Day 52 of 65

Day 52: What the Halny Brought

On a night when the halny, the warm gale that blows down from the Tatras, is howling round her house in Poronin, Grandma Maryna (B), who speaks the Podhale dialect, is woken by her grandson Ja艣 (A), eight, who is staying with her.

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

    Babciu, obud藕 si臋! Za oknem co艣 wyje, jakby kto艣 p艂aka艂, a u nas w ogr贸dku stoi trampolina pana J臋drka!

    Grandma, wake up! Something's howling outside like someone crying, and Mr J臋drek's trampoline is standing in our garden!

  2. B

    Nie b贸j sie, Jasicku, to ino halny. Kie wieje, to fruwajom trampoliny, a ludzie g艂upiejom.

    Don't be scared, Ja艣, it's only the halny. When it blows, trampolines fly and people go daft.

  3. A

    A mo偶emy j膮 zatrzyma膰? Igna艣 z klasy m贸wi, 偶e jak co艣 samo przyleci, to znalezione, nie kradzione.

    So can we keep it? Igna艣 in my class says that if something flies over by itself, it's finders keepers.

  4. B

    Ju艣ci! 艁oni halny zani贸s J臋drkowi moje prze艣cierad艂o i do dzi艣 nie oddo艂, to sie teroz wyr贸wno.

    Course we can! Last year the halny carried my sheet off to J臋drek's, and he's never given it back, so now we'll be quits.

  5. A

    Super! Ale Amelka i Helenka od pana J臋drka b臋d膮 rano p艂aka膰.

    Cool! But Mr J臋drek's girls, Amelka and Helenka, will cry in the morning.

  6. B

    Dobre mos serce, po dziadku. Oddomy, ino pocekomy, a偶 przestanie, bo nim dojdziemy do J臋drka, zaniesie nas do Nowego Targu.

    You've got a good heart, just like your grandad. We'll give it back, only we'll wait till it stops, or it'll blow us all the way to Nowy Targ before we even get to J臋drek's.

  7. A

    Babciu, a ty kiedy艣 skaka艂a艣 na trampolinie? Jak by艂a艣 ma艂a?

    Grandma, have you ever bounced on a trampoline? When you were little?

  8. B

    Kany tam! Kie jo by艂a ma艂o, my ino ze stodo艂y w siano skakali, a o trampolinie nikt nie s艂yso艂.

    Not a chance! When I was little, we just jumped off the barn into the hay, and nobody had even heard of a trampoline.

  9. A

    To chod藕 teraz, p贸ki wszyscy 艣pi膮! B臋d臋 ci臋 trzyma艂 za r臋k臋, 偶eby ci臋 halny nie porwa艂.

    Then come on now, while everyone's asleep! I'll hold your hand so the halny doesn't carry you off.

  10. B

    W nocy, w kosuli i w kapciach? Hej, a co mi tam! Siedemdziesi膮t lot cekom na takom okazje.

    At night, in my nightie and slippers? Oh, what the heck! I've waited seventy years for a chance like this.

  11. A

    Babciu, sama m贸wi艂a艣, 偶e jak wieje halny, to ludzie g艂upiej膮! Tylko nie skacz za wysoko, bo ci臋 zaniesie do pana J臋drka.

    Grandma, you said yourself that when the halny blows, people go daft! Just don't bounce too high, or it'll carry you off to Mr J臋drek's.

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