THE PAST - I was in Warsaw

Like most languages, very commonly used verbs don't follow the normal rules. 'Być' (to be) is one of these.

Thinking Brain
  • I am in Warsaw - Jestem w Warszawie
  • I was in Warsaw (male) - Byłem w Warszawie
  • I was in Warsaw (female) - Byłam w Warszawie

So how would you say:

  • One year ago I was in Warsaw (male) -
  • One year ago I was in Warsaw (female) -
  • One year ago I was in Kraków (female) -
  • One year ago I was in Lublin (female) -
Transfer
  • Wczoraj - Yesterday

So how would you say

  • Yesterday I was in Warsaw (male) -
  • Yesterday I was in the supermarket (male) -
  • Yesterday I was in the old hotel (female) -
  • Yesterday I was in the new chemist / drug store (female) -
Right Hand
  • (On) Last Friday - W zeszły piątek
  • (On) Last Saturday - W zeszłą sobotę

Remember the 'w', when it means 'on' bounces us into the Accusative case - so we have Accusative endings: W zeszłą sobotę

So how would you say:

  • Last Friday I was in Warsaw (male) -
  • Last Saturday I was in the supermarket (male) -
  • Last Friday I was in Lublin (female) -
  • Last Friday I had your car (female) -
  • Last Saturday I was looking for work in Warsaw (male) -

This last sentence is a good example of multiple case in one sentence:

  • W zeszła sobotę - accusative because we are after 'w' being used as 'on'
  • szukałem pracy - genetive because something is missing, we were looking for it
  • w Warszawie - locative because we are after 'w' being used as 'in'

Future, Present and Past Tense

Click and drag the phrases or words into their correct tenses.

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

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w zeszła sobotę

w ten piątek

w zeszły piątek

dziś

wczoraj

jutro

w tą sobotę

rok temu

dziś po południu

Present / Future Tense

Past Tense

Match these translations of points of time

Tap on each pair to make them disappear.

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Today
w zeszłą sobotę
one year ago
tomorrow
w tą sobotę
yesterday
dziś po południu
this Friday
last Friday
wczoraj
this Saturday
Last Saturday
w zeszły piątek
this afternoon
dziś
jutro
w ten piątek
rok temu

Think out the Polish

Practice the sentences from the lesson.

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

I am in Warsaw
q3|Jestem w Warszawie

I was in Warsaw
(male)
q3|Byłem w Warszawie

I was in Warsaw
(female)
q3|Byłam w Warszawie

One year ago I was in Warsaw
(male)
q3|Rok temu byłem w Warszawie

One year ago I was in Warsaw
(female)
q3|Rok temu byłam w Warszawie

One year ago I was in Kraków
(female)
q3|Rok temu byłam w Krakowie

One year ago I was in Lublin
(female)
q3|Rok temu byłam w Lublinie

Yesterday I was in Warsaw
(male)
q3|Wczoraj byłem w Warszawie

Yesterday I was in the supermarket
(male)
q3|Wczoraj byłem w supermarkecie

Yesterday I was in the old hotel
(female)
q3|Wczoraj byłam w starym hotelu

Yesterday I was in the new chemist/drug store
(female)
q3|Wczoraj byłam w nowej aptece

Last Saturday I was in the supermarket
(male)
q3|W zeszłą sobotę byłem w supermarkecie

Last Friday I was in Warsaw
(male)
q3|W zeszły piątek byłem w Warszawie

Last Friday I was in Lublin
(female)
q3|W zeszły piątek byłam w Lublinie

Last Friday I had your car
(female)
q3|W zeszły piątek miałam twój samochód

Last Saturday I was looking for work in Warsaw
(male)
q3|W zeszłą sobotę szukałem pracy w Warszawie

Refresher

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

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szukasz
musisz
you live in
you remember
you have
mieszkasz w
pamiętasz
dlaczego
myślisz
camping
kobieta
you think
you like
kemping
masz
jesteś
woman
lubisz
you are
why
you are looking for
you must

Past tense I form

Tick all the words which are 'I form' in the past tense

Tick all of the boxes you believe are correct