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Family and Friends - Describing Relationships

Talk about your family and friends in Polish. Learn the words for family members and the little words for my, which change to match whether a noun is masculine, feminine or neuter.

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Family and friends in Polish 👪

To talk about your family and friends in Polish you need the **vocabulary**, a couple of describing words like **miły** (nice), and the word for **my**. The word for my changes to match the noun: **mój** for a masculine noun, **moja** for a feminine noun, and **moje** for a neuter noun. Learn each family word and you can start describing the people around you.

Words for the family 📖

Learn each family word with its English meaning:

Masculine or feminine? ⚖️

Every Polish noun has a gender, and the word for my must match it. Here are family nouns sorted by gender:

Match the Polish to the English 🔗

  • ojciec
  • matka
  • brat
  • siostra
  • father
  • mother
  • brother
  • sister

Which word? 🎯

Which Polish word means sister?

  • siostra
  • matka
  • brat
  • córka

Saying my: mój, moja, moje 🔑

The word for **my** matches the gender of the noun. Use **mój** before a masculine noun (mój ojciec), **moja** before a feminine noun (moja matka), and **moje** before a neuter noun (moje dziecko, my child). Get the gender right and the word for my follows.

Match each form of my 🔀

  • mój
  • moja
  • moje
  • Used before a masculine noun, like mój ojciec
  • Used before a feminine noun, like moja matka
  • Used before a neuter noun, like moje dziecko

Correct Polish? ✅

Select the TWO phrases that correctly use mój for my.

  • mój ojciec
  • mój brat
  • mój matka
  • mój siostra

Build the sentence 🪜

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Complete the Polish 🧩

My father is _____ ojciec. My mother is _____ matka. My child is _____ dziecko. Your father is _____ ojciec. Your mother is _____ matka.

mój moja moje twój twoja twoje jego jej nasz nasza

Spot the true statements 🖍️

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Choose my 🧭

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Explain the rule ✍️

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