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TOPICAL GUIDE TO CONVERSATIONS

alcoholic beverages 9. suppl. C. at the university 3.B.

animals 10.C.1., 10.C.2. automobile 1 suppl., 6.E.. 9. suppl.
apartment 4.E. A.
asking about a mutual friend 4.A. being bored 8.D.1., 11. suppl. A.
asking about food 7.E.1 being hungry or thirsty 9.E.
asking about someone's car 1. suppl. being late 8.E.
asking about someone's family 3.B., birthday 10.D.
3 suppl. A borrowing money 10.A.1
asking about someone's fiancé(e) 6 buying and selling 11.D.1., 11.E,
suppl. B., 9.A. calling for a taxi 5.E.
asking about the time 5.E., 8.E. camping car 11.E.
asking about vacation plans 11.A. Christmas 6. suppl. A.
asking about work 3.C. cleaning 7.A.1.
asking for advice 10.A.1., 11.E. clothing 4.B., 7.D., 7. suppl. D.
asking for directions 9.B. coffee and tea 8. suppl. C.
asking for money 10.A.1. colleagues and friends 3.D.
asking how old someone is 12. colors of clothing 4 suppl. B.
suppl. B. coming by for someone 6.C.
asking how someone likes commuting 6.D.
Poland/America 7 suppl. C congratulations 12. suppl. C.
asking how to say something 8.D.2. cooking 4 suppl. A., 7.A.1., 7.E.1.,
asking someone out 5.A., 6.C., 7.C. 12.D.
asking someone to close the dancing 7. suppl. E.
window, door 7.E.2. delicatessen 11.B.1.
asking someone's opinion about doctor's visit 11.C.2
clothing 7.D., 7. suppl. D. drawing, painting 5. suppl. B.
asking what kind of dog it is 10.B. dressing warmly 11. suppl. D.,11.
asking what someone is doing 4.A. suppl. E.
asking what something is 1.C. eating 9.E.
asking what something means 2.E. eating out 12.A.1.
asking what the difference is 9. examinations 5 suppl. C.
suppl. C. farm 10.C.1.
asking where someone is from 3.E. fiance(e) 9.A.
asking where someone was 5.C. first names 2.B.
asking whether someone is at home food store 12.A.2.
9.D. food 12.A.1., 12.A.2., 12.B.1., 2.C.,
asking whether someone is free 5.B. 12.D.
asking whether something works fruits and vegetables 6.A., 12.B.2.
2.D. gardening 6.A., 12.b.2.
asking who someone is 1.D., 6.A., getting married 12.E.
6.B., 9.C., 10.E. getting ready for a party 11.C.1.

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getting ready to go out 3.A. old friends 8.B..

getting up 8. suppl. A., 8. suppl. B. ordering food. 12.C.
giving directions 9.B. parties 5.C., 7.A.1., 8,D.1., 10.D.,
going on a walk 2. suppl. A., 11. 11.C.1.
suppl. A. personal appearance 6. suppl. B.,
going to bed 8. suppl. B. 10.E., 12. suppl. B.
greetings 1.A., 2.A. pets (dogs) 4 suppl. C., 10.B.
guests 11.C. plans for the day 7.B.
health 11.C.2. plans for the future 12.E.
helping someone clean up 11.C. problems with tradesmen 8.A.
helping someone look for putting in storage 11.D.2.
something 10.A.2. reading something 7. suppl. B.
helping someone with a heavy recommending a movie 6. suppl. C.
object 11.D.2. renting a summer home 11.B.
hobby 10.C.1. repairing something 11.C.1.
home and apartment 4.E., 8.A. restaurant 12.C.
home cooking 12.D. retirement 6.B.
homesickness 7. suppl. C. riding the bus or trolley 1.E., 5.E.,
hotel 3 suppl. C. 6.D.
household help 11.C.1. right and left 3.D.
husband and wife of 9.C. school 3.B.
introductions 1.E., 2.B., 3.D., 3.E., seashore 11.A.
4.D., 8.B. selling and buying 11.D.1., 11.E,
invitations 7.C. shopping 1.A. for clothes 4.B., for a
keys to someplace 11.D.2. present 9. suppl. B., 12.A.2.,
kiosk 12. suppl. A. 12.B.1., 12. suppl. A.
living, working, studying 2.A. sickness 3 suppl. B.
looking for a lost item 4.C. singing, playing the guitar 2 suppl.
looking for a lost item 7. suppl. A., C
10.A.2. sleeping 8. suppl. A., 8. suppl. B.
looking for a place 8.B. smoking 5 suppl. D.
looking for a present 9. suppl. B. speaking Polish 2 suppl. B.
making a train 8.E. sports 5 suppl. A.
making money 3. suppl. A. studies 8.A., 12,E.
meeting someone 3.D., 3.E., 4.D., summer home 11.D.
8.C. surprise meeting 8.C.
milk bar 12.A.1. sweets 12.B.2.
money 11.D.1. taking one's car 6.E.
movies 6. suppl. C., 7.C. taking the bus or train 6.E.
moving 8.A. taste in food 8. suppl. C.
music 7. suppl. E. telephone conversation 9.D.
nameday 10.D. television 5.D., 7.B., 11. suppl. A.
neighbors 6.A., 8.C., 10.D., 10.E. trains 6.E., 8.E.

