Polish Nouns
Welcome to the third Polish lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Polish to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes  ziemniaki | tomatoes pomidory | onions cebule | carrots marchewki |
fruits owoce | apples jabłka | bananas banany | oranges pomarańcze |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Polish |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | masz mleko? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | mam mleko i kawę |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | ma trzy jabłka |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | ona ma tylko jedno jabłko |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | żyjemy w małym domu |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | lubię nasze śniadanie |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread chleb | milk mleko | butter masło | cheese ser |
coffee kawa | sandwich kanapka | meat mięso | chicken kurczak |
fish ryba | breakfast śniadanie | lunch lunch | dinner obiad |
Conversation in Polish
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Polish |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Polish)? | czy zna pan [pani] (angielski / polski)? |
| Just a little | tylko trochę |
| I like Polish | lubię polski język |
| Can I practice with you? | czy mogę spróbować rozmawiać z panem [panią] (po polsku)? |
| How old are you? | ile pan [pani] ma lat? |
| I'm thirty three years old | mam trzydzieści trzy lata |
| It was nice talking to you | miło było z panem [panią] porozmawiać! |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Polish. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Polish Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |