Body and health

What holds these lists together

What hurts, Polish says back to front: boli mnie głowa, literally “the head hurts me”. The head is the subject, and if several things hurt, the verb goes plural: bolą mnie nogi. There are other traps an English speaker does not expect: rękais both hand and armnogaboth leg and foot The lists go from the body via bathroom and chemist’s to the surgery, the prescription and the emergency number — so that in a real emergency you don’t have to hunt for the words.

For example: głowa (head), mydło (soap), dentysta (dentist), wypadek (accident), lek (medicine, drug)

Spread across the levels

The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.