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vacations 11.A., 11.B. what would one do if one were

visiting someone at work 10.A.1. rich 11.D.1.
waiting for a bus 1.E. wine, vodka 9. suppl. C.
waiting for someone 2.A., 6.C. work 3.C.
watching television 5.D. zoo 10.C.2.
weather 11. suppl. A., 11. suppl. B.,
11. suppl. C., 11. suppl. D.,11.
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INDEX OF TOPICS

accusative case. of personal bodies of water, prepositions used

pronouns 3.D. 95, of nouns (sg.) with 9.D.
4.B. special accusative instances body, parts of the 10.B.
4.C. 'both' (obydwa, obydwie, obydwaj)
adjectival nouns 1.A. 6, 4.C. genitive 10.D.
of 9.B. 'both... and' (i... i)1.D.
adjective-noun order 11.A. 'by a lot' (o wiele) 2.E.
adjectives 1.A. nominative plural of 'by an hour' (o godzin´), etc. 5.B.
10.C masculine personal 10.D. 'can' (móc, mog´, mo˝esz)
predicate adjectives 1.C. 18, 1.D. case forms of pronouns 9.E.
, comparison of 6.E. case, grammatical 4.B., names of
adverbs, placement in sentence 2.E., cases 4.B., word order and case
useful adverbs 3.E., predicative 4.E. 141, questions as guide to
adverbs 6.E. ambient use of case 4.E. see also under
11.A. experiential 11.A. factual nominative, genitive, dative,
use of 11.A. instrumental, locative
age, giving your age 5.E. classroom expressions xv ff.
'ago' (temu, przed+I) 6.C. clock time 5.B. 164, 5.E.
'all night' (ca∏à noc), etc. 5.B. clothing 4.B.
alphabet ixff. collective numerals 12.C.
'already' (ju˝) 3.A. colors 4.D. 10.C. exs.
ambient adverbs 11.A. comparison of adjectives 6.E.
amount, genitive of 9.B. compass directions 11.B.
'angry at' (z∏y na) 5.B. compound future tense 3.A. 76, 5.D.
animals, expressions using 10.B. conditional mood, uses and
'any at all' (jakikolwiek) 4.D. formation 11.D. of modal verbs
apartment 4.E. 5.D. of 'want' 5.B.
apparel 4.B. conjugation, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th 8.B.
'arrive', 'leave', 'depart' (on foot, by 8.B.
vehicle, by plane, by boat) 11.A. consonant spelling rules 9.A.
'as soon as' (jak tylko) 7.C. consonants. sounds and letters 1.A.
aspect 7.A., 7.B. aspect pairs 7.A., 4, devoicing of voiced
7.B. review of 7.E. consonants 5.A
b´d´, functions of 8.B. containers 12.A.
'be' (byç b´d´) 5.A. 157. 'be' contrary-to-fact conditional 11.D.
sentences 6.B. 8.B. counting 12.C.
beverages 12.A. daily routine, verbs of 8.E.
birthdays 10.A. dates, expressing 12.C.

