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A12 min · 101 words

Mieszkam w Krakowie

I Live in Kraków

Ola gives Tom a walking tour of her Kraków — the market square, the university, the café — with the locative case marking every stop.

You will practice: The locative after w/na (w Krakowie, na rynku, w kawiarni) and the where-questions gdzie mieszkasz / gdzie pracujesz.

Words to know

Skim these before you read — they carry the story. Tap the star to add one to your saved words.

  • mieszkaćto live (somewhere)
  • rynekmarket square
  • miastocity
  • staryold
  • kościółchurch
  • zamekcastle
  • rzekariver
  • smokdragon
  • ulicastreet
  • bliskonear, close
  • pięknybeautiful

Did you get it?

3 quick questions — no grades, just a comprehension check.

1. Where does Ola live?

2. What stands by the river under the castle?

3. Where does the tour 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.