I live in an old town
The one place you are going to use 'in' a lot is when people ask you where you live.
In Polish there are two verbs for living - I live (e.g. I live a good life) and I reside (e.g. I live in a house).
We'll use 'I live' in the text and exercises to mean 'I reside' to keep things simple.
- I live (reside) in ... - Mieszkam w ...
So how would you say:
- I live in a house -
- I live in an/the old town -
Note how the 'w' is almost impossible to hear. It should be very soft, not emphasized ... but remember it is there!
Masculine and Neuter nouns
This concept of softening the endings also includes town names. In most cases this is just about adding 'ie'
- I live (reside) in Warsaw - Mieszkam w Warszawie
So how would you say:
- I live in Lublin -
- I live in Kraków -
- I have a house in Olsztyn -
There are many exceptions so if you live somewhere use Google Translate to look up "I live in [town name]" to get the correct soft ending.
'Mieszkam' is an 'am' ending verb in the 'I form' so we can think out the other forms without learning them by using the methods we covered earlier.
Take your time to think out the following phrases. This will making learning future verbs much faster:
- He lives in Warsaw -
- She lives in Kuligów -
- Where does she live? -
- Do you live in Warsaw? -
- Where do you live? -
- We live in Lublin -
- They live in Olsztyn -
- Where do they live? -
- They have a house in Kraków -
Nominative or Locative town names
Using the endings (soft or not soft) as clues sort these city and town names into their correct cases
Drag and drop all the dark blue boxes to their correct locations
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Match the various forms of 'to live/reside'
Tap on each pair to make them disappear.
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Think out the Polish
Practice the sentences from the lesson.
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I live in a house | |
I live in the old town | |
I live in Warsaw | |
I live in Lublin | |
I live in Kraków | |
I have a house in Olsztyn | |
He lives in Warsaw | |
She lives in Kuligów | |
Where does she live? | |
Do you live in Warsaw? | |
Where do you live? | |
We live in Lublin | |
They live in Olsztyn | |
Where do they live? | |
They have a house in Kraków | |
Refresher
Revise earlier words and phrases to keep them fresh! Match the Polish and Engish below
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City Names
Tick all the city names which are in teh Locative case
Tick all of the boxes you believe are correct