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Ważna informacja

A notice in the stairwell: the lift is out for two days, and there’s cake on Saturday.

A notice for the neighbours. Watch the days of the week with w and the accusative — Polish says “in Monday” where English says “on Monday”: w poniedziałek, w sobotę — and before a w-sound it is we: we wtorek.

Dzień dobry wszystkim!

W poniedziałek i we wtorek winda jest zamknięta. W środę winda jest już otwarta.

Proszę iść po schodach. Jeśli ktoś ma ciężkie zakupy, mój syn może pomagać.

W sobotę po południu w ogrodzie jest kawa i ciasto dla wszystkich. Zapraszam!

Halina Nowak

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Polish at the council and other offices

Words: 45
Sentences: 8
Words per sentence: 5.6
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A1
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

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w poniedziałek · we wtorek · W środę
Days of the week with w and the accusative, we before w-: w poniedziałek, we wtorek, w środę. Time phrases: w poniedziałek, za tydzień, dwa dni temu →
winda jest zamknięta · jest już otwarta
jest with an adjective: winda jest zamknięta, jest już otwarta. być: jestem, jesteś, jest →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 23 of the 35 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

ciasto
cake; dough, pastry
A1
ciężki
heavy
A1
dobry
good
A1
dzień
day
A1
iść
to go, walk (now, in one direction)
A1
kawa
coffee
A1
mieć
to have
A1
może
maybe, perhaps
A1
ogród
garden
A1
otworzyć
to open
A1
pomagać
to help
A1
poniedziałek
Monday
A1
południe
noon, midday; south
A1
prosić
to ask (for), request
A1
schody
stairs
A1
sobota
Saturday
A1
syn
son
A1
winda
lift, elevator
A1
wtorek
Tuesday
A1
zakupy
shopping
A1
zamknąć
to close, shut
A1
zapraszać
to invite
A1
środa
Wednesday
A1

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 8 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Verb forms 7 Numbers and time 6 Home and household 3 Food and drink 2 The commonest adjectives 2 Everyday words 1 The little words 1 People and family 1

The verbs on this page, in every form: być · mieć · iść · pomagać

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. Kiedy winda jest zamknięta?

2. Kiedy winda jest otwarta?

3. Co jest w sobotę w ogrodzie?