Supermarket Vocabulary | Episode 465

Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast episode number 465 where we aim to help you expand your vocabulary - this time with a focus on supermarket related words and phrases. In this episode, we'll cover the Polish names for common grocery items, from lemons and onions, to milk and coffee, and many more. Featuring a lively discussion with Daniel, learn about what these everyday items are called in Polish and how to ask for them.

We have compiled a list of items, Daniel will tell you what they are in Polish and you will be able to pronounce them along with our hosts. Learn how to order your groceries in a polish supermarket with phrases like "Czy możesz podać mi cytryny?" (Can you hand me lemons?) and many more. Identify what different kinds of onions, milk or oils are called or how to distinguish between a shopping trolley and a pram, both known as 'vuzek' in Polish.

Ultimately, this episode aims to help you navigate a Polish supermarket with ease and confidence. So whether you're making dinner or baking a cake, we've got you covered! Listen to this episode on learnpolishpodcast.com, YouTube and Rumble and don't forget to leave us a five-star rating and comment. We look forward to hearing from you and enjoy the episode!

Episode Transcript

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Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast episode number 465. Stare się też jeszcze na
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I'm here this week with Daniel again.
And what we're going to talk about is supermarkets, because a lot of people
go into the supermarkets and they might need to get something and ask.

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So I said we can touch on a few of the things that you would buy in the supermarket.
Market so what's i suppose supermarket first daniel what's supermarket supermarket.
Supermarket okay now i've made a list of things so i'm going to say the things
and you tell me what they are in polish fair enough yeah and you can see some
of them in the pictures lemons Lemons. Cytryny.

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Cytryny. Okay. Peppers. Papryki.
Papryki. Papryki. Mushrooms.
Grzyby. Grzyby. Okay. Avocado. Avocado.
Avocado. Okay. Lubisz avokado? Nie. Nie. Ja lubię avokado za jajka. With eggs, yeah?
Onions. Cebula. Cebula. So there's different types of onions.

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So there's normal and then there's the red. So you'd say czerwona cebula?
Czerwona cebula. Czerwona cebula. Okay. Bananas?
Bananas. Bananas. Lubisz banany? Nie. Nie. A jabłka z apple, tak? No.
Kiwi. Kiwi. Kiwi.
Lubisz kiwi? Tak. A ja nie bardzo.

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No. I na pewno wiem, lubisz to. Broccoli. Broccoli. Yeah.
Cabbage. Kapusta. Kapusta. this is there's a lot of different selections for
this but not yeah so there's almond and different things like that yeah,

(01:52):
Now, when you're making dinner, you need cooking oil, so... Olej. Olej.
And, yeah, I'd recommend avocado oil or butter.
Można powiedzieć olej smażony do smażenia.
Olej smażony. Okay.
So, sometimes people are making a cake and they offer their tea or something, they get sugar.

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Cukier. Cukier. Okay, that's... And for a cake as well, you need flour.
Mąka. Mąka. Sounds like monkey, does it? Mąka.
Now, milk. Mleko. Mleko. So there's different types of milk.
There's coconut milk. Chocolate milk.
There's almond milk. What's almond in Polish? Migdaw. Migdaw and coconut, kokos, yeah? Tea.

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Herbata. Herbata. And we have a lot.
We have a big selection at home of herbata, right? Yes, we have a lot of herbata. Coffee.
Coffee. And I suppose what you like? Cappuccino?
What's cappuccino? Cappuccino. Why can't they all be like that? Okay. Bread?

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Lemp. Lemp. Okay. Butter? Masl. Masl.
And finally, when you have your... Okay, what's the shopping trolley?
Vuzek. Vuzek. Okay. But isn't a pram a vuzek as well? A pram with a baby.
Is that called a vuzek? Mm-hmm. So they're both called vuzeks.
So if I go into a shop and I say, I want to buy a Vuzik, they could give me

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that instead of a pram for the baby.
And I'd have to bring my baby around in a shopping trolley. You could.
A sheet in the trolley. Ah, clever, clever. And then when we go to pay, is it the kasa?
Mm-hmm, kasa. Okay. Yeah. So I hope that helped.
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