Day 19: One Lamb Short
In Z膮b, near Zakopane, on the eve of the spring redyk, when the flock is driven up to the mountain pastures for the summer, Wojtek (A), a shepherd who speaks the Podhale dialect, counts his sheep while his daughter Jagusia (B), eight, looks on.
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
Trzysta dwadzie艣cia 艣tyry, trzysta dwadzie艣cia pi臋膰... Jagu艣, jednego jagni臋cia ni ma, a jutro redyk.
Three hundred and twenty-four, three hundred and twenty-five... Jagusia, one lamb's missing, and tomorrow we take the flock up to the pastures.
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B
Mo偶e zjad艂 je wilk? Pani w szkole m贸wi艂a, 偶e w g贸rach s膮 wilki.
Maybe a wolf ate it? Our teacher said there are wolves in the mountains.
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A
Wilk, powiadas? Ciekawe, bo wilk ani nie odsuwo zasuwy, ani nie gubi gumek do w艂os贸w.
A wolf, you say? Funny, because a wolf can't slide back a bolt, and it doesn't drop hair bands either.
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B
Dobra, 艢nie偶ek 艣pi u mnie pod ko艂dr膮. Patrzy艂 na mnie, jakby prosi艂, 偶eby go nie oddawa膰.
OK, 艢nie偶ek's asleep under my duvet. He looked at me as if he was begging not to be given away.
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A
艢niezek, piyknie. Ino jagnie, dop贸ki ssie, musi by膰 przy matce, a matka jutro idzie na hale.
艢nie偶ek, is it? Lovely. Only a lamb has to stay with its mother while it's still suckling, and tomorrow its mother goes up to the pastures.
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B
To niech jego mama 艣pi u mnie! Babcia m贸wi, 偶e jak by艂a ma艂a, to chodzi艂a spa膰 z kurami.
Then his mum can sleep in my room! Grandma says that when she was little, she went to bed with the chickens.
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A
Ju艣ci, babcia chodzi艂a spa膰 z kurami, ale kur do pierzyny nie bra艂a.
Sure, Grandma went to bed with the chickens, but she didn't take them under her feather quilt.
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B
Ale do jesieni on o mnie zapomni! Wr贸ci wielki jak krowa i nawet mnie nie pozna.
But by autumn he'll forget all about me! He'll come back as big as a cow and won't even know me.
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A
Hej, c贸ru艣, je na to rada: kie ino sko艅cys sko艂e, zabiere cie na hale i bedzies juhaskom do ko艅ca wakacji.
Hey, sweetheart, there's a way round that: as soon as school's over, I'll take you up to the pastures, and you'll be a shepherd's helper till the end of the holidays.
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