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These 50 words cover ~40% of everyday Polish
Pronouns(17)
się
oneself (reflexive pronoun)
/ɕɛ/
to
this, it, that
/tɔ/
co
what
/t͡sɔ/
ten
this, that (masculine)
/tɛn/
go
him, it (accusative)
/ɡɔ/
ja
I, me
/ja/
tym
this (instrumental/locative)
/tɨm/
wszystko
everything, all
/ˈfʂɨstkɔ/
tego
this, that (genitive)
/ˈtɛɡɔ/
je
them, it (accusative); eats
/jɛ/
mi
me (dative)
/mi/
ona
she
/ˈɔna/
mnie
me (accusative/genitive)
/mɲɛ/
on
he
/ɔn/
mój
my, mine (masculine)
/muj/
ich
their, them
/ix/
cię
you (accusative, informal)
/t͡ɕɛ/
Core Verbs(3)
jest
is
/jɛst/
był
was (masculine)
/bɨw/
być
to be
/bɨt͡ɕ/
Common Nouns(1)
pan
sir, Mr., you (formal masculine)
/pan/
Adverbs(13)
jak
how, like, as
/jak/
tak
yes, so, like this
/tak/
bardzo
very
/ˈbard͡zɔ/
już
already, yet
/juʂ/
tylko
only, just
/ˈtɨlkɔ/
jeszcze
still, yet, more
/ˈjɛʂt͡ʂɛ/
tu
here
/tu/
może
maybe, perhaps; can
/ˈmɔʐɛ/
kiedy
when
/ˈkʲɛdɨ/
teraz
now
/ˈtɛras/
tam
there
/tam/
gdzie
where
/ɡd͡ʑɛ/
dobrze
well, good, okay
/ˈdɔbʐɛ/
Prepositions(9)
w
in, at
/v/
na
on, onto, for
/na/
z
with, from, out of
/z/
do
to, until, into
/dɔ/
o
about, at (time)
/ɔ/
za
behind, for, in (time)
/za/
od
from, since
/ɔd/
po
after, along, around
/pɔ/
przy
by, near, at
/pʂɨ/
Connectors(3)
i
and
/i/
że
that (conjunction)
/ʐɛ/
ale
but
/alɛ/