Family plans
Plany rodzinne
- Talk about plans and ambitions for the future
- Talk about your relationships and family plans
Explore family plans in Polish through practical dialogues featuring phrases like "założyć rodzinę" (to start a family), "mieć dzieci" (to have children), and "plany na przyszłość" (plans for the future). This A2 lesson helps build vocabulary for discussing relationships, health checks, and housing plans with confidence.
Exercises Share Copied!
These exercises can be done together during conversation lessons or as homework.
Ćwiczenie 1: Conversation exercise
Instrukcja:
- What is the next big step (your partner and) you want to take? (What is the next big step (your partner and) you want to take?)
- Would you like to start a family? (Would you like to start a family?)
- Would you like to have pets? Why or why not? (Would you like to have pets? Why or why not?)
Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes
Example phrases:
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Mój partner i ja pobieramy się w czerwcu. My partner and I are getting married in June. |
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Nie mam partnera, ale moja najlepsza przyjaciółka i ja właśnie razem zamieszkaliśmy. I don't have a partner but my best friend and I just moved in together. |
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Chciałabym/chciałbym wkrótce założyć rodzinę. Marzę o posiadaniu trójki dzieci. I would like to start a family soon. I would love to have 3 children. |
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Nie chcę mieć dzieci w przyszłości. Mój partner i ja jesteśmy bardzo szczęśliwi bez nich. I don't want to have children in the future. My partner and I are very happy without them. |
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Chciałbym mieć psa i dwa koty później. Dorastałem z zwierzętami i chciałbym tego samego dla moich dzieci. I would like to have a dog and two cats later. I grew up with pets and I would like the same for my children. |
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Posiadanie zwierzęcia to duża odpowiedzialność, a przy naszej pracy i dwójce dzieci nie mamy wystarczająco dużo czasu, aby opiekować się zwierzęciem. A pet is a lot of responsibility and with our work and two children we do not have enough time to care for a pet. |
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Exercise 2: Dialogue Cards
Instruction: Select a situation and practice the conversation with your teacher or fellow students.
Exercise 3: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. Jeśli mielibyśmy dzieci, to chcielibyśmy ____ blisko szkoły.
(If we had children, we would want to ____ close to the school.)2. Planujemy podróż do Gdańska, jeśli pogoda ____ .
(We are planning a trip to Gdańsk if the weather ____.)3. Gdybym miał więcej czasu, ____ rodzinę w Polsce częściej.
(If I had more time, I ____ my family in Poland more often.)4. Maria powiedziała, że ____ mieszkanie, gdyby miała oszczędności.
(Maria said that she ____ an apartment if she had savings.)Exercise 4: Family plans for the future
Instruction:
Verb Tables
Rozmawiać - To talk
Czas przeszły
- ja rozmawiałem/rozmawiałam
- ty rozmawiałeś/rozmawiałaś
- on/ona/ono rozmawiał/rozmawiała/rozmawiało
- my rozmawialiśmy/rozmawiałyśmy
- wy rozmawialiście/rozmawiałyście
- oni/one rozmawiali/rozmawiały
Marzyć - To dream
Czas teraźniejszy
- ja marzę
- ty marzysz
- on/ona/ono marzy
- my marzymy
- wy marzycie
- oni/one marzą
Zamieszkać - To move in
Czas przyszły
- ja zamieszkam
- ty zamieszkasz
- on/ona/ono zamieszka
- my zamieszkamy
- wy zamieszkacie
- oni/one zamieszkają
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Family Plans – Polish A2 Lesson Overview
This lesson focuses on discussing family plans and future aspirations in Polish, helping learners communicate about personal life events and intentions clearly and naturally.
What You Will Learn
- Talking about future family plans using common phrases and vocabulary, such as założyć rodzinę (to start a family), mieć dzieci (to have children), and adopcja (adoption).
- Expressing intentions and hopes with phrases like Planuję (I plan), Chciałbym/chciałabym (I would like), and Myślimy o (We are thinking about).
- Conversational dialogues that simulate realistic situations: talking with friends, at the doctor's office, and family discussions about plans and health.
- Important verb conjugations in different moods and tenses, particularly conditional and future forms, e.g. mielibyśmy (we would have), pozwoli (will allow), zamieszkamy (we will live).
Key Vocabulary and Expressions
This lesson includes useful vocabulary tailored to subjects of family and planning:
- Plany rodzinne – family plans
- Założyć rodzinę – to start a family
- Dzieci – children
- Adopcja – adoption
- Badania przedkoncepcyjne – preconception tests
- Ślub – wedding
- Marzyć o – to dream about
Grammar Highlights
The lesson provides practice with conditional sentences and verb conjugations in Polish, especially verbs expressing hypothetical situations and future plans, such as:
- Jeśli mielibyśmy dzieci, to chcielibyśmy mieszkać blisko szkoły. (If we had children, we would like to live near the school.)
- Planujemy podróż do Gdańska, jeśli pogoda pozwoli. (We plan a trip to Gdańsk if the weather allows.)
Instruction Language vs Polish
Unlike English, Polish verbs are conjugated extensively to reflect person, number, and tense. This lesson emphasizes conditional forms (e.g., mielibyśmy) which correspond to "would" in English, and the future tense (e.g., zamieszkamy for "we will live"). Also, in Polish, expressing plans often involves using verbs like planować (to plan) combined with infinitives.
Useful phrases to compare:
- Chcę założyć rodzinę. – "I want to start a family." Note how chcę (
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