Zakupy i opakowania
How things are packaged and counted. Ask for the wrong unit and you get a very different quantity.
opakowanie
noun · neuter
- EN
- packaging, a pack
- RU
- упаковка
Opakowanie zbiorcze zawiera sześć sztuk.
The multipack contains six units.
The generic. Everything below is a specific kind of it, and shops label by the specific one.
słoik
noun · masculine
- EN
- jar
- RU
- банка (стеклянная)
Słoik ogórków kiszonych.
A jar of pickled cucumbers.
Glass, with a lid. Słoiki is also mild slang for people who move to a big city and bring food from their parents in jars.
puszka
noun · feminine
- EN
- tin, can
- RU
- банка (жестяная)
Puszka pomidorów.
A tin of tomatoes.
Metal. Russian uses банка for both this and a jar; Polish insists on the difference between puszka and słoik.
zgrzewka
noun · feminine
- EN
- shrink-wrapped pack
- RU
- упаковка (термоусадочная)
Kupiłem zgrzewkę wody.
I bought a pack of water.
Six bottles wrapped in plastic. There is no neat English word, and in Poland it is how water is bought.
karton
noun · masculine
- EN
- carton; cardboard box
- RU
- коробка, пакет (молока)
Karton mleka i dwa jogurty.
A carton of milk and two yoghurts.
Both the drinks carton and the cardboard box. Kartonik is the small one with a straw that children take to school.
kromka
noun · feminine
- EN
- a slice of bread
- RU
- ломоть, кусок хлеба
Dwie kromki chleba z masłem.
Two slices of bread and butter.
Only for bread. A slice of cake is kawałek and a slice of sausage is plasterek — three words where English has one.
plasterek
noun · masculine
- EN
- a thin slice
- RU
- ломтик
Poproszę dziesięć plasterków szynki.
Ten slices of ham, please.
For cold cuts and cheese. Also a sticking plaster, which is the same thin flat thing by another route.
torebka
noun · feminine
- EN
- a small bag, a sachet
- RU
- пакетик, сумочка
Torebka herbaty.
A teabag.
A teabag, a sachet and a handbag. Reklamówka is the carrier bag at the till, and it now costs money.
na wagę
phrase · adverb
- EN
- loose, by weight
- RU
- на развес
Orzechy kupuję na wagę.
I buy nuts loose.
The opposite of packaged. At a deli counter it is what distinguishes cutting to order from taking a sealed pack.
paragon
noun · masculine
- EN
- till receipt
- RU
- чек
Zachowaj paragon na wypadek zwrotu.
Keep the receipt in case you return it.
The everyday receipt. A faktura is the formal invoice a business needs — and asking for one at the till changes what gets printed.
Drill these ten · earlier morning · later morning
Drill these ten