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dative case. of nouns and adjectives, genitive case, singular 9.A. of

formation 7.D. of pronouns 7.D. possession 9.A. of attribute 9.A.
days of the week 5.A. of negation 9.A. formation of
definite and indefinite articles, singular 9.A. of adjectival nouns
absence of 1.A. and last names 9.A. of negated
depersonalizing function of si´ 8.D. existential 9.B. of amount 9.B.
desserts 12.A. idioms using 9.B. after
detachable past-tense endings 8.C. prepositions 9.C. verbs
determinate and indeterminate requiring the 9.C. genitive
verbs of motion 6.D. plural of nouns, uses and
devoicing of voiced consonants 5.A. formation 12.B.
'different' (inny) 4.D. 'good' (dobry), 'better' (lepszy),
double destinations 9.D. 'best' (najlepszy) 2.E.
double negative 2.D. grammatical case 4.B., names of
'each' (ka˝dy) 3.C. 87, 4.D. cases 4.B.
'either... or' (albo... albo) 1.D. greetings 5.A.
equational 'be' sentences 6.B. hair and eye color 10.E.
'even' (nawet) 2.E. 'happen', 'occur' zdarzyç si´, staç
events 5.A. si´, dziaç si´ 7.C.
events, prepositions used with 9.D. hard and soft consonants 10.A.
'every' (ka˝dy) 3.C. helping verbs, lack of 2.C.
existential, negative 9.B. 'here' (tu) and 'there' (tam) 1.A.
feminine nouns 1.A. see under cases home and apartment 4.E.
and case formation household routine, verbs of 8.E.
fields of study 10.E. supplement identity statements (to jest) 1.C. 18,
'first' (pierwszy), 'last' (ostatni), (to sà) 4.B.
'next' (nast´pny) 12.D. 'if' (jeÊli) 2.C. 5
first-person plural of verb 2.B. imperative mood, uses and
food 12.A., 12.C., 12.D. formation 11.C.
food adjectives 12.A. imperfective aspect. see under
formal address 1.B., 8.A., 11.C. aspect
free time 5.E. 'in an hour' (za godzin´), etc. 5.B.
'friend' (przyjaciel), 'colleague' inclusional 'be' sentences 6.B.
(kolega), 'acquaintance' indefinite pronouns 2.D.
(znajomy) 3B. infinitives, verbs followed by 7.C.
function words 1.D. instrumental case. uses 6.A., 6.B.,
functionally hard and soft formation 6.A., after verbs 6.B. ,
consonants 10.A. in expressions 6.B., of personal
future tense, compound 3.A., 5.D., pronouns (sg.) 6.C., question
of to jest 5.D. types 6.E.
gender. of nouns 1.A instrumental prepositions
expressing to and from 11.A.

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interrogative pronouns (jaki, który) namedays 10.A.

6.C. nasal vowels intro xi, before
intonation. 7.A consonants 6.A.
intransitivizing function of si´ 8.D. negated existential 9.B.
introducing statements 1.C. negation, genitive of 9.B.
k/g spelling rule 9.A., 10.A. negative, double 2.D.
'know' (wiedzieç vs. znaç) 2.C. 'neither... nor' (ani... ani) 1.D.
kreska consonants 3.A. 76, 4.C. 10.A. neuter nouns 1.A.
language adjectives and adverbs 'next Friday' (w nast´pny piàtek),
2.C. etc. 5.D.
last names 4.C. 126, 6.A. genitive of nominative plural of nouns 10.B. of
9.B. masculine personal nouns and
letter c 3.A. adjectives 10.D. of adjectives
letter w, pronunciation 4.A. and pronominal adjectives 10.C.
'like' (podobaç si´ vs. lubiç) 4.B., equals accusative plural 10.C.
7.D. 'none', 'no', 'not any' (˝aden ˝adna
location, prepositions of 9.D. ˝adne) 3.C. 87, 4.D.
locative case 3.C. noun gender 1.A.
locative case of town names 9.D. nouns, nominative plural of 10.B.
locative phrases 3.C. numbers 12.C. 1, 2, 3, 4 5.B., 10.D.,
locative-compatible verbs 3.C. 12.D. numbers 1-20 5.E., 12.C.
manner adverbs, intonation of 7.A o co chodzi? 10.A.
'married' (˝onaty, zam´˝na) 4.A. 1 obligation, expressions of 11.E.
getting married 12.D. 'one' (jeden jedna jedno) 4,D.
masculine nouns 1.A. see under 'one more' (jeszcze) 2.E.
cases and case formation 'one's own' (swój swoja swoje) 4.C.
masculine personal nouns and 'only just' (dopiero co) 7.C.
adjectives, nominative plural of 'other' (drugi) 4.D.
10.D. paraphrasing a dialogue 2.D.
meals 12.A. parts of the body 10.B.
modal verbs. future tense 5.D. 177, past tense 5.C. of to jest 5.D. plural
conditional mood 5.D. forms 8.C. detachment of
money, counting Polish 10.A. things endings 8.C.
to do with 10.A. exs.. people, names for 1.A. plurals 10.E.
months 11.B. prepositions used with 9.D.
'morning' (rano), 'afternoon' (po perfective verbs 7.A. see under
po∏udniu), 'evening' aspect
(wieczorem), 'night' (nocà) 5.A. personal grooming, verbs of 8.E.
motion to and from, prepositions of personal pronouns, third-person sg.
9.D. with instrumental 1.A., 2.A. 9. accusative case (sg.)
prepositions 11.A. 3.D. 95, instrumental case (sg.)
motion verbs 6.D., 11.A.

