Day 31 of 49

Day 31: A Bench with a Little Tap

In a regional TV studio in Kielce, a minute before a live political talk show, the host, Agnieszka (A), and her guest Teresa (B), the mayor of a small spa town nearby and Agnieszka's mother-in-law, settle how to behave on air.

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

    Pani burmistrz, za minutę wizja. Proponuję, żebyśmy mówiły sobie per pani, jak przy niedzielnym rosole.

    Madam Mayor, we're on air in a minute. I suggest we keep it formal, the way we do over Sunday chicken soup.

  2. B

    Per pani to pani zaczęła, przekroczywszy nasz próg z paprotką, jak gdyby przyszła na rozmowę kwalifikacyjną.

    You're the one who started all the formality, crossing our threshold with a potted fern as if you'd come for a job interview.

  3. A

    Wróćmy do fontanny. Wypada zapytać, czemu kosztowała cztery miliony, a działa tylko w weekendy.

    Back to the fountain. It's only proper to ask why it cost four million and only works at weekends.

  4. B

    Nie godzi się pytać teściowej o pieniądze na wizji. Ale proszę bardzo, o ile zniesie pani odpowiedź.

    It isn't done to ask your mother-in-law about money on air. But go ahead, if you can take the answer.

  5. A

    Na wizji nie jestem synową, tylko dziennikarką. Proszę więc o konkrety: kto zaprojektował tę fontannę?

    On air I'm not your daughter-in-law, I'm a journalist. So let's have specifics: who designed that fountain?

  6. B

    Pani mąż, a mój syn. Obiecał, iż sam się pani pochwali, ale najwyraźniej stchórzył.

    Your husband, and my son. He promised me he'd tell you himself, but evidently he lost his nerve.

  7. A

    Tomek, który w domu nazywa ją „ławeczką z kranikiem”? Należałoby chyba ujawnić to widzom.

    Tomek, who calls it 'a bench with a little tap' at home? I suppose we ought to disclose that to the viewers.

  8. B

    Wszedłszy do studia, od razu powiedziałam producentowi, a ten zmienił tytuł odcinka na „Teściowa kontra synowa”.

    I told the producer the moment I walked into the studio, and he's changed the episode title to 'Mother-in-Law versus Daughter-in-Law'.

  9. A

    Dobry wieczór państwu. Dziś o fontannie z panią burmistrz, prywatnie moją teściową, a potem zadzwonimy do projektanta, prywatnie mojego męża.

    Good evening. Tonight we're talking about the fountain with the mayor, in private life my mother-in-law, and later we'll phone the designer, in private life my husband.

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