Krótka podróż do Zakopanego
A Short Trip to Zakopane
Ola and Michał take the bus to the Tatras: smoked cheese with cranberry, the funicular up Gubałówka, and the legend of the sleeping knights.
You will practice: Past tense of motion (pojechali, poszli, wrócili), comparatives (coraz więcej), na + accusative for destinations
Words to know
Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.
- podróżjourney, trip
- autobusbus
- góramountain
- znanywell-known, famous
- wszędzieeverywhere
- straganmarket stall
- oscypekoscypek (smoked sheep's cheese from the Tatras)
- spróbowaćto try, to taste (perfective)
- żurawinacranberry
- słonysalty
- kolejkafunicular, cable railway; queue
- niebosky
- czystyclean, clear
- wyglądaćto look (like)
- rycerzknight
- wedługaccording to
- potrzebowaćto need
- zmęczonytired
- plecakbackpack
Did you get it?
4 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.
1. How did Ola and Michał get to Zakopane?
2. What did Ola try on Krupówki?
3. What did they see from the top of Gubałówka?
4. According to the legend, what are the knights under Giewont waiting for?
Too hard? Pick an easier text in the reading library. Understanding most of a text without translations is the goal — struggling through is not.