Virtual Picture Album --Poland

The Virtual Picture Album -- Poland

The grid below is an annotated index to part of the Virtual Picture Album compiled and distributed by the Less Commonly Taught Languages Project at the University of Minnesota. The pictures in this section of the VPA are of people, places and objects in Poland. Each of the pictures is represented by a thumbnail-sized image in the grid, and is accompanied by:

a list of vocabulary items corresponding to elements in the picture
some suggested lesson topics and grammar points for which the picture might be useful. (These categories are summarized at the bottom of the page.)

We also have suggestions for ways to use certain pairs or groups of pictures.

Due to the number of pictures in this section, the VPA index for Poland is divided into two parts.

Part 1
Part 2 (this page)

To view or download a full-sized picture from the VPA, click on its thumbnail representation below.

Photo (Thumbnail) Vocabulary Items Topics Grammar Points

brown, to build, to carve, cloudy, green, house, man, ornaments, red, roof, shingles, steps, stone, warm, wood architecture -Tatra style (styl Tatrzanski, goralski);
geography -southern Poland;
housing -modern vs. old, big vs. small;
materials -brick, wood, stone;
weather -cloudy, warm; passive;
tense -past;

bare branches, car, curtains, to change a tire, house, to load (the car), luggage, snow, trees, trip, trunk (of car), vacation, windows, winter architecture -Tatra style (styl Tatrzanski, goralski);
geography -southern Poland;
how-many? -windows;
nature;
pastimes -vacations;
seasons -winter;
weather -cold, sunny locatives/spatial relations -up/down;
process/event -changing a tire;

bushes, car, door, grass, house, jeans, man, open (window), to park, patio, roof, steps, to stop, terra cotta, trees, to walk, windows, wooden house colors -blue, brown, green, red ;
house ;
materials -wood;
seasons - going to the drugstore;
locatives/spatial relations;
near/far;

car, clouds, column, cross, high, king, low, roof, sculpture, sign, sky, square, steps, street, tower architecture -old style;
colors -blue, orange, red;
historical/religious elements - Zygmunt III Wasa;
urban/rural -urban;

blue, boots, boy, cold, earnest, hat, mittens, to plow, poles, serious, skis, to ski, small, snow, snowsuit, white, yellow; clothing - boots, hat, mittens, snowsuit;
colors -blue, red, white, yellow;
pastimes -skiing;
seasons -winter;
sports equipment -skis, ski poles;
weather -cold, snowy; adjectives;
case -locative;
tense -present;

bald, belt, bushes, dog, eyeglasses, forest, grass, leash, man, mushroom, pants, to pick (mushrooms), shirt, summer, trees, to walk, to walk (a dog) animals -dog (domestic): ears, tongue, tail, etc.;
clothing;
nature;
pastimes - taking a walk, picking mushrooms;
physical appearance;
seasons -summer; case;

blue, bushes, clouds, dark, horizon, mist, mountains, peak, sky, trees landscape;
nature;
seasons -summer;
tourism -trips to the mountains; near/far;

backpack, bicycle, to bicycle, blue, brown, child's seat (on bike), hanging lamp, hot, miniskirt, narrow/wide, open/closed, people, purse, shorts, sidewalk, small, street, summer, sunny, to talk, tank top, tourists, to walk, wall, white, windows clothing;
colors;
seasons -summer;
sports equipment -bicycle;
tourism;
transportation -bicycle;
weather -hot, sunny;
cognates;
contrasts -open vs. closed, wide vs. narrow;
locatives/spatial relations -at, in, next to, on;

car, churches, column, dark/light, to drive, flower beds, green, to go, high/low, house, orange, to park, pink, red, roof, to sit, sky, to stop, street sign, tower, trees, to walk, window architecture -Old City;
buildings -building types: church, house, etc.;
colors -intensity: light vs. dark;
opposites;
pastimes;
transportation;
urban/rural -urban; adjectives -comparison;
case -nominative;
cognates -e.g., 'pickup (truck)';
interrogative pronoun - co;

arch, backpacks, bag, beggar, boys, to buy, to choose, cobblestones, door, girls, hair, lamp, long, to order, pants, ponytail, queue, to queue (line) up, reflection, sandals, sidewalk, shirt, shoes, shop, shorts, sneakers, socks, street, to wait, window, young people clothing;
colors -blue, brown, yellow;
physical appearance -tall, short, type of hairstyle; aspect -imperfect;
verbs -plural endings;

