Day 1: Lost Among the Crocuses
At the Tatra National Park ticket booth at the entrance to Dolina Chochołowska in crocus season, Marysia (A), a young highlander who speaks the local Podhale dialect, finds Zosia (B), a little girl from Poznań who has lost her family in the crowd.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Polish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Polish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
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A
Hej, dziewcynko, a cemu ty tak płaces? Zgubiłaś sie mamie w tym ścisku, cy co?
Hey there, little one, why are you crying like that? Lost your mum in this crush, have you?
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B
Tak. Oglądaliśmy te fioletowe kwiatki, a jak się odwróciłam, to już ich nie było.
Yes. We were looking at the purple flowers, and when I turned round, they were gone.
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A
Na krokusy to dziś pół Polski przysło. Pedz mi ino, jak sie twoja mama nazywo.
Half of Poland's come for the crocuses today. Just tell me what your mum's called.
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B
Mama. A tata mówi na nią „Aga”, jak nie może znaleźć kluczyków.
Mum. And Dad calls her 'Aga' when he can't find the car keys.
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A
No to mama Aga, piyknie. A mo na sobie coś takiego, co z daleka widać?
Mum Aga it is, lovely. And is she wearing anything you can see from far away?
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B
Czerwoną kurtkę. I nosi mojego brata w takim plecaku, a on ciągle krzyczy.
A red jacket. And she's carrying my brother in a sort of backpack, and he keeps screaming.
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A
Siadoj tu przy kasie i cekoj. Zaroz zadzwonie do strazników, coby sukali mamy w cerwonej kurtce i z krzykacem.
Sit here by the booth and wait. I'll ring the rangers right away so they can look out for a mum in a red jacket with a little screamer.
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B
A jak mama już pojechała do domu? Mówiła, że jak się zgubię, mam stać w miejscu, a ja przyszłam do pani.
What if Mum's already gone home? She said if I got lost I had to stay where I was, but I came to you.
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A
Dobrześ zrobiła, tu cie mama nojprędzej znajdzie. O, cheba juz słychać tego twojego krzykaca!
You did the right thing, this is where your mum will find you quickest. Oh, I think I can already hear that little screamer of yours!
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