ABSTRACT

Basic Polish presents concise explanations of grammar with related exercises, to build confidence in using the modern language.

Assuming no previous knowledge of Polish, its step-by-step approach guarantees the reader a thorough grounding in the basics of its grammar. Each of the forty units introduces a particular grammar point and provides a variety of exercises to enable the student to practice what they have learnt.

Features include:

* notes on the Polish alphabet, pronunciation and stress
* full answer key to all exercises
* Polish-English glossary.

Dana Bielec is the author of the popular Polish: An Essential Grammar, also published by Routledge.

chapter |5 pages

Alphabet, pronunciation, stress

chapter 2|6 pages

Unit 2 Nouns and adjectives in the plural

chapter 5|3 pages

Verbs with present tense -am, -a, -ajO

part 9|2 pages

Unit 9 Direct object (plural) of masculine ‘men’ nouns

chapter 11|7 pages

Unit 11 Possession (singular nouns)

chapter |4 pages

Unit 13 Genitive case of adjectives

chapter 17|5 pages

Unit 17 Cardinal numbers 1 to 4

chapter 19|4 pages

Unit 19 Ordinal numbers 1 to 20; name; age

chapter 20|3 pages

Unit 20 Questions

chapter 25|3 pages

More verbs with present tense -Q, -y, -O

chapter 26|4 pages

Unit 26 Dative case of pronouns

chapter 29|3 pages

Other uses of instrumental case

chapter 34|4 pages

Unit 34 This, that, such, what like, which

chapter 35|5 pages

Unit 35 My, your, etc., own

chapter 36|3 pages

Unit 36 Each, every, all

chapter 37|5 pages

Unit 37 Clock time

chapter 38|5 pages

ByP (past, future); days

chapter 39|7 pages

Unit 39 Months; seasons; time expressions

chapter 40|5 pages

Unit 40 Dual-case prepositions

chapter |17 pages

Key to exercises

part |2 pages

Glossary of technical terms

chapter |13 pages

Polish–English vocabulary