Our house
Nasz dom
- Describe all the rooms and floors of a house.
- Understand a house rental or sales ad.
This lesson introduces essential vocabulary about rooms and floors in a house: kuchnia (kitchen), salon (living room), sypialnia (bedroom), łazienka (bathroom), parter (ground floor), piętro (floor), and poddasze (attic). You will learn to describe house layouts and talk about various rooms and levels clearly.
Exercises Share Copied!
These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Exercise 1: Reorder sentences
Instruction: Make correct sentences and translate.
Exercise 2: Match a word
Instruction: Match the translations
Exercise 3: Cluster the words
Instruction: Assign the given words to the appropriate categories related to parts of the house and levels in the building.
Części domu
Poziomy w budynku
Ćwiczenie 4: Conversation exercise
Instrukcja:
- Name the rooms of your house or appartment. (Name the rooms of your house or appartment.)
- Describe different housing types. (Describe different housing types.)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Ten dom ma sześć pokoi. This house has six rooms. |
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Salon znajduje się na parterze, obok holu wejściowego. The living room is on the ground level, next to the entrance hall. |
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Na pierwszym piętrze jest balkon. There is a balcony on the first floor. |
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Moje mieszkanie ma kuchnię, sypialnię i łazienkę. My apartment has a kitchen, a bedroom, and a bathroom. |
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Sypialnia ma balkon. The bedroom has a balcony. |
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Szukam mieszkania z jedną sypialnią. I am looking for a one-bedroom apartment. |
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Czynsz za kawalerkę obejmuje wszystkie miesięczne koszty. The rent for the studio includes all monthly costs. |
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Exercise 5: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 6: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. Mój dom ___ trzy piętra i duży balkon.
(My house ___ three floors and a big balcony.)2. Na pierwszym piętrze ___ kuchnia i salon.
(On the first floor ___ a kitchen and a living room.)3. W salonie ___ wygodna kanapa i fotel.
(In the living room ___ a comfortable sofa and an armchair.)4. Mieszkam tutaj od dwóch lat i ___ się dobrze.
(I have lived here for two years and ___ good.)Exercise 7: Apartment in a new house
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Odwiedzić - To visit
Czas przeszły
- ja odwiedziłem / odwiedziłam
- ty odwiedziłeś / odwiedziłaś
- on odwiedził / ona odwiedziła / ono odwiedziło
- my odwiedziliśmy / odwiedziłyśmy
- wy odwiedziliście / odwiedziłyście
- oni odwiedzili / one odwiedziły
Być - To be
Teraźniejszy
- ja jestem
- ty jesteś
- on / ona / ono jest
- my jesteśmy
- wy jesteście
- oni / one są
Lubić - To like
Teraźniejszy
- ja lubię
- ty lubisz
- on / ona / ono lubi
- my lubimy
- wy lubicie
- oni / one lubią
Gotować - To cook
Teraźniejszy
- ja gotuję
- ty gotujesz
- on / ona / ono gotuje
- my gotujemy
- wy gotujecie
- oni / one gotują
Pić - To drink
Teraźniejszy
- ja piję
- ty pijesz
- on / ona / ono pije
- my pijemy
- wy pijecie
- oni / one piją
Patrzeć - To look
Teraźniejszy
- ja patrzę
- ty patrzysz
- on / ona / ono patrzy
- my patrzymy
- wy patrzycie
- oni / one patrzą
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About This Lesson: Our House
This beginner-level Polish lesson focuses on vocabulary and expressions related to parts of a house and building levels. It helps learners describe rooms, floors, and features of homes in everyday conversations.
Key Vocabulary
- Parts of the house: kuchnia (kitchen), łazienka (bathroom), salon (living room), sypialnia (bedroom), taras (terrace)
- Building levels: parter (ground floor), piętro (floor), poddasze (attic)
What You'll Learn
The lesson includes useful phrases and sentences to talk about the number of rooms, their location, and features of houses and apartments. For example:
- Ile pokoi ma ten dom? — How many rooms does this house have?
- Na drugim piętrze są trzy sypialnie i jedna łazienka z wanną. — On the second floor there are three bedrooms and one bathroom with a bathtub.
- Mieszkanie na sprzedaż ma jasną kuchnię z nowoczesnym sprzętem AGD. — The apartment for sale has a bright kitchen with modern appliances.
- Dom ma poddasze i taras. — The house has an attic and a terrace.
Practice Conversations
Dialogues simulate real-life scenarios such as describing a friend's house, discussing rental listings, or asking about details of a house for sale. These help you understand how to ask and answer questions about homes naturally.
Grammar Focus: Verbs and Sentence Structure
The lesson highlights conjugations of common verbs like mać (to have) and być (to be) in present tense to describe possession and existence:
- Mój dom ma trzy piętra i duży balkon. — My house has three floors and a big balcony.
- Na pierwszym piętrze jest kuchnia i salon. — On the first floor, there is a kitchen and living room.
Differences From English
In Polish, the word order can be flexible but the verb form reflects the subject's gender and number, which differs from English. For example, the verb mam (I have) shows the person but not gender, while past forms like odwiedziłem or odwiedziłam indicate both gender and number.
Also, Polish uses specific terms for building levels that might not have direct English equivalents, like parter for ground floor and poddasze for attic.
Useful Phrases
- Gdzie jest salon w twoim domu? — Where is the living room in your house?
- Chciałbym wynająć mieszkanie z balkonem i dużą kuchnią. — I would like to rent an apartment with a balcony and a large kitchen.
- Na którym piętrze jest to mieszkanie? — On which floor is this apartment?
This summary prepares you to explore the full lesson content and practice exercises once logged in, helping you build practical Polish for talking about homes and buildings.
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