architecture, city, clothes, entrance, old, ornaments, people, restaurant, sidewalk, signs, street, window clothing -shoes, shorts, skirt, socks;
colors -white, blue, brown, black;

restaurant, street sign, winery pastimes -going out to the restaurant;
case;

big/small, building, cars, clouds, columns, dome, monument, pedestrian, people, sky, street architecture;
how-many? -arches, columns, windows;
shapes;
urban/rural -urban; numbers -cardinal numbers (in number + noun constructions);

airplane, airport, black, field, to fly, grass, green, man, red, small, white, woman, yellow airplane -parts of an airplane;
colors;
pastimes -flying;
transportation -airplane;
weather -cloudy;

army, boots, coat, to guard, hat (rogatywka), insignia, man, necktie, pants, shirt, soldier, to stand, uniform body parts - eyes, head, hands, legs, etc.;
clothing -uniform;
professions -soldier; plural nouns -eye, ear, arm, etc.;
tense -present;

bag, bald, black, blond, to choose, fat, graffiti, gray, to hold, to look, man, market, merchandise, moustache, narrow, people, to pick, purse, to sell, to shop, stall, to stand, street, to talk, thin, to walk, white, woman clothing -blouse, flowered print, jacket, pants, shirt, skirt, shoes;
occupations -vendor;
physical appearance - bald, fat, thin, wearing a moustache;
shopping -the street market;
urban/rural -urban; agreement -number agreement, nouns and verbs;
aspect;
nouns -singular, plural;

grass, high, hiker, landscape, mountain, sky, stones, trees, top, to walk nature;
pastimes -hiking;
seasons -summer;
weather;
near/far;

cakes, (Napoleanka, szarlotka), coffee, cups, dishes, to drink, to eat, napkins, placemats, plates, saucers, to serve, sugar bowl, table, tea, white food -cakes, coffee, tea;
how-many? -cups, saucers, placemats, etc.;
pastimes -going out for coffee/tea;
instrumentals;
locatives/spatial relations;
numbers;

backpack, bandana, bicycle, child, grass, to hang, house, jacket, man, pacifier, pants, rope, sandals, shirt, to sit, summer, swing, to swing, tire, trees, yard colors -black, blue, brown, green, pink;
pastimes -vacation, swinging;
seasons -summer;
sports equipment -bicycle, tire swing; tense -present;

bench, cafe, chairs, child, cup, fence, flowers, hat, houses, ice cream dish, lamp, man, napkins, napkin holder, Old City (Stare Miasto, Starowka), outside, saucer, shirt, square, stroller, table, umbrella colors -blue (dark, light, navy), brown, green, red, white, yellow;
family -father, son;
pastimes -going to an outdoor cafe;
urban/rural -urban; plural nouns;
tense -present;

bestman, bride, justice of the piece, maid of honor, dress, flowers, groom, table, suit, witness; clothing -formal cloths;
traditions- a civil wedding;
plural nouns;
directions -left, right;
locatives/spatial relations -next to, near;
plural nouns;

clouds, gloves, hat, hiker, to hike, horizon, jacket, mountains, peaks, sky, snow, woman clothing -winter clothing;
nature;
pastimes -hiking;
seasons -winter;

gloves, to grasp, hats, jackets, man, people, scarf, sign, snow, to stand, street, trees, woman clothing -winter clothing;
geography -Zieleniec;
numbers;
seasons -winter;
tourism;
weather -cold; agreement;
directions -left, right;
locatives/spatial relations -next to, near (accompanied by nouns in genitive case);

bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, twenty; culture -money
number; comparatives: more, less;

bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers,one; culture -money
number; comparatives: more, less;

bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, two; culture -money
number; comparatives: more, less;

bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, ten; culture -money
number; comparatives: more, less;

bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, twenty; culture -money
number; comparatives: more, less;

bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, fifty, king, money, new, numbers; culture -money
number; comparatives: more, less;

bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, twenty; culture -money;
number; comparatives: more, less;

movies, number, pink, row, seat, seven, ten, ticket; pastimes -going to the movies;
number; comparatives: more, less;

bus, letters, number, price, to punch, symbol, ticket, ticket-control, two; transportation -bus, tram, subway;
number; comparatives: more, less;

