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Paula Wojcik First Polish Reader For beginners Bilingual for speakers of English

L a n g u a g e P r a c t i c e P u b l i s h i n g

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Narrator Paula Wojcik Editor-in-chief Vadim Zubakhin

2010Language Practice Publishing

This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Language Practice Publishing.

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Zawarto Table of contents

FFiirrsstt PPoolliisshh RReeaaddeerrEElleemmeennttaarryy ...................................................................................7 Chapter 1 .....................................................................................................................8

Mike has a dog.........................................................................................................9 Chapter 2 ...................................................................................................................11

They live in Gdynia ...............................................................................................11 Chapter 3 ...................................................................................................................13

Are they Polish?.....................................................................................................14 Chapter 4 ...................................................................................................................16

Can you help, please? ............................................................................................16 Chapter 5 ...................................................................................................................19

Mike lives in Poland now ......................................................................................20 Chapter 6 ...................................................................................................................22

Mike has many friends...........................................................................................23 Chapter 7 ...................................................................................................................25

Marcin buys a bike.................................................................................................26 Chapter 8 ...................................................................................................................27

Linda wants to buy a new DVD ............................................................................28 Chapter 9 ...................................................................................................................29

Alexandr listens to American songs ......................................................................30 Chapter 10.................................................................................................................32

Alexandr buys textbooks on design.......................................................................33 Chapter 11.................................................................................................................35

Mike wants to earn some money (part 1) .............................................................36 Chapter 12.................................................................................................................38

Mike wants to earn some money (part 2) ..............................................................39 It is time to go to college .......................................................................................40

FFiirrsstt PPoolliisshh RReeaaddeerr PPrree--IInntteerrmmeeddiiaattee........................................................................41 Rozdzia 13 ...............................................................................................................42

Nazwa hotelu .........................................................................................................42 Rozdzia 14 ...............................................................................................................44

Aspiryna.................................................................................................................45 Rozdzia 15 ...............................................................................................................47

Ania i kangur .........................................................................................................48 Rozdzia 16 ...............................................................................................................50

Spadochroniarze.....................................................................................................51 Rozdzia 17 ...............................................................................................................54

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Wycz gaz!........................................................................................................... 55 Rozdzia 18............................................................................................................... 57

Urzd pracy ........................................................................................................... 58 Rozdzia 19............................................................................................................... 61

Marcin i Mike myj ciarwk (cz 1) ............................................................ 62 Rozdzia 20............................................................................................................... 64

Marcin i Mike myj ciarwk (cz 2) ............................................................ 65 Rozdzia 21............................................................................................................... 68

Lekcja .................................................................................................................... 69 Rozdzia 22............................................................................................................... 71

Alexandr pracuje w wydawnictwie ....................................................................... 72 Rozdzia 23............................................................................................................... 75

Zasady dla kotw .................................................................................................. 76 Rozdzia 24............................................................................................................... 78

Praca zespoowa .................................................................................................... 79 Rozdzia 25............................................................................................................... 82

Mike i Marcin szukaj nowej pracy ...................................................................... 83 Rozdzia 26............................................................................................................... 88

Ubiega si o prac w Wiadomoci Gdyni ........................................................... 89 Rozdzia 27............................................................................................................... 93

Patrol policyjny (cz 1)...................................................................................... 94 Rozdzia 28............................................................................................................... 98

Patrol policyjny (cz 2)...................................................................................... 99 Rozdzia 29............................................................................................................. 103

Szkoa dla studentw z zagranicy (SSZ) i Au-pair ............................................. 104 Polish-English dictionary ....................................................................................... 107 English-Polish dictionary ....................................................................................... 121

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Polski alphabet - Polish alphabet Polish Alphabet contains 32 letters. Specific for polish language are letters: , , , , , , , , . A a like a in Madrid

nasal a, like chanson (French)

B b like b in big

C c like ts in cats

like ts in pots

D d like d in do

E e like e in devil

nasal e, like in engineer

F f like f in fit

G g like g in begin

H h like h in hamburger

I i like e in bee, ea in eagle

J j like u in duty

K k like c and k in coke

L l like l in love

like w in water

M m like m in meet

N n like n in need

like in seor (Spanish)

O o like o in rock

like oo in book

P p like p in pour

R r like r in korrida (Spanish)