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6.C. , reflexive 6.C. see under questions. yes-no 1.C. as a guide to

pronouns case 4.E.
persons, relations, friends 4.A. , 'rather' (doÊç) 1.D.
accusative case of 4.D., plurals reading matter 4.B.
10.E., prepositions used with reciprocal use of si´ 8.D.
9.D. reflexive use of si´ 6.D., 8.D.
plural of nouns 10.B. of masculine reflexive verbs of emotion 8.D.
personal nouns and adjectives reflexive-only verbs 8.D.
10.D. relative pronouns (jaki, który) 6.C.
plural-only nouns 10.A. 'remember' (pami´taç) 2.C.
Polish money, counting 10.A., 11.C. reporting verbs 2.C. , 3.B.
polite address 8.A. review of verbs 2.B.
possessive pronouns, singular 3.A., 'same' (ten sam, ta sama, to samo)
summary 10.E. 4.D.
pragmatic conjugational system seasons 11.B.
8.A., 11.C. second-person form of the verb,
predicate adjectives 1.C. 18, 1.D. , uses 2.C.
case form of 6.B. sentence intonation 7.A.
predicate adverbs 6.E. sequence of tenses 7.A.
predicate nouns 6.A. si´, uses of 8.D.
preposition w, pronunciation 3.A. soft and hard consonants 10.A.
prepositions, plus genitive 9.C. plus sound changes xii ff.
the instrumental 6.B. sounds ixff.
present tense 2.B., formation, spelling. and pronunciation x ff. of
summary 8.B. borrowed words in -ja 10.A.
professions 3.D., 10. suppl. rules for consonants 9.A.
pronominal adjectives 1.A. 7, 4.C. , statement intonation 7.A
4.D. plural of 10.C. stem-changes. before -0 in genitive
pronouns, third-person sg. 1.A. 13, plural 12.B. in masculine nouns
2.A.. indefinite 2.D.. negative 10.C.
2.D., accusative (sg.) 3.D. , 'still' (jeszcze) 2.E., 3.A.
accusative after prepositions stress of negated one-syllable verbs
4.A., of polite address, relative 8.A.
pronouns 6.D., 8.A., dative case subject raising and the conditional
of 7.D., plural pronouns 8.A., 11.D.
summary of case forms 9.E. surnames 4.C. , 6.A.
pro-verb 'do', lack of 2.C. tag, question 1.D.
purpose phrases with conditional 'than' (ni˝) 2.E., (ni˝, od+G) 12.E.
11.D. time. of year 11.B. time periods 5.B.
question tag 1.D. counting time periods 10.A.
question words 2.D. telling time 5.B. , 5.E.
to jest/to sà 10.A.

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'today' (dziÊ, dzisiaj), 'tomorrow' 'very' (bardzo) 1.D.

(jutro), 'yesterday' (wczoraj) voiced consonants, devoicing of 5.A.
5.A. vowel sounds intro ix ff., 2.A.
'too' (zbyt) 1.D. 2 weather 11.A., 11.B. conversations
town-names, locative case of 9.D. on 11. supplement
true/false statements 3.E. weddings 12.E.
'understand' (rozumieç) 2.C. 'whether' (czy) 1.D.
'until' (dopóki nie) 7.C. 'which' (który) 3.C. 87, 4.D.
verbs of motion 6.D., 11.A. wh-question intonation 7.A
verbs. review 2.B. 44., 5.D., present word order and case 4.E.
tense 2.B.. first-person plural word-initial prze- krze- trze- 4.A.
2.B. second-person form, uses y/i spelling rules 9.A., 10.A.
2.C.. of mental faculty 2.C. years 12.C.
reporting verbs 2.C.. of speech yes-no questions 1.C. intonation 7A
2.C., past tense 5.C., of motion
6.D., 11.A. imperative 11.C.

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