Friday, November 24, 2017

The Family.

The Dittenber Family, Ben, Darren, Kim, Bree and Blake on Thanksgiving Day. They are part of the Michigan Rajewski clan of relatives. This year only about 25 could be at the family gathering, not the usual 50 or so people. We have met some of them, both in Michigan and here in Poland when they visited but there are many we have not. The next time we go to the U.S. we will make time to go to Michigan to meet more of them. The matriarch of the family, Genevieve Rajewski, passed away last year but her 4 daughters and 1 son do an excellent job of keeping the family members connected.

My new Polish reader  book came in today and the first two stories had 85 vocabulary words of which I knew them all. It also had the website where I can hear the audio of each story and I listened to pronunciations. It helped clean my speech up a little. I'm not rushing through this book. In the first story it's already helping me say the difference in cases without having to know the rules or memorize the many endings. I think I've needed this kind of study book for a long time. It's more practical application in a story form. I like it.

My sister and her friend in the U.S. are making pierogis today. They have known each other for a long time and keep in touch. We had a brief chat before they started their task.
Sister, Tami and husband, Jim.

Rodzina Dittenber贸w, Ben, Darren, Kim, Bree i Blake w 艢wi臋to Dzi臋kczynienia. S膮 cz臋艣ci膮 klanu krewnych Michigan Rajewski. W tym roku na zebraniu rodzinnym mog艂o by膰 tylko oko艂o 25 os贸b, a nie oko艂o 50 os贸b. Spotkali艣my niekt贸rych z nich, zar贸wno w Michigan, jak i tutaj, w Polsce, kiedy odwiedzili nas, ale jest ich wiele, kt贸rych nie mieli艣my. Nast臋pnym razem, gdy pojedziemy do USA, b臋dziemy mieli czas, aby uda膰 si臋 do Michigan, aby spotka膰 ich wi臋cej. Matriarcha rodziny, Genevieve Rajewski, zmar艂a w zesz艂ym roku, ale jej 4 c贸rki i 1 syn wykonuj膮 艣wietn膮 robot臋 utrzymuj膮c cz艂onk贸w rodziny w 艂膮czno艣ci.Moja nowa polska ksi膮偶ka dla czytelnik贸w pojawi艂a si臋 dzisiaj, a pierwsze dwie historie zawiera艂y 85 s艂贸wek, z kt贸rych wszystkie zna艂em. Mia艂 tak偶e stron臋 internetow膮, na kt贸rej s艂ysz臋 audio z ka偶dej opowie艣ci i s艂ucha艂em wymowy. Pomog艂o mi to troch臋 uprz膮tn膮膰 moj膮 przemow臋. Nie spiesz臋 si臋 z t膮 ksi膮偶k膮. W pierwszym opowiadaniu pomaga mi ju偶 odr贸偶ni膰 przypadki bez znajomo艣ci zasad lub zapami臋tania wielu zako艅cze艅. My艣l臋, 偶e od dawna potrzebuj臋 tego rodzaju ksi膮偶ki do nauki. Jest to bardziej praktyczne zastosowanie w formie opowie艣ci. Lubi臋 to.

Moja siostra i jej przyjaci贸艂ka z USA robi膮 dzi艣 pierogi. Znali si臋 od dawna i utrzymywali kontakt. Rozmawiali艣my kr贸tko, zanim zacz臋li swoje zadanie.