Day 68: The Dolphin Under the Sock
On her allotment in 艁om偶a, over coffee and cake, Grandma Urszula (A), who turns seventy next week, announces her birthday plans to her daughter Marzena (B) and her grandson Maks (C), sixteen.
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
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A
Klamka zapad艂a: na siedemdziesi膮tk臋 robi臋 sobie tatua偶. Na przedramieniu, imiona czworga wnucz膮t.
My mind's made up: for my seventieth I'm getting a tattoo. On my forearm, the names of my four grandchildren.
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B
Mamo, na lito艣膰 bosk膮, w twoim wieku? Sk贸ra ju偶 nie ta, a za dwadzie艣cia lat imiona zjad膮 ci do 艂okcia.
Mum, for heaven's sake, at your age? Your skin isn't what it was, and in twenty years the names will slide down to your elbow.
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C
Babciu, sztos! Zaprojektuj臋 ci wz贸r na tablecie, a imiona napisz臋 gotykiem.
Grandma, that's epic! I'll design it for you on my tablet and do the names in Gothic lettering.
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A
Widzisz, Marzeno? Przynajmniej jedno z was ma gust. Prze偶ywszy prawie siedemdziesi膮t lat, mog臋 chyba nosi膰 na r臋ce, co chc臋.
See, Marzena? At least one of you has taste. Having lived almost seventy years, I think I can wear what I like on my arm.
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B
Nosi膰 mo偶esz, ale co powiedz膮 s膮siadki z bloku? W naszej rodzinie nikt nigdy nie mia艂 tatua偶u!
Wear it you can, but what will the neighbours in our block say? Nobody in our family has ever had a tattoo!
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C
Serio, mamo? A ten delfin na kostce, kt贸ry zawsze zas艂aniasz skarpetk膮?
Seriously, Mum? What about the dolphin on your ankle that you always hide under your sock?
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A
Delfin?! M贸wi艂a艣, 偶e to blizna po ospie! Oboje wiedzieli艣cie, a babcia jak zwykle ostatnia?
A dolphin?! You told me it was a chickenpox scar! You both knew, and Grandma's the last to find out, as usual?
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B
Dobra, przyznaj臋. Mielno, dziewi臋膰dziesi膮ty 贸smy: zrobi艂am go na obozie, straciwszy g艂ow臋 dla pewnego ratownika.
All right, I admit it. Mielno, ninety-eight: I had it done at summer camp, having lost my head over a certain lifeguard.
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A
Ratownika! I ty mi m贸wisz o s膮siadkach? To idziemy razem: ja na imiona wnuk贸w, ty na poprawk臋 delfina.
A lifeguard! And you lecture me about the neighbours? Then we'll go together: me for the grandchildren's names, you for a touch-up on the dolphin.
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B
No to idziemy we troje. Tylko 偶e ty, synku, masz szesna艣cie lat, wi臋c dostaniesz najwy偶ej zmywalny, z gumy do 偶ucia.
Then the three of us will go. Only you're sixteen, sweetheart, so the most you'll get is a washable one from a packet of chewing gum.
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C
Spoko. Ale na przedramieniu, babciu, mam by膰 pierwszy, w ko艅cu to ja wyda艂em mam臋.
Fine. But, Grandma, I want to be first on that forearm, seeing as I'm the one who gave Mum away.
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