Your pets
Twoje zwierzęta
- Learn the basic animals (pets).
- Describe the routines, daily care and food of your pet.
Learn essential vocabulary to talk about your pets and daily care activities in Polish. Key words include pies (dog), kot (cat), karmić (to feed), and wyprowadzać (to take for a walk). This lesson helps you describe routines like feeding, walking, and cleaning up after your pets.
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 following words to two categories: pets and activities related to their care.
Zwierzęta domowe
Czynności związane z opieką nad zwierzętami
Ćwiczenie 4: Conversation exercise
Instrukcja:
- Name each pet in the picture. (Name each pet in the picture.)
- Ask the others if they have a pet. (Ask the others if they have a pet.)
- Describe the daily care for your pet. (Describe the daily care for your pet.)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Widzę psa i kota. I can see a dog and a cat. |
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Pies biegnie. The dog is running. |
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Ten pies siedzi. This dog is sitting down. |
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Jakie masz zwierzęta domowe? What pets do you have? |
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Jak często karmisz swojego kota? How often do you feed your cat? |
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Każdego ranka chodzę na spacer z moim psem. Every morning I go walking with my dog. |
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Codziennie czyszczę sierść mojego królika. I clean the hair of my rabbit every day. |
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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. Mam psa i każdego ranka ________ go na spacer.
(I have a dog and every morning ______ him for a walk.)2. ______ mojego kota dwa razy dziennie.
(______ my cat twice a day.)3. Mój chomik ______ w kołowrotku wieczorem.
(My hamster ______ on the wheel in the evening.)4. Codziennie ______ kuwetę mojego kota.
(Every day I ______ my cat's litter box.)Exercise 7: Your pets
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Karmić - Feed
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja karmię
- ty karmisz
- on/ona/ono karmi
- my karmimy
- wy karmicie
- oni/one karmią
Lubić - Like
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja lubię
- ty lubisz
- on/ona/ono lubi
- my lubimy
- wy lubicie
- oni/one lubią
Wyprowadzać - Take
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja wyprowadzam
- ty wyprowadzasz
- on/ona/ono wyprowadza
- my wyprowadzamy
- wy wyprowadzacie
- oni/one wyprowadzają
Bawić się - Play
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja bawię się
- ty bawisz się
- on/ona/ono bawi się
- my bawimy się
- wy bawicie się
- oni/one bawią się
Patrzeć - Watch
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja patrzę
- ty patrzysz
- on/ona/ono patrzy
- my patrzymy
- wy patrzycie
- oni/one patrzą
Czyścić - Clean
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja czyszczę
- ty czyścisz
- on/ona/ono czyści
- my czyścimy
- wy czyścicie
- oni/one czyścą
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Lesson Overview: Talking About Your Pets in Polish
This lesson is designed for beginner Polish learners (A1 level) who want to expand their vocabulary and gain confidence in discussing common topics such as pets and their care. It introduces essential words and expressions related to domestic animals, their habits, and daily routines for taking care of them.
Vocabulary: Pets and Care Actions
You will learn key Polish nouns for common pets such as kot (cat), pies (dog), papuga (parrot), chomik (hamster), and rybka (fish). Additionally, you will focus on verbs describing care activities like karmić (to feed), myć (to wash), and wyprowadzać (to walk).
Sentence Structure and Daily Routines
The lesson includes practical sentences about pets’ daily lives, for example: „Mam psa i codziennie wyprowadzam go na spacer.” (I have a dog and I walk him every day.) These sentences help you practice present tense verb conjugation in context, reinforcing how to talk about your and others’ pets and their behaviours.
Verbs and Their Conjugations
A major focus is on verbs in the present tense:
- karmić – ja karmię, ty karmisz, on/ona karmi
- lubić – ja lubię, ty lubisz, on/ona lubi
- wyprowadzać – ja wyprowadzam, ty wyprowadzasz, on/ona wyprowadza
- bawić się – ja bawię się, ty bawisz się, on/ona bawi się
- patrzeć – ja patrzę, ty patzysz, on/ona patrzy
- czyścić – ja czyszczę, ty czyścisz, on/ona czyści
Practical Dialogue Examples
You will find dialogues that mimic real-life conversations about pets: asking about a neighbor’s dog, describing your cat’s habits, or shopping for pet food. These dialogues help practice question and answer patterns, vocabulary, and cultural aspects of pet care.
Comparison with English
Unlike English, Polish verbs show more variation through conjugation, especially for different persons even in present tense (for example, ja karmię vs. ty karmisz). Also, Polish expresses reflexive verbs like bawić się (to play) with the particle się, which has no direct equivalent in English but is essential for proper grammar.
Useful phrases to remember:
- Wyprowadzać psa na spacer – To take the dog for a walk
- Karmić kota – To feed the cat
- Sprzątać kuwetę – To clean the litter box
Mastering these everyday terms and verbs prepares you to describe pets’ needs and activities fluently and confidently in Polish.
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