Vocabulary Items	Topics	Grammar Points
brown, to build, to carve, cloudy, green, house, man, ornaments, red, roof, shingles, steps, stone, warm, wood	architecture -Tatra style (styl Tatrzanski, goralski); geography -southern Poland; housing -modern vs. old, big vs. small; materials -brick, wood, stone; weather -cloudy, warm;	passive; tense -past;
bare branches, car, curtains, to change a tire, house, to load (the car), luggage, snow, trees, trip, trunk (of car), vacation, windows, winter	architecture -Tatra style (styl Tatrzanski, goralski); geography -southern Poland; how-many? -windows; nature; pastimes -vacations; seasons -winter; weather -cold, sunny	locatives/spatial relations -up/down; process/event -changing a tire;
bushes, car, door, grass, house, jeans, man, open (window), to park, patio, roof, steps, to stop, terra cotta, trees, to walk, windows, wooden house	colors -blue, brown, green, red ; house ; materials -wood; seasons - going to the drugstore;	locatives/spatial relations; near/far;
car, clouds, column, cross, high, king, low, roof, sculpture, sign, sky, square, steps, street, tower	architecture -old style; colors -blue, orange, red; historical/religious elements - Zygmunt III Wasa; urban/rural -urban;
blue, boots, boy, cold, earnest, hat, mittens, to plow, poles, serious, skis, to ski, small, snow, snowsuit, white, yellow;	clothing - boots, hat, mittens, snowsuit; colors -blue, red, white, yellow; pastimes -skiing; seasons -winter; sports equipment -skis, ski poles; weather -cold, snowy;	adjectives; case -locative; tense -present;
bald, belt, bushes, dog, eyeglasses, forest, grass, leash, man, mushroom, pants, to pick (mushrooms), shirt, summer, trees, to walk, to walk (a dog)	animals -dog (domestic): ears, tongue, tail, etc.; clothing; nature; pastimes - taking a walk, picking mushrooms; physical appearance; seasons -summer;	case;
blue, bushes, clouds, dark, horizon, mist, mountains, peak, sky, trees	landscape; nature; seasons -summer; tourism -trips to the mountains;	near/far;
backpack, bicycle, to bicycle, blue, brown, child's seat (on bike), hanging lamp, hot, miniskirt, narrow/wide, open/closed, people, purse, shorts, sidewalk, small, street, summer, sunny, to talk, tank top, tourists, to walk, wall, white, windows	clothing; colors; seasons -summer; sports equipment -bicycle; tourism; transportation -bicycle; weather -hot, sunny;	cognates; contrasts -open vs. closed, wide vs. narrow; locatives/spatial relations -at, in, next to, on;
car, churches, column, dark/light, to drive, flower beds, green, to go, high/low, house, orange, to park, pink, red, roof, to sit, sky, to stop, street sign, tower, trees, to walk, window	architecture -Old City; buildings -building types: church, house, etc.; colors -intensity: light vs. dark; opposites; pastimes; transportation; urban/rural -urban;	adjectives -comparison; case -nominative; cognates -e.g., 'pickup (truck)'; interrogative pronoun - co;
arch, backpacks, bag, beggar, boys, to buy, to choose, cobblestones, door, girls, hair, lamp, long, to order, pants, ponytail, queue, to queue (line) up, reflection, sandals, sidewalk, shirt, shoes, shop, shorts, sneakers, socks, street, to wait, window, young people	clothing; colors -blue, brown, yellow; physical appearance -tall, short, type of hairstyle;	aspect -imperfect; verbs -plural endings;
architecture, city, clothes, entrance, old, ornaments, people, restaurant, sidewalk, signs, street, window	clothing -shoes, shorts, skirt, socks; colors -white, blue, brown, black;
restaurant, street sign, winery	pastimes -going out to the restaurant;	case;
big/small, building, cars, clouds, columns, dome, monument, pedestrian, people, sky, street	architecture; how-many? -arches, columns, windows; shapes; urban/rural -urban;	numbers -cardinal numbers (in number + noun constructions);
airplane, airport, black, field, to fly, grass, green, man, red, small, white, woman, yellow	airplane -parts of an airplane; colors; pastimes -flying; transportation -airplane; weather -cloudy;
army, boots, coat, to guard, hat (rogatywka), insignia, man, necktie, pants, shirt, soldier, to stand, uniform	body parts - eyes, head, hands, legs, etc.; clothing -uniform; professions -soldier;	plural nouns -eye, ear, arm, etc.; tense -present;
