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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.