The Lord’s Prayer is found in the Ewangelia według świętego Mateusza 6 (Gospel according unto Matthew 6), verses 9-13, which takes the abbreviated form Mt 6:9-13 in Polish. The Lord’s Prayer is known in Polish as Ojcze nasz (Our Father). So does it read in the Biblia Jakuba Wujka (BJW), year 1923: Ojcze nasz, któryś jest w niebiesiech. Święć się imię twoje. Przyjdź królestwo twoje. Bądź … Continue reading Polish language series: Lord’s Prayer in Polish (Ojcze nasz), 1923 BJW version

Here now is a comparison of two versions of a single verse, Genesis 4:9 (in Polish, Księga Rodzaju 4:9). This is the verse in the story of Cain and Abel where God asks Cain where his brother Abel is, after Abel’s having been killed by his brother in the field. So does Genesis 4:9 read in English, in the King James Version: And the Lord … Continue reading Polish language series: Zalim ja jest stróżem brata mego?

The Lord’s Prayer is found in the Ewangelia według świętego Mateusza 6 (Gospel according unto Matthew 6), verses 9-13, which takes the abbreviated form Mt 6:9-13 in Polish. The Lord’s Prayer is known in Polish as Ojcze nasz (Our Father). So does it read in the Biblia Tysiąclecia (BT), year 2012: Ojcze nasz, który jesteś w niebie, niech się święci imię Twoje. Niech przyjdzie królestwo … Continue reading Polish language series: Lord’s Prayer in Polish (Ojcze nasz), 2012 BT version

Below are different resources available online which the learner may use to study the Polish language on his own. I have kept the number of resources listed here to a minimum; beyond a few altogether indispensable ones (such as SJP and a dictionary), the most important ingredients to the student’s success are his patient analysis of the Polish before him to infer patterns and his … Continue reading Polish language series: online resources for learning Polish

This post presents basic information on telling the date in Polish. The reader may look to the example sentences provided to make sense of which forms to use. Note: Ordinal numerals in both nominative and genitive position up to thirty-first are presented at the end of this post, for the reader’s reference. Miesiące roku Months of the year nominative genitive January (I) styczeń (m.) stycznia … Continue reading Polish language series: on telling the date (months, days, ordinals)

Different Polish declensions have been featured in the various posts of this site. To help the reader locate them, he will find links below pointing to the posts where they appear. The number following each entry indicates the verse whereat he will find the declension table. For instance, should the entry be followed by 5, he must scroll down to the notes at verse 5 … Continue reading Polish language series: declensions

Below is a selection of Polish prepositions ordered by grammatical case employed by each, with examples drawn from the text of the Biblia Tysiąclecia. Prepositions taking the genitive BEZ (without) — bez winy (Rdz 20:16); bez grzechu (J 8:7); bez ojca (Hbr 7:3); bez matki (Hbr 7:3); bez rodowodu (Hbr 7:3); bez ludzi (Jr 33:10); bez trzody (Jr 33:10); bez obrońcy (Hi 5:4); bez kobiety … Continue reading Polish language series: prepositions and their cases

Polish ordinal numerals (first, second, third, etc.) are listed below, in masculine form. See also: Polish cardinal numerals (one, two, three, etc.). 1. pierwszy (first) 2. drugi (second) 3. trzeci (third) 4. czwarty (fourth) 5. piąty (fifth…) 6. szósty 7. siódmy 8. ósmy 9. dziewiąty 10. dziesiąty 11. jedenasty 12. dwunasty 13. trzynasty 14. czternasty 15. piętnasty 16. szesnasty 17. siedemnasty 18. osiemnasty 19. dziewiętnasty … Continue reading Polish language series: how to count (ordinal numerals)

Polish cardinal numerals (one, two, three, etc.) are listed below. See also: Polish ordinal numerals (first, second, third, etc.). 0 zero (nought) 1 jeden (one) 2 dwa (two) 3 trzy (three) 4 cztery (four) 5 pięć (five…) 6 sześć 7 siedem 8 osiem 9 dziewięć 10 dziesięć 11 jedenaście 12 dwanaście 13 trzynaście 14 czternaście 15 piętnaście 16 szesnaście 17 siedemnaście 18 osiemnaście 19 dziewiętnaście … Continue reading Polish language series: how to count (cardinal numerals)

Two declensions are possible for certain possessive pronouns below: the forms in grey are variants which the reader will often find in his reading of the Biblia Tysiąclecia. Contents: 1. Declension of mój 2. Declension of twój 3. Declension of swój 4. Declension of nasz 5. Declension of wasz Abbreviations: acc., accusative; anim., animate; dat., dative; f., feminine; gen., genitive; inan., inanimate; instr., instrumental; loc., … Continue reading Polish language series: declension of possessive pronouns