S s like s in seed

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like ch in ich - [] (German) T t like t in tip

U u like oo in school

W w like v in vaseline

Y y like i in disc

soft z

similar to s in pleasure - [] Z z like z in zoo

Dwuznaki (double-marks, diagraphs)

CH, CZ, RZ, SZ, DZ, D, D are pronounced as a single letter: CH sounds like h in heat

CZ sounds like ch in chocolate

RZ sounds like Polish

SZ sounds like sh in bush

DZ sounds like ds in reads

D sounds like g in German D sometimes dzi (before vowel), /d /

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Rozdzia 1 Chapter 1

Mike ma psa Mike has a dog

Swka Words

1. czarny - black 2. cztery - four 3. duo, wiele - many, much 4. duy - big 5. gwiazda, gwiazdka

(diminutive, used with hotel***) - star

6. hotel - hotel 7. hotele- hotels 8. i - and 9. ja - I 10. jeden - one 11. jego - his;

jego ko - his bed 12. kot - cat 13. ksika - book

14. adny- nice 15. ka - beds 16. ko- bed 17. may - little 18. mie - to have

on, ona, ono ma - he/she/it has; On ma ksik. - He has a book.

19. mj, moja, moje - my 20. nie- not 21. niebieski - blue 22. nos - nose 23. notes - notebook 24. notesy - notebooks 25. nowy - new

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26. oczy - eyes 27. okna - windows 28. okno - window 29. oko - eye 30. on - he 31. oni, one - they 32. park - park 33. parki - parks 34. pies - dog 35. pira - pens 36. piro - pen 37. pokj - room 38. pokoje - rooms 39. rower - bike 40. sen, marzenie - dream 41. sklep - shop

42. sklepy - shops 43. sowa, swka - words 44. sowo - word 45. st - table 46. stoy - tables 47. studenci - students 48. student - student 49. te, ci, tamte,tamci - these, those50. tekst - text 51. ten, ta, te - that 52. ten, ta, te - this;

ta ksika - this book 53. te - too 54. ulica - street 55. ulice - streets 56. zielony - green

Mike ma psa Mike has a dog

1. Ten student ma ksik. 2. On ma te piro.

3. Gdynia ma duo/wiele ulic i parkw. 4. Ta ulica

ma nowe hotele i sklepy. 5. Ten hotel ma cztery

gwiazdki 6. Ten hotel ma duo/wiele adnych

pokoi.

7. Tamten pokj ma wiele okien. 8. A te pokoje

nie maj wielu okien. 9. Te pokoje maj cztery

ka. 10. A te pokoje maj jedno ko. 11. Ten

pokj nie ma wielu stow. 12. A te pokoje maj

wiele duych stow.

13. Na tej ulicy nie ma hoteli. 14. Ten duy sklep

ma wiele okien.

15. Ci studenci maj notesy. 16. Oni maj te

1. This student has a book. 2. He has a pen too. 3. Gdynia has many streets and parks. 4. This street has new hotels and shops. 5. This hotel has four stars. 6. This hotel has many nice big rooms. 7. That room has many windows. 8. And these rooms do not have many windows. 9. These rooms have four beds. 10. And those rooms have one bed. 11. That room does not have many tables. 12. And those rooms have many big tables. 13. This street does not have hotels. 14. That big shop has many windows. 15. These students have

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pira.

17. Mike ma may czarny notes. 18. Alexandr ma

cztery nowe zielone notesy.

19. Ten student ma rower. 20. On ma nowy

niebieski rower. 21. Marcin te ma rower. 22. On

ma adny czarny rower.

23. Alexandr ma marzenie. 24. Ja te mam

marzenie.

25. Nie mam psa. 26. Ja mam kota. 27. Mj kot

ma zielone oczy. 28. Mike nie ma kota. 29. On

ma psa. 30. Jego pies ma may czarny nos.

notebooks. 16. They have pens too. 17. Mike has one little black notebook. 18. Alexandr has four new green notebooks. 19. This student has a bike. 20. He has a new blue bike. 21. Marcin has a bike too. 22. He has a nice black bike. 23. Alexandr has a dream. 24. I have a dream too. 25. I do not have a dog. 26. I have a cat. 27. My cat has nice green eyes. 28. Mike does not have a cat. 29. He has a dog. 30. His dog has a little black nose.