bag, bald, black, blond, to choose, fat, graffiti, gray, to hold, to look, man, market, merchandise, moustache, narrow, people, to pick, purse, to sell, to shop, stall, to stand, street, to talk, thin, to walk, white, woman	clothing -blouse, flowered print, jacket, pants, shirt, skirt, shoes; occupations -vendor; physical appearance - bald, fat, thin, wearing a moustache; shopping -the street market; urban/rural -urban;	agreement -number agreement, nouns and verbs; aspect; nouns -singular, plural;
grass, high, hiker, landscape, mountain, sky, stones, trees, top, to walk	nature; pastimes -hiking; seasons -summer; weather;	near/far;
cakes, (Napoleanka, szarlotka), coffee, cups, dishes, to drink, to eat, napkins, placemats, plates, saucers, to serve, sugar bowl, table, tea, white	food -cakes, coffee, tea; how-many? -cups, saucers, placemats, etc.; pastimes -going out for coffee/tea;	instrumentals; locatives/spatial relations; numbers;
backpack, bandana, bicycle, child, grass, to hang, house, jacket, man, pacifier, pants, rope, sandals, shirt, to sit, summer, swing, to swing, tire, trees, yard	colors -black, blue, brown, green, pink; pastimes -vacation, swinging; seasons -summer; sports equipment -bicycle, tire swing;	tense -present;
bench, cafe, chairs, child, cup, fence, flowers, hat, houses, ice cream dish, lamp, man, napkins, napkin holder, Old City (Stare Miasto, Starowka), outside, saucer, shirt, square, stroller, table, umbrella	colors -blue (dark, light, navy), brown, green, red, white, yellow; family -father, son; pastimes -going to an outdoor cafe; urban/rural -urban;	plural nouns; tense -present;
bestman, bride, justice of the piece, maid of honor, dress, flowers, groom, table, suit, witness;	clothing -formal cloths; traditions- a civil wedding;	plural nouns; directions -left, right; locatives/spatial relations -next to, near; plural nouns;
clouds, gloves, hat, hiker, to hike, horizon, jacket, mountains, peaks, sky, snow, woman	clothing -winter clothing; nature; pastimes -hiking; seasons -winter;
gloves, to grasp, hats, jackets, man, people, scarf, sign, snow, to stand, street, trees, woman	clothing -winter clothing; geography -Zieleniec; numbers; seasons -winter; tourism; weather -cold;	agreement; directions -left, right; locatives/spatial relations -next to, near (accompanied by nouns in genitive case);
bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, twenty;	culture -money number;	comparatives: more, less;
bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers,one;	culture -money number;	comparatives: more, less;
bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, two;	culture -money number;	comparatives: more, less;
bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, ten;	culture -money number;	comparatives: more, less;
bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, twenty;	culture -money number;	comparatives: more, less;
bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, fifty, king, money, new, numbers;	culture -money number;	comparatives: more, less;
bill, coat of arms, coin, crown, king, money, new, numbers, twenty;	culture -money; number;	comparatives: more, less;
movies, number, pink, row, seat, seven, ten, ticket;	pastimes -going to the movies; number;	comparatives: more, less;
bus, letters, number, price, to punch, symbol, ticket, ticket-control, two;	transportation -bus, tram, subway; number;	comparatives: more, less;

TOPICS		GRAMMAR POINTS
airplane
animals		adjectives
architecture		agreement
body parts		aspect
buildings		borrowings
celebrations		case
ceremonies		cognates
clothing		comparatives
colors		conditional
culture		directions
family		genitive
food		gerundive adjectives
geography		instrumentals
historical elements		interrogative pronouns
holidays		locatives/spatial relations
house		near/far
housing
how-many?		numbers
landscape		passive
letters		plural nouns
materials
musical instruments		quantities
names		tense
nature		verbs
numbers
occupations
old/new
opposites
parts of a car
pastimes
physical appearance
seasons
shapes
shopping
sports equipment
transportation
tourism
urban/rural
weather

Grouping Suggestions

Comparisons: traditions and celebrations
Similarities and differences: urban vs. rural
Similarities and differences: seasons
Pastimes
Picture series: shopping trip
Occupations

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