Day 53 of 65

Day 53: Sold for the Fourth Time

In a shop for pigeon fanciers in Bytom, Fabian (A), sent by his grandfather Alojzy to sell a racing pigeon, brings it in a cardboard box to the owner, Mr Rajmund (B), who speaks Silesian.

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

    Dzie艅 dobry. Dziadek Alojzy przys艂a艂 mnie z tym go艂臋biem na sprzeda偶, tylko z panem podobno nie wypada si臋 targowa膰.

    Good morning. My grandad Alojzy has sent me to sell you this pigeon, only apparently it's not done to haggle with you.

  2. B

    艁od Alojza? Niych pan poko偶e. Ja, gryfny ptok, a wiela Alojz za niego chce?

    From Alojzy? Let's have a look. Yes, a fine bird. And how much does Alojzy want for it?

  3. A

    Pi臋膰set z艂otych. Dziadek m贸wi, 偶e to jego najlepszy lotnik, dwa razy wygra艂 lot z Hanoweru.

    Five hundred z艂oty. Grandad says it's his best racer, it's won the race from Hanover twice.

  4. B

    Jo wiym. Kupi艂ech go 艂od niego ju偶 trzi razy: 艂o艅skigo roku, przed艂o艅skigo i jeszcze przed pandemiom.

    I know. I've bought it off him three times already: last year, the year before, and once before the pandemic.

  5. A

    Trzy razy? To jakim cudem ten go艂膮b dalej siedzi u dziadka w go艂臋bniku?

    Three times? Then how on earth is that pigeon still sitting in Grandad's loft?

  6. B

    Bo to je go艂ymb pocztowy, a taki zawdy wraco do dom. Jo go puszczom po fajrancie, a rano 艂on ju偶 siedzi u Alojza.

    Because it's a homing pigeon, and they always fly back home. I let it out after closing time, and by morning it's back at Alojzy's.

  7. A

    Czyli dziadek sprzedaje panu w k贸艂ko tego samego ptaka? To nale偶a艂oby panu odda膰 pieni膮dze.

    So Grandad keeps selling you the same bird over and over? Then we really ought to give you your money back.

  8. B

    Niy godzi sie! Za te piy艅膰set Alojz kupuje u mie karma na ca艂y rok, to pini膮dze ty偶 wracajom jak tyn go艂ymb.

    That wouldn't be right! With that five hundred Alojzy buys a year's worth of feed from me, so the money comes home too, just like the pigeon.

  9. A

    Sprytne. Ale po co ten ca艂y teatr, zamiast po prostu um贸wi膰 si臋 na kaw臋?

    Clever. But why all this performance, instead of just meeting up for coffee?

  10. B

    Bo dw贸ch chop贸w bez go艂ymbia to ajnfach dw贸ch dziadk贸w na 艂awce, a z go艂ymbiym to ju偶 je interes.

    Because two blokes without a pigeon are just two old codgers on a bench, but with a pigeon, it's business.

  11. A

    To ja ju偶 nic nie m贸wi臋. Tylko teraz rozumiem, czemu dziadek da艂 mu na imi臋 Bumerang.

    Then I won't say another word. Only now I understand why Grandad named him Boomerang.

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