Colloquial Polish

The Complete Course for Beginners

Bolesław Mazur

• Editorial: Routledge
• Año: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781317305101
• Edición: 3
• Categoría: Filología
• Categoría: Idiomas

Colloquial Polish: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Polish as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Polish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Polish is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

Key features include:

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• A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

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• Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar

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• An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises

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• Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations

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• Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Poland

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• An overview of the sounds of Polish

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Polish is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Polish.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Unit One

Dzień dobry. nazywam się …

Hello. My name’s…

In this unit you will learn about:

• Greetings, introductions and simple courtesies
• The verb ‘to be’
• How to address people
• Simple questions and answers
• Polish nouns

Dialogue 1

Bardzo mi miło Very nice to meet you (Audio 1:19)

Neil Howard, an English businessman, arrives in Wrocław to visit a Polish computer company. He is met at the airport by the company’s representatives, Stefan Wolski and Ewa Wilk.

STEFAN	Przepraszam, czy pan Howard?
NEIL	Słucham?
STEFAN	Pan Neil Howard?
NEIL	Tak, jestem Neil Howard.
STEFAN	Dzień dobry. Nazywam się Stefan Wolski, a to jest pani Ewa Wilk.
NEIL	Bardzo mi miło.
STEFAN	Excuse me, (are you) Mr Howard?
NEIL	Pardon?
STEFAN	Mr Neil Howard?
NEIL	Yes, I’m Neil Howard.
STEFAN	Hello. My name’s Stefan Wolski, and this is (Miss) Ewa Wilk.
NEIL	Very nice to meet you.

Dialogue 2

Cześć! Hi! (Audio 1:21)

Two friends meet in the street. They’re both in a hurry.

AGNIESZKA	Cześć, Jacek!
JACEK	Cześć, Agnieszka!
AGNIESZKA	Co słychać?
JACEK	Nic nowego, a co u ciebie?
AGNIESZKA	Wszystko w porządku, dziękuję.
JACEK	No to do zobaczenia.
AGNIESZKA	No to cześć. Do jutra.
AGNIESZKA	Hi, Jacek!
JACEK	Hi, Agnieszka!
AGNIESZKA	How are things?
JACEK	Nothing new, and how are things with you?
AGNIESZKA	Everything’s fine, thanks.
JACEK	Be seein...