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Today you will learn Polish animal vocabulary.
Words - Słowa
Here are the names of some animals in Polish. Please edit this lesson with more animals and sentences.
| ssaki | mammals | 🐩 🐑 |
| gady | reptiles | 🐊 🐍 |
| owady | insects | 🐛 🐞 |
| ryby | fish | 🐟 |
| baran | ram | 🐏 |
| bawół | buffalo | 🐃 |
| bóbr | beaver | |
| byk | bull | |
| chomik | hamster | 🐹 |
| delfin | dolphin | 🐬 |
| foka | seal | |
| fretka | ferret | |
| jeleń | stag | |
| kangur | kangaroo | |
| koń | horse | 🐎 |
| kot | cat | 🐈 |
| koza | goat | 🐐 |
| królik | rabbit | 🐇 |
| krowa | cow | 🐄 |
| lampart | leopard | 🐆 |
| lew | lion | |
| lis | fox | |
| małpa | monkey | 🐒 |
| mrówka | ant | 🐜 |
| mucha | fly | |
| mysz | mouse | 🐁 |
| niedźwiedź | bear | |
| nietoperz | bat | |
| nosorożec | rhinoceros | |
| pająk | spider | |
| pies | dog | 🐕 |
| ptak | bird | 🐦 |
| pszczoła | bee | 🐝 |
| renifer | reindeer | |
| świnia | pig | 🐖 |
| szczur | rat | 🐀 |
| szynszyla | chinchilla | |
| tygrys | tiger | 🐅 |
| wąż | snake | 🐍 |
| wielbłąd | camel | 🐫 |
| wiewiórka | squirrel | |
| wilk | wolf | 🐺 |
| żyrafa | giraffe | |
| świerszcz | cricket | |
| żuk | beetle |
Expressions with animals
- As poor as a church mouse - biedny jak mysz kościelna
- As blind as bat - ślepy jak kret (kret - mole)
- To be as stubborn as a mule - uparty jak osioł (in polish: osioł - donkey)
- As meek as a lamb - potulny jak baranek
- To fight like cat and dog - żyć jak pies z kotem
- As quiet as a mouse - cichy jak mysz
- Like a bull in a china shop - jak słoń (in polish: słoń - elephant) w składzie porcelany
- Buy a pig in a poke - kupić kota (in polish: kot- cat) w worku
- Play cat and mouse with... - bawić się w kotka i myszkę z...
- It's raining cats and dogs - leje jak z cebra (there is no animals in polish translation)
- An early bird - ranny ptaszek
- A bird in hand is worth two in the bush - lepszy wróbel (sparrow) w garści, niż gołąb (pigeon) na dachu
- a wolf in sheep’s clothing – wilk w owczej skórze
- at a snail’s pace – w tempie ślimaka
- be like a bull in a shop from china – zachowywać się niezgrabnie
- fight like cat and dog – walczyć ze sobą jak pies z kotem
- a snake in the grass – podstępna żmija (o osobie)
- donkey work – czarna robota
- a cock-and-bull story – niestworzona historia, bajeczka
- rat race – wyścig szczurów
- hit the bull’s eye – trafić w dziesiątkę