I remember That

After learning all the different endings for 'this' you might be thinking ... what about 'that'? Time for some good news!

If you know '>this', you know '>that' ... because they are the same words for all genders and across all the cases.

This/That woman - Ta kobieta
This/That cat - Ten kot
This/That town - To miasto

Whether you mean '>this' or '>that' is decided by the context of the situation.

So with 'that' taken care of it's time to pick up a new verb:

I remember - Pamiętam

So how would you say:

I remember that woman -
I remember that supermarket -
I remember that cat -
I remember that town -
I don't remember that town -

Tamten

Now there are words that some courses will tell you mean that. We get to them by adding 'tam' to the start of any form of 'this' - Tamta, tamten, tamto, tamtego, etc.

These words don't actually mean 'that' when used on their own, they mean something more like 'the other one'.

Ta kobieta jest moją siostrą, tamta kobieta jest moją żoną
Ten laptop jest nowy, tamten laptop jest stary
To miasto jest dobre, tamto miasto jest złe

In other words 'Tam' starting forms of 'that' can only be used if we have something earlier to reference it against

Not this one!

If we don't say 'the thing' specifically 'Ten' and 'tamten' are understood as 'this one' and 'that one'.

Not this one, that one - Nie to, tamto
This chemist/drug store, not that one - Ta apteka, nie tamta

So how would you say:

Not this supermarket, that one -
Not this station, that one -
Not this wine, that one -
This bus, not that one -
I remember this report but not that one -

Note on this last sentence we move into the genetive because something is missing - we don't remember.

Go slow!

The exercises for this lesson will take time. You may need to check your notes or scroll up to the lesson learning points several times.

This is normal.

By repeating the learning points using these interactive exercises over several days you will become faster and the knowledge will embed better in your long term memory.

This and that

Click and drag these 'this' and 'that' forms to their correct locations

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

Match this and that

Match the pairs of 'this' and 'that'

Tap on each pair to make them disappear.

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

tamto

tą

tego

tamta

tamtą

tamtę

tamten

tamtej

tym

tej

tamtym

tę

tamtego

ten

Think out the Polish

Practice the phrases in this lesson by thinking them out.

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

I remember	q3\|Pamiętam

I remember that woman	q3\|Pamiętam tę kobietę

I remember that supermarket	q3\|Pamiętam ten supermarket

I remember that cat	q3\|Pamiętam tego kota

I remember that town	q3\|Pamiętam to miasto

I don't remember that town	q3\|Nie pamiętam tego miasta

This woman is my sister, that woman is my wife

This laptop is new, that laptop is old

This town is good, that town is bad

Not this one, that one	q3\|Nie to, tamto

This chemist/drug store, not that one	q3\|Ta apteka, nie tamta

Not this supermarket, that one	q3\|Nie ten supermarket, tamten

Not this station, that one	q3\|Nie ta stacja, tamta

Not this wine, that one	q3\|Nie to wino, tamto

This bus, not that one	q3\|Ten autobus, nie tamten

I remember this report but not that one