B12 min · 128 words
Gdybym wygrał milion
If I Won a Million
The lottery ticket costs five złoty, the dreams cost nothing: three friends spin conditionals about flats, travel, and one café with no name yet.
You will practice: The conditional: gdybym + ł-form, kupiłbym/pojechałabym, chciałbym — unreal worlds in the -by- mood.
Words to know
Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.
- wygraćto win
- milionmillion
- loslottery ticket; fate
- kupićto buy
- podróżowaćto travel
- własnyone's own
- otworzyćto open
- oszczędzaćto save (money)
- marzyćto dream
- wynikiresults
- szczeryhonest
Did you get it?
3 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.
1. What would Ola do with a million?
2. What is Michał's dream?
3. How does the evening end?
Too hard? Pick an easier text in the Polish reading library. Understanding most of a text without translations is the goal — struggling through is not.