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Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Why I Wrote This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organised
Part I: Getting Started
Part II: Polish in Action
Part III: Polish on the Go
Part IV: Polish in the Workplace
Part V: The Part of Tens
Part VI: Appendixes
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1: Introducing Polish
Spotting the Polish You Already Know
The Polish Alphabet: Reciting Your ABCs
Checking Out Consonant Pronunciation
C
Ć and Ci
Cz
Dz
Dź and Dzi
H and Ch
J
Ł
Ń and Ni
R
Ś and Si
Sz
W
Ź and Zi
Ż and Rz
Pronouncing Voiced and Silent Consonants
Saying Polish Vowels
Nasal vowels
The nasal ą and ę in the final position
Searching for Stress and Blending Prepositions
Counting prepositions
Placing unusual stress
Some Basic Phrases to Know
Chapter 2: Getting Down to Essential Polish Grammar
The Case of Polish Cases
Nominative case
Genitive case
Dative case
Accusative case
Instrumental case
Locative case
Vocative case
Recognising Perfective and Imperfective Verbs
Finding Your Way in Polish Tenses
Being in the now with present tense
Remembering the past tense
Looking into the future tense
Part II : Polish in Action
Chapter 3: Dzień dobry! Cześć! Greetings and Introductions
Being Formal or Informal
Saying ‘hi’ and ‘bye’
Avoiding trite greetings
Replying to ‘How are you?’
Getting Introductions Right
Making informal introductions
Presenting yourself and enquiring about others formally
Presenting other people informally and formally
Describing Yourself and Others
Getting familiar with the verb być, to be
Saying goodbye to personal pronouns – except sometimes
Talking about countries and nationalities
Jumping In to mówię po polsku (Speak Polish)
Chapter 4: Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk
Asking Key Questions
Finding out who, what, where and ‘how do you say . . .?’
Discovering the secret to forming ‘yes’/‘no’ questions
Sharing Basic Contact Information
Living with mieszkać: The verb to live
Telling people how to reach you
Counting Numbers
Getting to Know People and Families
Showing ownership with possessive pronouns
Describing people and objects
Keeping an Eye on the Weather
Chapter 5: Dining Out and Going to the Market
Smacznego! Enjoy your Meal!
Is it time to eat yet? All about meals
Tackling table terms
Eating and drinking phrases
Using two verbs at the table: Jeść and pić
The Case of the Accusative Case
Objectifying masculine nouns and adjectives
Changing feminine endings
Tabling the accusative case
Eating Out: Trying Polish Food in a Restaurant
Making reservations
Arriving and being seated
Decoding the menu
Asking for what you want
Preferring, liking and disliking
Finding your way to the ‘Ladies’ and ‘Gents’
Shopping for Food
Shopping at the supermarket and other grocery shops
Finding what you need
Knowing the measures: Weight, volume and package
The Case of the Genitive Case
Owning masculine nouns and adjectives
Showing possession of neuters
Generating feminine genitives
Tabling the genitive case
Making plurals
Chapter 6: Shopping Made Easy
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