Teach Yourself Polish Complete Course Package (Book + 2CDs)
by Gotteri, NigelEdition: 3rd
Format: CD
Pub. Date: 2004-04-21
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary
Weekend in Warsaw? Teach yourself Polish! With Teach Yourself it's possible for virtually anyone to learn and experience the languages of the world, from Afrikaans to Zulu; Ancient Greek to Modern Persian; Beginner's Latin to Biblical Hebrew. Follow any of the Teach Yourself Language Courses at your own pace or use them as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are professionally designed for self-guided study, making them one of the most enjoyable and easy to use language courses you can find. Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including: Step-by-step guide to pronunciation and grammar Regular and irregular verb tables Plenty of practice exercises and answers Practical vocabulary and a bilingual glossary Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout An exploration of the culture And much more
Author Biography
Nigel Gotteri has taught Polish at the university level since 1973. Joanna Michalak-Gray is an experienced tutor of Polish to adult language learners
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Pronunciation | p. ix |
| Jestem na wakacjach / I'm on holiday | p. 1 |
| Greeting people and answering greetings | |
| Introductions | |
| Asking for help and thanking people for it | |
| Bardzo mi milo / pleased to meet you | p. 10 |
| Giving further information about yourself and requesting information from others | |
| Talking about nationality | |
| Spelling out loud | |
| Moj numer jest ... / my number is ... | p. 23 |
| Counting from 1 to 199 | |
| Asking for and giving information | |
| Using the telephone | |
| Genitive forms | |
| Sally zwiedza miasto / Sally goes sightseeing | p. 37 |
| Talking about firm plans | |
| Asking for and giving permission | |
| Talking about visiting places | |
| Attracting and holding attention | |
| Offering and accepting apologies | |
| Kupujemy zywnosc / we buy some food | p. 53 |
| Shopping for food, and buying other things like bus and cinema tickets | |
| Talking about prices | |
| Some accusative forms | |
| Wole plywac / I prefer to swim | p. 63 |
| Expressing and asking about preferences | |
| Expressing likes and dislikes | |
| How to accept and decline, graciously and ungraciously | |
| W banku i na poczcie / at the bank and post office | p. 77 |
| What to do with your money | |
| Asking for information about money matters | |
| Making enquiries about cost and availability | |
| Talking about possibility and necessity | |
| Mam zarezerwowany pokoj / I've a room reserved | p. 93 |
| Making a reservation and checking into a hotel | |
| Ordering food in a restaurant and asking for a table | |
| Addressing groups of men and groups of women | |
| Telling the time | |
| Talking about past events and about conditions and unreal events | |
| Umawiamy sie / we make a date | p. 111 |
| Talking about things due to happen in the future | |
| Asking for and giving information about travel | |
| More about times and dates | |
| Talking about different kinds of conditions | |
| Rodzina / family | p. 134 |
| Descriptions of people and their routines | |
| Expressing condolences | |
| Talking about what is or was going to happen, and about what is supposed to be the case | |
| Talking about helping, favouring, hindering and harming | |
| Wiele bedzie zalezalo od pogody / a lot will depend on the weather | p. 147 |
| Talking in more detail about future actions and intentions | |
| Talking about possibilities that depend on something | |
| Asking and talking about the weather | |
| Talking about the ways and circumstances in which things are done | |
| Bylas u lekarza? / have you been to the doctor's? | p. 157 |
| Describing how you feel and asking people how they feel | |
| Talking about parts of your body and seeking medical help | |
| Czesto pan tu bywa? / do you come here often? | p. 166 |
| Describing family and other relationships | |
| Talking about how often things happen | |
| Jest ci w tym do twarzy / it suits you | p. 175 |
| Talking about clothes, sizes and colours | |
| Talking about people's appearance | |
| Making comparisons | |
| Talking about what things are made of | |
| Wszystkiego najlepszego! / all the best! | p. 185 |
| Talking about months | |
| Expressing seasonal and other wishes | |
| Issuing invitations and introducing guests | |
| Talking about things that your kind of people do | |
| Talking about the old days and about namedays, birthdays and other celebrations | |
| Mam klopot / I've got a problem | p. 194 |
| How to send for expert help | |
| Expressing fears and wishes | |
| Telling people not to worry | |
| Nie wiem, czy zdaze / I don't know if I'll have time | p. 204 |
| Talking about travel and about definite plans and engagements | |
| Talking about obligations and duties | |
| Jak to sie stalo? / how did it happen? | p. 212 |
| Talking about past events and about what you have seen and heard | |
| Talking about certainty and uncertainty | |
| Na mnie juz czas / I've got to go | p. 225 |
| Making promises | |
| Sending greetings and thanking people for specific things | |
| Issuing general invitations | |
| Czy podobalo sie w Polsce? / did you like it in Poland? | p. 238 |
| Talking about how you liked a place | |
| Talking about learning a language | |
| Talking about the value of activities and about enjoying activities | |
| Paying and receiving compliments | |
| Taking it further | p. 246 |
| Key to the exercises | p. 249 |
| Glossary of grammatical terms | p. 256 |
| Grammar appendix | p. 258 |
| Vocabulary | p. 268 |
| English-Polish pattern guide | p. 268 |
| Polish-English vocabulary | p. 276 |
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