Learn how to use the future tense
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Brandon: Hello everyone and welcome back to PolishPod101.com. This is Upper Beginner, season 1, lesson 25, Will There Be Good Weather for your Polish Getaway? Iโm Brandon. |
| Marzena: And Iโm Marzena. |
| Brandon: In this last lesson of the series, you'll learn how to use the Polish future tense. |
| Marzena: This conversation takes place at home. |
| Brandon: Itโs between Tom and Jane. |
| Marzena: The speakers are friends, so theyโll be using informal Polish. |
| Brandon: Letโs listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Jane: W weekend jadฤ do Zakopanego. Wiesz moลผe jaka tam bฤdzie pogoda? |
| Tom: Sprawdลบmy w internecie. |
| Jane: O! Bฤdzie ciepลo i sลonecznie. |
| Tom: Okoลo 20 stopni. |
| Jane: ลwietnie! |
| Brandon: Letโs hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Jane: W weekend jadฤ do Zakopanego. Wiesz moลผe jaka tam bฤdzie pogoda? |
| Tom: Sprawdลบmy w internecie. |
| Jane: O! Bฤdzie ciepลo i sลonecznie. |
| Tom: Okoลo 20 stopni. |
| Jane: ลwietnie! |
| Brandon: Now letโs hear it with the English translation. |
| Jane: W weekend jadฤ do Zakopanego. Wiesz moลผe jaka tam bฤdzie pogoda? |
| Brandon: I'm going to Zakopane on the weekend. Do you happen to know what the weather will be like there? |
| Tom: Sprawdลบmy w internecie. |
| Brandon: Let's check on the Internet. |
| Jane: O! Bฤdzie ciepลo i sลonecznie. |
| Brandon: Oh! It'll be warm and sunny. |
| Tom: Okoลo 20 stopni. |
| Brandon: About twenty degrees. |
| Jane: ลwietnie! |
| Brandon: Great! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Brandon: Letโs talk a little bit about Zakopane. Why should the listeners go there, Marzena? |
| Marzena: Because itโs a great place, especially if you like the outdoors. Itโs a small town in the heart of the Tatra Mountains, so if youโre keen on hiking, climbing, spelunking, ski jumping, skiing or snowboarding itโs the place for you. |
| Brandon: Sounds great! But what if youโre not into sports? |
| Marzena: Then itโs still worth it to visit, because there are many walking trails around Zakopane. Itโs also a great chance to try food that is unique to that region and experience the unique culture of the native people. |
| Brandon: Sounds like a must-see place in Poland! |
| Vocab list |
| Brandon: Now, let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see is: |
| Marzena: pogoda [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: weather |
| Marzena: pogoda [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Marzena: pogoda [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: Next: |
| Marzena: wiedzieฤ [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: to know |
| Marzena: wiedzieฤ [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Marzena: wiedzieฤ [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: Next: |
| Marzena: sprawdzaฤ [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: to check |
| Marzena: sprawdzaฤ [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Marzena: sprawdzaฤ [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: Next: |
| Marzena: ciepลo [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: warm |
| Marzena: ciepลo [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Marzena: ciepลo [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: Next: |
| Marzena: sลonecznie [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: sunny |
| Marzena: sลonecznie [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Marzena: sลonecznie [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: Next: |
| Marzena: okoลo [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: about |
| Marzena: okoลo [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Marzena: okoลo [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: Next: |
| Marzena: stopieล [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: degree |
| Marzena: stopieล [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Marzena: stopieล [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: And Last: |
| Marzena: i [natural native speed] |
| Brandon: and |
| Marzena: i [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Marzena: i [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Brandon: Letโs take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. Marzena, whatโs our first word? |
