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Polish Adjectives for Describing Things
These are the 17 words for describing things that the Jasny Polski course teaches first — the ones that turn up in your first real conversations. Each comes with a sentence, so you can see how the word behaves rather than only what it means.
How to use these words
An adjective takes the gender of its noun: nowy telefon, nowa książka, nowe okno. Adjectives in -i follow the same pattern with -i, -a, -ie: tani, tania, tanie.
Dobry describes a thing and dobrze describes how something is done: dobry film, but Mówię dobrze po polsku. The question to ask about a thing is jaki (jaka, jakie): Jaki to jest dom? — Duży.
Describing things: 17 words
| Polish | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| dobrze adv. | well, fine | Dobrze, a pan? |
| źle adv. | badly, not well | Dobrze czy źle? |
| czerwony adj. | red | Ta czerwona lampa. |
| niebieski adj. | blue | Ten niebieski telefon. |
| zielony adj. | green | To zielone okno. |
| żółty adj. | yellow | Żółty ołówek. |
| czarny adj. | black | Ten czarny kot. |
| biały adj. | white | Białe okno i biała lampa. |
| dobry adj. | good | To dobry komputer. |
| zły adj. | bad | Zły dzień. |
| duży adj. | big | Duży dom i mały sklep. |
| mały adj. | small | To małe okno. |
| nowy adj. | new | To mój nowy telefon. |
| stary adj. | old | Stare kino. |
| jaki pron. | what kind of, what … like (masculine form) | Jaki jest ten telefon? |
| tani adj. | cheap | Ten sok jest tani. |
| drogi adj. | expensive | Ten telefon jest drogi. |
Check yourself
How do you say “red” in Polish?
Answer: czerwony
How do you say “yellow” in Polish?
Answer: żółty
How do you say “good” in Polish?
Answer: dobry
How do you say “small” in Polish?
Answer: mały
How do you say “what kind of, what … like (masculine form)” in Polish?
Answer: jaki
Grammar you need for these words
Where the course teaches these words
- 5. Polish noun gender: ten, ta, to 12 words from this page
- 11. Shopping in Polish: at the shop 2 words from this page
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