COMPARISON GAME 1

Look at these sentences below and try to guess what means every single word.

TO ASK ONLY ABOUT THE FIRST NAME: 

Jak masz na imię? – What’s your name?

-Mam na imię Robert. – My name’s Robert.

TO ASK ABOUT THE SURNAME TOO:

Jak siÄ™ nazywasz? - literally: how are you called?

-Nazywam siÄ™ Robert Kowalski. - I'm Robert Kowalski.

Co masz na śniadanie? – What do you have for breakfest? (I’m asking my schoolmate what has he brought for breakfest)

Co jest na obiad? – What is for lunch? *

(I’m asking my mom what has she prepared for lunch) *-I don’t know if it’s correct in english.

Masz pieniądze? – Do you have money?

Nie mam pieniędzy. – I don’t have money.

Mam siostrę. – I have a sister.

Nie mam siostry. – I don’t have a sister.

Mamy pracę. – We have a job.

Nie mamy pracy. – We don’t have a job.

Mają internet. – They have internet.

Nie mają internetu. – They don’t have internet.

Masz brata. – You have a brother.

Nie masz brata*. – You don’t have a brother.

LubiÄ™ twojÄ… siostrÄ™. - I like your sister.

Nie lubię twojej siostry. - I don’t like your sister.

LubiÄ™ CiÄ™. - I like you.

Nie lubię Cię. – Nie lubię Cię.

Lubisz mnie? – Do you like me?

Nie lubisz mnie? – Don’t you like me?

Kocham Cię. – I love you.

Tak, bardzo Cię kocham. – Yes, I love you very much.

Nie znam Cię. – I don’t know you.

Znam twojego brata. – I know your brother.

Lubisz mojego brata? – Do you like my brother?

Nie mam pieniędzy mojej siostry. – I don’t have my sister’s money.

SIDE-NOTES

Google translator has a very good polish lector. You can put there every sentence and listen how it sounds. ^^

Literally it is: How do you have for first name?

‘how’ because ‘how are you called?’

‘have’ because ‘the name is sth what you HAVE’

and...

‘na’ + none   - normally ‘na’ means ‘on’

but in this and several other cases the meaning is ‘for’ like in question:

‘What do you have for breakfest?’

Other 2 cases which I can recall for now:

na zadanie domowe – ‘for homework’

na usprawiedliwienie –‘for justification’

pieniądz – on; pieniądze – one

(Do you remember what    on, ona, ono, oni, one    mean?)

The difference here is between the cases of nouns. You have to always ask yourself auxiliary questions before you start inflect cases intuitively.

‘I have...(kogo/co? – accusative =biernik )’

But with negation:

‘I don’t have... (kogo/czego? –genetive =dopełniacz)’

kogo? – of who? Czego? – of what?

*As you see sometimes accussative is the same as genetive

EXERCISE:

answers:

siostra

brat

praca

lubić

mieć (ie->a)

nie

kochać

‘Do you love me?’

tak

znać

‘Do you know me?’

‘Do you know my sister?

‘I don’t have your brother’s money.’

mój (which gender?)

twój  (which gender?)

moja  (which gender?)

twoja  (which gender?)

a sister

a brother

a job/work

to like sth

to have sth

no

to love

Kochasz mnie?

yes

to know sth/sb

Znasz mnie?

Znasz mojÄ… siostrÄ™?

 Nie mam pieniÄ™dzy twojego brata.

my + sth masculine 

your + sth masculine    

my + sth feminine 

your + sth feminine