Food staples (masło, ziemniak)

The staples

butter

masło butter, ham

szynka ham, yoghurt

jogurt yoghurt, chicken (food)

kurczak chicken, potato

ziemniak potato, carrot

marchewka carrot, lettuce

sałata lettuce, pepper (spice)

pieprz pepper (the spice).

Note sałata is the plant — lettuce. The dish you already know is sałatka.

Salting and peppering

to salt

solić — to salt: Nie solę zupy. Sól and cukier you know; pieprz completes the table set.

Quantities take the Genitive

With the Genitive plural from the last lessons: kilogram ziemniaków — a kilo of potatoes, dużo marchewek — a lot of carrots.