A Sunday dinner
A short text in Polish at level A2. The translation sits next to it: reading with a dictionary is still too early at this level, and without support it will not happen at all. On Sunday my brother and I cook dinner for the whole family. First we wash the vegetables: potatoes, carrots and…
Text
- W niedzielę gotuję z bratem obiad dla całej rodziny. Najpierw myjemy warzywa: ziemniaki, marchew i cebulę. Potem kroję cebulę na desce do krojenia i smażę ją na maśle. Brat zagotowuje wodę i wrzuca wołowinę do garnka. Zupę lekko posalam i gotujemy ją godzinę. Na koniec cała rodzina siada przy stole, babcia mówi smacznego i wszyscy jedzą.On Sunday my brother and I cook dinner for the whole family. First we wash the vegetables: potatoes, carrots and onions. Then I chop the onion on the chopping board and fry it in butter. My brother boiled water and puts the beef into the pot. I salt the soup lightly, and we cook it for an hour. At the end the whole family sits at the table, grandma says "bon appétit", and everyone eats.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- Who cooks on Sunday?
- What do they do first of all?
- Where does the narrator chop the onion?
- What do they put into the pot?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Polish?
A2. That means: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.