Polish Grammar and Vocabulary Topics

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Nouns, Adjectives and Pronouns:

1. Simple expressions with nouns and adjectives

2. Pronoun exercise: ten, ta, to vs. on, ona, ono

3. Introducing gender

4. Agreement between nouns and adjectives

5. The use of the instrumental case with predicate nouns

6. Some confusing nouns referring to human beings

7. Plural nouns

8. Genitive singular of masculine nouns

9. Uses of the genitive

10. A few complications with genitive plural

11. Accusative plural of masculine nouns

12. Dative case endings

13. The locative case and its uses

14. Masculine personal plural

15. Vowel alternations in nouns

16. Comparison of adjectives

Verbs and Adverbs:

1. Time expressions and the verb "to be"

2. Present tense

3. Tricky 3rd conjugation verbs

4. Past tense and the imperfective future

5. Past tense quirks and exceptions

6. Aspect

7. Aspect and adverbs

8. Aspect and the imperative

9. Imperative

10. Verbs of motion

11. Prefixed verbs based on isc

12. Prefixed verbs based on jechac

13. Verbs of motion: aspect

14. Verbs of motion: meaning of prefixes

15. Verbs of motion: past tense and imperatives

16. "to know" po polsku

17. "to be able to": umiec vs. moc

18. "to study" po polsku

19. Adverb formation

Miscellaneous:

1. Quantifying expressions

2. Indefinite pronouns

3. Sam

4. Expressions of location: w vs. na

5. Prepositions of location and motion

6. Relative clauses

7. Types of subordinate clauses

8. Verbal nouns: formation

9. Verbal nouns: declension and use