Day 127: Bread, Water and Garlic
In her kitchen in 艢wi臋toch艂owice, Brygida (A), who speaks Silesian and has started posting cooking videos online, asks her daughter Jowita (B), who works in social media at a marketing agency, what she thinks of her latest one, about wodzionka, the Silesian soup of stale bread, garlic and boiling water.
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Jowitko, 艂obejrza艂a艣 m贸j filmik z wodzionkom? 艁od rana czekom, co mi pedziesz, bo ty sie na tym znosz.
Jowita, have you watched my wodzionka video? I've been waiting since this morning to hear what you'll say, because you know about these things.
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B
Obejrza艂am, mamo. Po przeanalizowaniu statystyk mam dla ciebie kilka rekomendacji w celu zwi臋kszenia zasi臋g贸w.
I have, Mum. Having analysed the stats, I've got a few recommendations for you, with a view to increasing your reach.
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A
Rekomendacje? Godej normalnie, jo niy je tw贸j zarz膮d, yno twoja mama.
Recommendations? Talk normally: I'm not your board of directors, I'm just your mum.
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B
Normalnie: m贸wisz po 艣l膮sku, wi臋c rozumie ci臋 p贸艂 wojew贸dztwa. W ramach nowej strategii m贸wisz po polsku, a po 艣l膮sku jest tylko tytu艂, dla kolorytu.
Normally, then: you speak Silesian, so half the province understands you. Under the new strategy, you speak standard Polish, and only the title is in Silesian, for local colour.
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A
Wodzionka po polsku? To je jak wodzionka bez knoblocha: yno suchy chlyb we wodzie. Ga艅ba by by艂a na co艂ki 艢lonsk.
Wodzionka in standard Polish? That's like wodzionka without knobloch, without garlic: just dry bread in water. It'd be a disgrace to the whole of Silesia.
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B
Mamo, ja si臋 tym zajmuj臋 zawodowo. Czekaj, co? Pod filmikiem jest dwana艣cie tysi臋cy komentarzy?!
Mum, this is what I do for a living. Wait, what? There are twelve thousand comments under the video?!
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A
Wiym, wiym. Jaki艣 gorol napiso艂, 偶e niy wiy, co to je wodzionka, i 艂od wczoraj p贸艂 Polski mu to t艂umaczy. A rano dzwoni艂 tw贸j szef.
I know, I know. Some gorol, some non-Silesian, wrote that he didn't know what wodzionka was, and since yesterday half of Poland has been explaining it to him. And this morning your boss rang.
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B
M贸j szef? Przecie偶 to on mi wczoraj wbija艂 do g艂owy, 偶e 艣l膮ski to nisza, kt贸rej nie da si臋 sprzeda膰.
My boss? Only yesterday he was drumming it into me that Silesian is a niche you can't sell.
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A
Niy do sie sprzeda膰, a 艂on dzwoni do mie z samego rana. Chce, cobych nagra艂a reklama dlo waszego klienta 艂od mas艂a, a 艂o stawce pogodo z nim moja mened偶erka.
Can't be sold, and yet there he is, ringing me first thing in the morning. He wants me to record an advert for your butter client, and my manager will talk to him about the fee.
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B
Moment, jaka mened偶erka? Mamo, ja u niego pracuj臋, a ty chcesz, 偶ebym si臋 z nim targowa艂a o twoj膮 stawk臋?
Hang on, what manager? Mum, I work for him, and you want me to haggle with him over your fee?
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A
Jak niy ty, to kto? 艁od dzi艣 robisz dlo mie: po podpisaniu umowy dostaniesz prowizja i tela wodzionki, wiela zjysz.
If not you, then who? From today you work for me: once the contract's signed, you get a commission and as much wodzionka as you can eat.
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B
Prowizja i wodzionka do woli? To lepsze warunki, ni偶 mam w agencji. Tylko reklam臋 nagrywamy w ca艂o艣ci po 艣l膮sku: taka jest nowa strategia.
A commission and all the wodzionka I can eat? That's a better deal than I get at the agency. Only we record the advert entirely in Silesian: that's the new strategy.
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