Day 15 of 33

Day 15: Identical Down to the Last Comma

In a professor's office at the University of Silesia in Katowice, twins Dawid (A), who slips into Silesian when he is angry, and Natalia (B) bicker in whispers while Professor Jadwiga Pyka (C) finishes reading their two term papers.

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

Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.

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  1. A

    Za艣 to samo, dzio艂szko: jo robia, a ty ajnfach abszrajbujesz. Wiysz, co nom za to grozi?

    Same old story, my girl: I do the work and you just copy it. Do you know what we could get for this?

  2. B

    Ciszej, to nie kuchnia u omy. I to ty zgra艂e艣 m贸j plik, jak gdyby by艂 tw贸j.

    Keep it down, this isn't Grandma's kitchen. And it was you who copied my file, as if it were yours.

  3. C

    Prosz臋 pa艅stwa, prace s膮 identyczne co do przecinka. A po 艣l膮sku rozumiem wi臋cej, ani偶eli pan s膮dzi.

    Ladies and gentlemen, the two papers are identical down to the last comma. And I understand a good deal more Silesian than you think, young man.

  4. A

    Przepraszam, pani profesor. Zapewniam, i偶 pisa艂em sam, a siostra uzna艂a, 偶e skoro dzielimy laptopa, to i przypisy.

    I'm sorry, Professor. I assure you that I wrote it myself, and my sister decided that since we share a laptop, we share footnotes too.

  5. B

    Od dziecka po偶ycza ode mnie wszystko, od kredek po pogl膮dy. Urodzi艂 si臋 pi臋膰 minut po mnie i nadrabia.

    He's been borrowing everything from me since we were little, from crayons to opinions. He was born five minutes after me and he's been catching up ever since.

  6. C

    Obie twierdz膮 te偶, i偶 Nikiszowiec zbudowano w tysi膮c osiemset 贸smym. Znam t臋 liter贸wk臋 od trzydziestu lat.

    Both papers also claim that Nikiszowiec was built in 1808. I've known that typo for thirty years.

  7. B

    Chwila, magisterka mamy z byfyja u omy? Ty te偶 do niej zajrza艂e艣?

    Hang on, Mum's master's thesis, from Grandma's sideboard? You looked at it too?

  8. A

    No jo... A jo my艣lo艂, 偶e 偶odyn niy wiy, kaj oma chowo mamine papiery.

    Well, yeah... And there was me thinking nobody knew where Grandma keeps Mum's papers.

  9. C

    Pa艅stwa mama pisa艂a j膮 za moj膮 艣cian膮 w akademiku, a ja przepisywa艂am na maszynie, wi臋c liter贸wka to je moja robota.

    Your mother wrote it on the other side of my wall in the student halls, and I typed it up for her, so that typo is my handiwork.

  10. B

    Czyli mama pisa艂a, pani przepisywa艂a, a my abszrajbowali艣my. To chyba rodzinne.

    So Mum wrote it, you typed it and we copied it. It must run in the family.

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