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A12 min · 87 words

Nie ma cukru

There's No Sugar

Sunday morning kitchen crisis: no sugar, no milk, no bread — the genitive case narrates an empty fridge.

You will practice: nie ma + genitive (nie ma cukru, mleka, chleba) and the negation flip: mam czas → nie mam czasu.

Words to know

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

  • cukiersugar
  • lodówkafridge
  • pustyempty
  • masłobutter
  • jajkoegg
  • herbatatea
  • katastrofacatastrophe
  • listalist
  • niedzielaSunday
  • otwartyopen
  • żabkaŻabka (convenience store; lit. little frog)

Did you get it?

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

1. What is missing for the coffee?

2. Why is Sunday a problem for shopping?

3. What saves the morning?

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.