Day 124: Purple Light Behind the Barn
At the fence between their plots in a village near B艂onie, a man (A) who left a Warsaw bank two years ago to grow microgreens in a shipping container asks his neighbour (B), who has two hectares of tomato greenhouses, to invest in the business.
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
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A
Panie s膮siedzie, ma pan chwil臋? Chcia艂bym panu pokaza膰, co od p贸艂 roku ro艣nie w kontenerze za stodo艂膮.
Neighbour, have you got a minute? I'd like to show you what's been growing in the container behind the barn for the last six months.
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B
Nareszcie. Ten kontener 艣wieci po nocach na fioletowo, a 偶ona twierdzi, 偶e l膮duj膮 u pana kosmici.
At last. That container glows purple at night, and my wife reckons aliens are landing at your place.
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A
To lampy LED, a pod nimi mikroli艣cie. 艢cinamy je po dziesi臋ciu dniach i sprzedajemy warszawskim restauracjom po trzysta z艂otych za kilo.
Those are LED lamps, with microgreens under them. We cut them after ten days and sell them to Warsaw restaurants at three hundred z艂oty a kilo.
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B
Po dziesi臋ciu dniach to u mnie ro艣nie rze偶ucha na wacie, na Wielkanoc. Pan chce sprzedawa膰 Warszawie rze偶uch臋 po trzysta z艂otych?
What grows at my place after ten days is cress on cotton wool, for Easter. You want to sell cress to Warsaw at three hundred z艂oty?
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A
To nie rze偶ucha, tylko produkt premium. Oboje z 偶on膮 postawili艣my na to wszystko. Proponuj臋 panu pi臋tna艣cie procent za dwie艣cie tysi臋cy.
It's not cress, it's a premium product. My wife and I have both staked everything on it. I'm offering you fifteen per cent for two hundred thousand.
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B
To po kolei: ile pan p艂aci za pr膮d, ilu ma pan klient贸w i co b臋dzie, jak Biedronka sprzeda to samo za dziesi臋膰 z艂otych?
One thing at a time, then: how much do you pay for electricity, how many customers have you got, and what happens when Biedronka sells the same thing for ten z艂oty?
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A
Pr膮d to jakie艣 siedemset z艂otych miesi臋cznie, klient贸w mamy o艣miu, a Biedronki si臋 nie boimy, bo dowozimy dzie艅 po 艣ci臋ciu.
Electricity comes to about seven hundred z艂oty a month, we've got eight customers, and we're not afraid of Biedronka, because we deliver the day after cutting.
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B
Siedemset z艂otych za udawanie s艂o艅ca? By艂bym panu powiedzia艂, gdyby pan zapyta艂 przed kupnem kontenera: u nas s艂o艅ce 艣wieci gratis.
Seven hundred z艂oty to fake the sun? I'd have told you, if you'd asked before buying the container: round here the sun shines for nothing.
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A
Gratis, ale nie w grudniu. Zim膮 pa艅skie szklarnie 艣wiec膮 sod贸wkami na p贸艂 powiatu, a m贸j roczny rachunek przepala pan w jeden dzie艅.
For nothing, but not in December. In winter your greenhouses light up half the district with sodium lamps, and you burn through my yearly bill in a single day.
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B
Trafiony, zatopiony. Na kontener nie dam ani z艂ot贸wki, ale skoro sprzedaje pan rze偶uch臋 po trzysta z艂otych, niech pan sprzeda restauracjom moje pomidory.
Touch茅. I won't put a single z艂oty into the container, but since you can sell cress at three hundred z艂oty, go and sell my tomatoes to those restaurants.
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A
Czyli zamiast inwestora mam dostawc臋? No dobrze, tylko pa艅skie pomidory sprzedam restauracjom jako rzemie艣lnicze, trzy razy dro偶ej ni偶 w Broniszach.
So instead of an investor, I've got a supplier? All right, but I'll sell your tomatoes to the restaurants as artisanal, at three times the price at the Bronisze market.
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B
Rzemie艣lnicze, z dw贸ch hektar贸w? To niech pan im zawiezie jeszcze rze偶uch臋 mojej 偶ony: wielkanocn膮, na wacie, z tradycj膮.
Artisanal, from two hectares? Then take them my wife's cress as well: the Easter kind, on cotton wool, steeped in tradition.
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