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Polish for Life: Lekcja 2 (O języku i piosenkach Strajku Kobiet)
W tym podcaście rozmawiamy o języku i piosenkach Strajku Kobiet, przy okazji zastanawiając się nad wulgaryzmami w języku polskim i ich brakiem w podręcznikach do języka polskiego. Jeżeli chcecie szybko zrozumieć aktualną sytuację polityczną w Polsce i idee Strajku Kobiet, polecamy metariały w języku angielskim: VOX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmSXB7ukH4M Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/dec/03/three-women-on-their-fight-for-abortion-rights-in-poland-podcast Gorąco zachęcamy do wysłuchania i obejrzenia następujących utworów: Dziewczyna z gitarą, “Piosenka patriotyczna” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngjWM3I6VRs&has_verified=1 Justyna Biedrawa, “Proszę wypierdalać” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9nBzPkis0A Di Libe brent wi a nase Szmate, “Bella ciao” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBHpJiJpMjM Polky, “Rain” https://polkyband.com/music Paweł Kieler, “Gdyby Strajk był piosenką” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EuhHxE0wig Warto przeanalizować sobie dobrze teksty tych piosenek: Piosenka patriotyczna dziewczyny z gitarą Urodzona w kraju, w którym tylko mi wolno Malować…
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Polish to Polish: Lekcja 17 (Język Strajku Kobiet)
Have you ever seen any “bad words” in a Polish language textbook? No. Trust me, fat chance of that. Yet, so called ‘bad words’ are also part of a language and you don’t speak Polish if you don’t know the word ‘kurwa’. So in this podcast you will learn some of the words we all need when we get very angry. And if you would like to know why women in Poland got lately very, very angry, watch Vox: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmSXB7ukH4M or listen to this Guardian podcast: https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/dec/03/three-women-on-their-fight-for-abortion-rights-in-poland-podcast Or listen to this amazing song at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngjWM3I6VRs&has_verified=1 And when listening to our podcast, it’s best if you look at the lyrics at…
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 30 (Lockdown)
So what you can do when in lockdown… learn languages obviously! In this corona-chaotic podcast we try to talk about some things you can and can’t do in lockdown. And as it happens in lockdown, the plan was great – revise your verbs, practise present tense, see how ‘można’, ‘trzeba’ and ‘wolno’ verbs work – but it all ended in chaos and giggles. They say Shakespeare wrote King Lear in lockdown. I bet he didn’t have a 6 years old daughter at the time. Oh, and our special guest is… Vocabulary tips: można – you are allowed, you can, one can trzeba – you have to, one must wolno –…
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Polish to Polish: Lekcja 16 (Jesień)
Autumn has started so we talk a bit about the weather – a great chance to improve your complaing skills in Polish (crucial). We might loose our pessimistic approach somewhere towards the end of the episode when we read one of Tuwim’s poems. To work a little more on this lovely poem, print this exercise:
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 14 (Dzieci)
We’re back, so to listen to our new podcast click here.
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 26 (plural forms of nouns and adjectives)
In short: if it’s a neuter noun then the ending in plural form is -a (1 piwo – 2 piwa)if it’s a masculine or feminine noun:– and the last consonant is -k- or -g- then the ending in plural form is -i (1 wódka – 2 wódki)– and the last consonant is ń, ni, sz, cz, rz/ż, l, j, c, dz, ś, ć or ź than the ending in plural form is -e (1 tokaj – 2 tokaje)– and the last consonant is any other letter then the ending in plural form is -y (1 miód – 2 miody) And here are examples.
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 13 (Przesądy)
Lesson 13 couldn’t be on time obviously! So we talk today about superstitions in Polish culture.
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 25 (past tense)
Here is a short explaination of past tense in Polish. Wesołych Świąt, smacznego jajka i mokrego śmigusa-dyngusa!
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Polish to Begin with: Lesson 24
Complain a bit about your health and get a nice sympathetic reaction from your Polish friends! Listen how to do it.
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Polish to Polish: Lesson 12 (Andrzejki)
A week ago was 29th of November – Andrzejki. Do you know what Andrzejki is all about?