Day 134 of 135

Day 134: A Grudge in Lead Crystal

During a break at a crystal glassworks in Piechowice, two cousins who followed their grandfather into the trade, a glassblower (A) and a glass cutter (B), go through the pieces of the decanter he made for his own wedding, which was smashed at their grandmother's name day twenty years ago and has divided their mothers ever since.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Babcia przysłała skorupy tamtej karafki i liścik: „Wy się na tym znacie”. Na dziewięćdziesiątkę chce ją z powrotem, a córki przy jednym stole.

    Grandma's sent us the pieces of that decanter with a note: 'You two know about these things.' For her ninetieth she wants it back, and both her daughters at one table.

  2. B

    Karafkę odtworzymy: ty wydmuchasz, ja oszlifuję. Gorzej z twoją matką, która od dwudziestu lat powtarza wszystkim, że to ja ją stłukłem.

    We can recreate the decanter: you blow it, I'll cut it. Your mother's the bigger problem: for twenty years she's been telling everyone it was me who broke it.

  3. A

    A twoja, że ja. O ile pamiętam, byliśmy wtedy w pokoju sami, więc jeden z nas kłamie od podstawówki.

    And yours says it was me. As far as I remember, we were alone in the room at the time, so one of us has been lying since primary school.

  4. B

    Pamiętam tylko twoją mamę, która krzyczała, jak gdyby ktoś stłukł relikwię, a nie karafkę.

    All I remember is your mum screaming as if someone had smashed a holy relic, not a decanter.

  5. A

    Bo dla niej to relikwia: dziadek wydmuchał ją tu, w tej hucie, na swój ślub. Patrz, brakuje skorupy z gwiazdą.

    Because to her it is a relic: Grandad blew it right here, in this glassworks, for his own wedding. Look, the piece with the star is missing.

  6. B

    Nie brakuje, noszę ją w portfelu od dnia, w którym sprawdzałem, czy kryształ dziadka naprawdę dzwoni. Dzwonił. Raz.

    It isn't missing. I've carried it in my wallet since the day I checked whether Grandad's crystal really rings. It did. Once.

  7. A

    To ty?! Przez ciebie mama nie była u cioci na żadnych imieninach, a ciocia do dziś ma mnie za łobuza od karafki.

    It was you?! Because of you, Mum hasn't been to a single name day at your mum's, and your mum still has me down as the brat who broke the decanter.

  8. B

    Byłbym się przyznał, gdyby mama nie przysięgła przy wszystkich, że jej syn nie kłamie. Miałem osiem lat, nie chciałem robić z niej kłamczuchy.

    I would have owned up if Mum hadn't sworn in front of everyone that her son doesn't lie. I was eight; I didn't want to make a liar of her.

  9. A

    Czyli moja mama od dwudziestu lat ma rację, tylko bez dowodu. Twoja będzie musiała ją przeprosić, a tego żadna z nich nie przeżyje.

    So my mum has been right for twenty years, just without any proof. Yours will have to apologise to her, and neither of them will survive that.

  10. B

    Przeżyją. Oszlifuję nową gwiazdę według tej skorupy, a na urodzinach powiem prawdę, nim ktokolwiek zdąży pokroić tort.

    They'll survive. I'll cut a new star from the pattern on this piece, and at the party I'll tell the truth before anyone gets the chance to cut the cake.

  11. A

    Dobra, ale karafka zostaje u mnie, dopóki ciocia nie przeprosi mojej mamy. A jak nie przeprosi, sprawdzimy, czy nowa też dzwoni.

    Fine, but the decanter stays with me until your mum apologises to mine. And if she doesn't, we'll check whether the new one rings too.

  12. B

    Przeprosi. A jak nie, w portfelu zmieszczę jeszcze jedną gwiazdę.

    She'll apologise. And if she doesn't, there's room in my wallet for one more star.

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