Explore essential Polish furniture vocabulary with examples like kanapa (sofa), stół (table), and lampa (lamp), while learning to describe their locations in your home using verbs like stoi (stands) and wisi (hangs).
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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: Divide the following words into two groups: furniture used in the living room and furniture used in the kitchen.
Meble do salonu
Meble do kuchni
Ćwiczenie 4: Conversation exercise
Instrukcja:
- What furniture is in each of the rooms? (What furniture is in each of the rooms?)
- Describe one room of your apartment/house. (Describe one room of your apartment/house. )
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
Toaleta jest blisko zlewu. The toilet is near the sink. |
Łóżko znajduje się w salonie. The bed is in the livingroom. |
Obraz znajduje się obok okna. The painting is next to the window. |
Pod sofą jest dywan. There is a carpet under the sofa. |
Lustro wisi na ścianie. The mirror is hanging on the wall. |
Szafa jest między łóżkiem a biurkiem. The wardrobe is between the bed and the desk. |
Drzwi są za krzesłem. The door is behind the chair. |
Sofa stoi przed oknem. The sofa is in front of the window. |
Lampa jest na stole w salonie. The lamp is on the table in the living room. |
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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. W moim salonie ___ wygodna kanapa.
(There is a ___ comfortable sofa in my living room.)2. Na stole ___ nowa lampa.
(There is a ___ new lamp on the table.)3. Za kanapą ___ mały regał z książkami.
(Behind the sofa there is a ___ small bookcase.)4. Obok telewizora ___ doniczka z kwiatem.
(Next to the TV there is a ___ flower pot.)Exercise 7: Furniture in the new apartment
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Wprowadzać - To move in
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja wprowadzam
- ty wprowadzasz
- on/ona/ono wprowadza
- my wprowadzamy
- wy wprowadzacie
- oni/one wprowadzają
Sprawdzać - To check
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja sprawdzam
- ty sprawdzasz
- on/ona/ono sprawdza
- my sprawdzamy
- wy sprawdzacie
- oni/one sprawdzają
Stać - To stand
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja stoję
- ty stoisz
- on/ona/ono stoi
- my stoimy
- wy stoicie
- oni/one stoją
Układać - To arrange
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja układam
- ty układasz
- on/ona/ono układa
- my układamy
- wy układacie
- oni/one układają
Bawić się - To play
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja się bawię
- ty się bawisz
- on/ona/ono się bawi
- my się bawimy
- wy się bawicie
- oni/one się bawią
Sprzątać - To clean
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja sprzątam
- ty sprzątasz
- on/ona/ono sprząta
- my sprzątamy
- wy sprzątacie
- oni/one sprzątają
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Lesson Overview: Furniture in Polish
This lesson introduces you to basic Polish vocabulary and expressions related to furniture and their placement in different rooms of a house. You will learn names of common household items used in living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, and dining areas, as well as how to describe their locations using simple present tense verbs.
Key Vocabulary
- Furniture for the living room: kanapa (sofa), fotel (armchair), stolik (coffee table), regał (shelf)
- Kitchen furniture: lodówka (fridge), stół (table), krzesło (chair), szafka (cabinet)
- Other common items: lampa (lamp), łóżko (bed), szafa (wardrobe), biurko (desk)
Structure and Usage
The lesson focuses on creating simple yet complete sentences about the location of furniture. For example, "Kanapa stoi obok okna w salonie." (The sofa stands next to the window in the living room.) These phrases use the verb stać (to stand) or leżeć (to lie) in the present tense, emphasizing the position of objects.
Basic verbs introduced:
- stać (to stand): stoi
- leżeć (to lie): leży
- wieszać (to hang): wisi
Practical Phrases
Describing furniture locations helps you communicate about your living space or ask questions about others’: "Gdzie stoi szafa?" (Where is the wardrobe?), or "Lampa wisi nad stołem." (The lamp hangs over the table.)
Dialogues included practice how to explain furniture arrangements in the living room, guest room, and kitchen, helping you develop speaking skills in everyday contexts.
Grammar Highlights
The lesson focuses heavily on the present tense conjugation of verbs like stać, which corresponds to English "to stand." For example, the form stoi means "(it) stands/is standing." Polish word order allows flexible placement but typically follows Subject-Verb-Location structure.
Differences from English
Unlike English, Polish uses verbs like stać or leżeć to describe the position of objects in a way that translates literally to "stand" or "lie." These verbs must agree with the subject's number and person but usually appear in the third-person singular for furniture. English prepositions like "next to," "under," or "above" translate to obok, pod, and nad respectively. For example:
- Kanapa stoi obok okna. — The sofa stands next to the window.
- Lampa wisi nad stołem. — The lamp hangs over the table.
Useful Phrases
- W moim salonie jest... — In my living room there is...
- Stoi przy ścianie. — It stands by the wall.
- Wisi nad stołem. — It hangs over the table.
- Obok drzwi stoi lodówka. — Next to the door stands the fridge.
This lesson builds foundational vocabulary and sentence patterns necessary to confidently describe your home environment in Polish, setting the groundwork for more advanced conversations about locations and arrangements within a household.