Day 21: Corkage on Screw Caps
At a wedding venue outside P艂ock, Kamil (A) and his fianc茅e Ada (B) wait for the owner, Mr Ryszard (C), to bring the contract for their reception.
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
Ada, negocjacje zostaw mnie. Ty tylko kiwaj g艂ow膮 i r贸b gro藕n膮 min臋.
Ada, leave the negotiating to me. You just nod and look menacing.
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B
Jak przy kupnie auta, kiedy wytargowa艂e艣 cen臋 wy偶sz膮 ni偶 w og艂oszeniu? Dobra, kiwam.
Like when we bought the car and you haggled your way to a price higher than the one in the ad? Fine, I'm nodding.
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C
Umowa gotowa, prosz臋 pa艅stwa. Trzysta dziewi臋膰dziesi膮t od talerzyka, w tym zar贸wno pi臋膰 ciep艂ych da艅, jak i wiejski st贸艂.
The contract's ready. Three hundred and ninety a head, and that includes both five hot courses and the 'country table' buffet.
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A
Panie Ryszardzie, to stawka jak w Sopocie, a my jeste艣my pod P艂ockiem. Za trzysta dwadzie艣cia podpisujemy od r臋ki.
Mr Ryszard, that's a Sopot rate, and we're outside P艂ock. At three hundred and twenty we'll sign on the spot.
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C
Trzysta dwadzie艣cia to mnie kosztuje sama kie艂basa. Mimo to dla m艂odej pary zejd臋 do trzystu siedemdziesi臋ciu.
Three hundred and twenty is what the sausage alone costs me. Even so, for a young couple I'll come down to three hundred and seventy.
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B
Przejrzawszy umow臋, znalaz艂am zadatek zamiast zaliczki i korkowe za w艂asny alkohol. Nasza w贸dka ma zakr臋tki, panie Ryszardzie.
Having looked through the contract, I found a non-refundable deposit instead of an advance, and corkage on our own drinks. Our vodka has screw caps, Mr Ryszard.
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C
Korkowe to poj臋cie umowne, prosz臋 pani, jak wiejski st贸艂, przy kt贸rym nie siedzi ani jeden rolnik.
Corkage is just a figure of speech, madam, like the 'country table', where not a single farmer sits.
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B
Wobec tego proponuj臋: pi膮tek w listopadzie, kt贸rego pan i tak nie sprzeda, trzysta pi臋膰dziesi膮t, zaliczka i zero korkowego.
In that case, here's my offer: a Friday in November, which you won't sell anyway, three hundred and fifty, an advance, and no corkage.
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C
Zgoda, pani Ado. A pan niech dalej kiwa g艂ow膮, bo 艣wietnie to panu wychodzi.
Deal, Ada. And you, sir, keep nodding: you're very good at it.
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