we have the verb ‘lubię’, which is the first person singular form of the verb ‘lubić’... |
| Betsey:...which means “to like”... |
| Joanna:...then come the activities you like, in Jan’s case it’s grać w tenisa i pływać’, which are in the infinitive form... |
| Betsey:“to play tennis and swim”. |
| Joanna:Please note that after the first person form of the verb ‘lubić’, the activity is in the infinitive form |
| Betsey:So, if I want to say that I like to watch movies, the pattern of the sentence is exactly the same as in English, right? |
| Joanna:Exactly. So in Polish it would be - ‘lubię oglądać filmy’, where ‘oglądać’ stands for the English “to watch”. |
| Betsey:Now, listeners, try to say what you like to do, following the instructions we gave you a few moments ago...[pause].........Ok, now Joanna, what do you like to do? |
| Joanna:‘Lubię słuchać muzyki’ |
| Betsey:This means “I like to listen to music”. |
| Joanna:So Betsey, what do you like doing? - ‘co lubisz robić?’ |
| Betsey:“I like to travel” |
| Joanna:That’s ‘Lubię podróżować’. Nice, me too! |
| Betsey:Joanna, what’s another thing you like doing? |
| Joanna:‘Lubię gotować’ |
| Betsey:That was “I like to cook”. Great! |
| Joanna:As you can see, the structure of these kinds of sentences is very simple. Be sure to check the lesson notes to see some more examples of activities. |
| Betsey:And that’s going to do it for this lesson, thanks for listening, everyone! |
| Betsey:That just about does it for this lesson. |
| Joanna:We’ll see you next time! |
| Betsey:Bye! |
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