Lesson 29

Memorize new vocabulary

Names of the Polish cities (some of these cities do not have an English translation). Scroll down for Polish map.

City	Miasto	Polish Pronounciation for City Names
Warsaw	Warszawa	[var sha va]
Gdansk	Gdańsk	[gda nisk]
Gdynia	Gdynia	[gdy nia]
Biaystok	Białystok	[bja wy stok]
Szczecin	Szczecin	[shche chin]
Poznan	Poznań	[poz nani]
Lodz	Łódź	[woodz]
Wroclaw	Wrocław	[vroc wav]
Lublin	Lublin	[lub lin]
Cracow	Kraków	[kra kuf]
Capital city	Stolica	[sto li ca] *

*We added the Polish word for capital city as it will be useful to know at this point.

Apply it to Sentence Structure

We can describe the cities above by using some of the adjectives you learned in Lesson 6 and Lesson 18. Keep in mind that whenever you construct a sentence with the verb być, you will need to use the Instrumental case endings for both the nouns (in this case the names of the cities) and adjectives.

Examples:

Gdańsk jest dużym miastem.

Gdańsk is a big city.

Lublin jest małym miastem.

Lublin is a small city.

Kraków jest starym miastem.

Kraków is an old city.

Practice it!

Describe the cities accordingly:

1. Warszawa/polska/stolica.

2. Gdynia/nowe/miasto.

3. Szczecin/ważne/miasto.