Polish Grammar - English words ending 'tion'
There are more cases to learn but it's worth hanging around in the accusitve case a little longer so the word endings really sink in. And there is no better time than to pick up another language transfer rule!
We can transfer English words ending 'tion' into Polish the following way
- Take the English word - Option
- Remove the 'tion' - Op
- Replace it with 'cja' - Opcja -
This transfer method gives us dozens of words!
Look at the English words below. First try saying them without the 'tion' ending. Then do this again but now adding 'cja'. Press the play button to hear the Polish.
- Fiction -
- Coalition -
- Situation -
You've probably spotted that all these words, by 'definicja'(!), end in a ... so they are all feminine nouns.
- Revelation - Rewelacja
No, we're not going all religious! In Polish 'rewelacja' is often used to mean 'amazing' and is a good to know complement if you are a guest.
- The cake is amazing! - Ciasto jest rewelacja!
But what about this?
- Restaurant - Restauracja
If we transfer 'restauracja' back into English we get 'restauration' which sounds an awful lot like 'restoration'.
That's because there is a connection. This does come from the French where places selling soup in the 1700s promoted themselves as places where you could 'restore youself'!
Click and drag these words into their correct boxes
The 'stem' of the word (what is left after removing the 'tion) sometimes has a couple of different letters - because in Polish when it sounds like a 'k' it is a 'k'. Sort these nouns into ones where the stem is the same in English and ones which have one or two letters changed.
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
Think out the Polish
Practice this new 'tion' transfer rule in both the Nominative and Accusative cases.
Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise
It is a good restaurant | |
I like action | |
It is a good transformation | |
Do you want perfection? | |
I think that it is the station | |
Do you think it is the station? | |
What do you think? It is fiction? | |
I think that it is romantic fiction | |
It is a dramatic auction | |
I think that it is a rational reaction | |
You have a bad situation | |
I think that you have good intuition | |
Do you have a constituition? | |
Is it a political operation? | |
Do you have official documentation | |
You have dramatic inflation | |
Do you have a good presentation? | |
I want official information | |
I want a good education | |
Do you have a bad infection? | |
Do you think that it is a tragic reaction? | |
Refresher
Revise earlier words and phrases to keep them fresh! Match the Polish and Engish below
Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise
Nouns
Tick all of Polish words which come from an English 'tion' word
Tick all of the boxes you believe are correct