| Marzena: stopieล |
| Brandon: Which means โdegreeโ, โstepโ, or โrankโ |
| Marzena: In the dialogue it meant โdegreeโ, when talking about temperature, so degrees Celsius, which in Polish is "stopnie Celsjusza". |
| Brandon: Why didn't they use the word โcelciusโ? |
| Marzena: In everyday speech we cut it off, since everyone knows what we mean. |
| Brandon: Are are any other meanings? |
| Marzena: Yes, thereโs one more and itโs โgradeโ, like in school. For example, "mรณj syn ma bardzo dobre stopnie z biologii". |
| Brandon: meaning โMy son has very good grades in biologyโ. Thatโs a pretty big variety of meanings. Okay, whatโs the next word? |
| Marzena: sprawdzaฤ |
| Brandon: This word also has more than one meaning, but the main one is โto checkโ or โverifyโ. |
| Marzena: Letโs go through a few phrases to see how we can use "sprawdzaฤ". First is an example related to this lessonโs dialogue - Sprawdลบ pogodฤ na jutro. |
| Brandon: meaning โcheck the weather for tomorrowโ. |
| Marzena: next - Sprawdzฤ to na internecie. |
| Brandon: meaning โIโll check it on the Internetโ. |
| Marzena: and the last one is - Ziemniaki juลผ ugotowane? - zaraz sprawdzฤ - |
| Brandon: โAre the potatoes ready yet? - Iโll check in a secondโ. |
| Marzena: Also, if we add the word "siฤ" to "sprawdzaฤ", we will get "sprawdzaฤ siฤ" which has slightly different meaning from the verb standing alone. |
| Brandon: It means that something has turned out to be as a person thought, or something turned out to be true. To understand that better, can you give us an example please Marzena? |
| Marzena: Sure! Moje najgorsze obawy siฤ sprawdziลy - |
| Brandon: meaningโMy worst fears came trueโ. Now, thereโs more information about these two words in the lesson notes, so check those out. Now onto the grammar! |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Brandon: In this lesson, youโll learn how to use the Polish future tense. Itโs a big topic, so weโll start off with one kind of sentence that expresses the future. |
| Marzena: That sentence makes use of the future form of the verb "byฤ", which is "bฤdzie". |
| Brandon: To remind you, that verb means โto beโ |
| Marzena: Now letโs go through the conjugation of "bฤdzie". As always, listeners, repeat after me. |
| Brandon: After you do so, I will give you the English. Weโll start off with the singular... |
| Marzena: bฤdฤ |
| Brandon: (pause) โI willโ |
| Marzena: bฤdziesz |
| Brandon: (pause)โyou willโ |
| Marzena: bฤdzie |
| Brandon: (pause)โhe, she, or it willโ |
| Marzena: Now the plural - bฤdziemy |
| Brandon: (pause) โwe willโ |
| Marzena: bฤdziecie |
| Brandon: (pause) โyou willโ |
| Marzena: bฤdฤ |
| Brandon: (pause) โthey willโ |
| Marzena: Great job everyone! |
| Brandon: Now this verb can function as a future tense of imperfective verbs. |
| Marzena: In that case, we put the correct form of "bฤdฤ" together with a verb - either the infinitive or third person past tense form. Another way to use "bฤdฤ" is together with the infinitive. |
| Brandon: Its last function is as an auxiliary verb. In that case, itโs only an indicator of a future tense. |
| Marzena: Exactly. Letโs have a look at some sample sentences. For example - Bฤdฤ jutro zajฤty. |
| Brandon: โIโll be busy tomorrow.โ |
| Marzena: As you can see here, "bฤdฤ" functions as โwillโ in English. Another example can be - Bฤdziesz w domu o 7? |
| Brandon: โWill you be at home at seven?โ |
| Marzena: Now, listeners, try to make a sentence by yourself. |
| Brandon: Imagine you want to say - โIโll be at work tomorrowโ. |
| Marzena: (pause) Did you think of the sentence? Hereโs the correct way to say that - Juto bฤdฤ w pracy. |
| Brandon: Letโs try one more time. How would you say โRobert will be at school today in the morningโ? |
| Marzena: Okay.. a few seconds for you guys... (pause) Ready? Okay, here we go - Robert bฤdzie w szkole dziล rano. |
| Brandon: How did you do, listeners? |
Outro |
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| Brandon: And thatโs all for this lesson and this series. We hope you enjoyed it and found it useful. Remember to check the lesson notes to reinforce what you've learned, and leave us a message at PolishPod101.com if you have any questions or comments. |
| Brandon: Thanks for listening, everyone, and weโll see you in another series. Bye! |
| Marzena: |
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