Polish Grammar - Being Bad, he/she/it forms of verbs

It's time to expand our verbs beyond I have/you have, I like/you like, I think/You think and learn he/she/it has/likes/thinks ... as well as how to be bad!

Thinking Brain

We've already learnt the 'I form' and 'you (informal) form' of several verbs:

  • I form - Lubię, Mam, Myślę
  • You (informal) form - Lubisz, Masz, Myślisz

To get the 'he/she/it form' we simply knock the sz off the 'you (informal) form'

  • Myślisz -> Myśli
    - he/she/it thinks

Do this yourself outloud for 'Lubisz' and 'Masz'. Click the play buttons below to check you are right.

  • he/she/it likes
  • he/she/it has
Transfer
  • Bad - Zły

We have seen the letter 'ł' before but just as a reminder this makes the English 'w' sound.

Say 'zły' out loud in the feminine and neutral forms. Click the play buttons below to check you are right.

  • bad (feminine)
  • bad(neuter)

Note that 'zły' can also mean 'wrong' or 'evil'. It depends on the context. You'll see this in the exercises below.

He/she/it forms of verbs

Sort the verbs below into their correct forms. There are verbs here which you do not know yet but you can still sort them based on the rules in this lesson

Drag and drop all the dark blue boxes to their correct locations

Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise

ma

myślisz

masz

chce

lubisz

wiesz

wie

lubi

myśli

chcesz

He/she/it

You (informal)

Think out the Polish

Practice getting the endings of 'złe' right and using the he/she/it forms of verbs

(Answers are case sensitive!)

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It is the wrong color
q2|To jest zły kolor

He thinks that it is bad pizza
q2|On myśli, że to jest zła pizza

She likes bad food
q2|Ona lubi złe jedzenie

He has bad wine
q2|On ma złe wino

It is bad mineral water
q2|To jest zła mineralna woda

I think that he has a bad problem
q2|Myślę, że on ma zły problem

She thinks that it is a bad music
q2|Ona myśli, że to jest zła muzyka

He thinks that she likes tenis
q2|On myśli, że ona lubi tenis

He has the wrong computer
q2|On ma zły komputer

He thinks that it is the wrong hotel
q2|On myśli, że to jest zły hotel

I think that it is an evil sport
q2|Myślę, że to jest zły sport

Do you think that she thinks that it is the wrong color?
q2|Czy myślisz, że ona myśli, że to jest zły kolor?

Refresher

Revise earlier words and phrases to keep them fresh! Match the Polish and Engish below

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bad/wrong (feminine)
Jak masz na imię?
What is your name?
bad/wrong (masculine)
samochód
car
złe
bank
woman
kobieta
bank
bad/wrong (neuter)
raport
zły
report
zła

Adjectives

Tick all of the adjectives which could mean 'bad/wrong'

Tick all of the boxes you believe are correct