Everyday Poland

What holds these lists together

These lists are not about an area of life but about a country. Politeness there has its set phrases: poproszę when ordering, proszę wejść at the door, z poważaniem at the end of a letter and sto lat on a birthday. The year has its festivals: Wigilia with the Christmas wafer and carp, the soaking-wet Easter Monday and the candles on the graves at All Saints. And a journey runs from the Baltic via Kraków to the Tatras, where they sell a smoked sheep’s cheese called oscypek. You learn these words not to build sentences but to be able to join in.

For example: poproszę (I’d like…, … please), Wigilia (Christmas Eve), Tatry (the Tatras, the Tatra Mountains)

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.