Day 24: A Swarm on the Clothes Horse
In a top-floor flat in Kielce, law student Magda (A) and her flatmate Iga (B), who has a job interview at a bank tomorrow, find a swarm of bees on their balcony and call their landlord, Mr Henryk (C).
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
Iga, nie otwieraj balkonu! Rój przeniósł się z barierki na suszarkę, i to akurat na twoją koszulę na jutro.
Iga, don't open the balcony door! The swarm has moved from the railing onto the clothes horse, right onto your shirt for tomorrow.
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B
Na tę do banku? Straż odesłała mnie do pszczelarza, a pan Henryk krzyknął: „Nie ruszać, jadę!” i się rozłączył.
The one for the bank? The fire brigade told me to find a beekeeper, and Mr Henryk shouted, 'Don't touch anything, I'm on my way!' and hung up.
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C
Gdzie on jest? Usłyszawszy słowo „rój”, zostawiłem obiad, po czym przyjechałem z rojnicą i podkurzaczem.
Where is it? Having heard the word 'swarm', I left my dinner and came straight over with a swarm box and a smoker.
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A
Przyjechał pan podejrzanie szybko jak na kogoś, kto przez trzy tygodnie naprawiał nam kran.
You got here suspiciously fast for someone who took three weeks to fix our tap.
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C
Bo kran nie wyroił mi się wczoraj z pasieki na działce. To moje pszczoły, pani Magdo.
Because the tap didn't swarm out of my apiary at the allotment yesterday. These are my bees, Magda.
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A
Wobec tego przypomnę panu artykuł sto osiemdziesiąty drugi kodeksu cywilnego: właściciel roju może wejść na cudzy grunt, ale musi naprawić szkodę.
In that case, let me remind you of Article 182 of the Civil Code: the owner of a swarm may enter someone else's land, but must make good the damage.
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C
Jaką szkodę? Pszczoły w roju są łagodne jak baranki, bo najadły się miodu na drogę.
What damage? Swarming bees are as gentle as lambs, because they've filled up on honey for the journey.
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B
Łagodne? Ich królowa siedzi z całym dworem na mojej jedynej koszuli do banku.
Gentle? Their queen and her entire court are sitting on my only shirt for the bank.
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C
Matka, nie królowa. Pralnia na mój koszt, a tytułem zadośćuczynienia dorzucę paniom słoik gryczanego.
We call her the mother, not the queen. The dry cleaning's on me, and by way of compensation I'll throw in a jar of buckwheat honey.
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A
Gryczany przyjmujemy. Ale kran, panie Henryku, zgłaszamy jeszcze raz, tym razem jako rój.
We'll take the buckwheat. But we're reporting the tap again, Mr Henryk, this time as a swarm.
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