Technology in Everyday Life
From smartphones to social media, technology is part of daily life. Learn the Polish words for the devices, apps and online activities you use, and how to talk about them.
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Technology every day
Phones, apps and social media are part of daily life. In this module you learn the Polish words for the technology you use: the devices you hold, the things you do online, and how to say what you think of them. Read each word with its English meaning, then practise.
Key technology words
Start with four everyday words. Each Polish word is shown with its English meaning.
Match the device
- telefon komórkowy
- smartfon
- laptop
- ekran
- The mobile phone
- The smartphone
- The laptop
- The screen
Find the word
Which Polish word means "the app"?
- aplikacja
- wiadomość
- ekran
- internet
Devices and actions
Some words name a device you hold. Others are things you do online. Keep them apart.
Match the action
- pobierać
- wysyłać
- przeglądać
- oglądać
- To download
- To send
- To browse the internet
- To watch
Polish letters with marks
Polish uses the Latin alphabet with a few extra marks that change the sound of a letter. A small hook under a letter, a stroke through the l, an accent, or a dot each make a new sound. Getting these marks right matters, so read each word carefully.
Choose the word
A mobile phone is a _____. An app is an _____. To download something is to _____. Social media are the _____. A short text is a _____.
What you do online
Which of these Polish words are things you do online? Choose all that apply.
- pobierać
- wysyłać
- przeglądać
- ekran
- laptop
Spot the devices
Tap the two words that name a device you hold.
- telefon komórkowy
- laptop
- pobierać
- internet
Which action?
Which Polish word means "to download"?
- pobierać
- wysyłać
- przeglądać
- oglądać
Watch the Polish ending change after it
The technology words become sentences with mam (I have) and lubię (I like). Watch the ending of the word that follows them: - Mam telefon komórkowy = "I have a mobile phone". telefon does not change here, because masculine words for objects keep their plain form in the accusative. That is worth knowing, because most other nouns do change. - Lubię aplikację, ponieważ jest szybka = "I like the app, because it is fast". aplikacja becomes aplikację after lubię - that one does change. ponieważ then joins the reason, which is what a grade-9 answer always does.
Attach a reason, in Polish
A grade-9 answer attaches a reason to the opinion. Which of these does that?
- Lubię aplikację, ponieważ jest szybka
- Lubię aplikację
- Mam telefon komórkowy
- Aplikacja i internet
Post a photo
Put the steps of posting a photo online in a natural order.
- Take a photo
- Open the app
- Upload the photo
- Share it with friends
Choose the word
Read each situation and choose the Polish word that fits.
- You want to send a quick text to a friend. What do you send?
- You want to watch a funny clip online. What do you watch?
- You want to look something up on the internet. What do you do?
Your technology
Write two or three sentences in Polish about the technology you use every day and what you use it for.
- Name one or two devices or apps you use
- Say what you use each one for
- Give one opinion, such as użyteczny for useful