Day 80: Call Me Doctor, Not Sister
On the evening ward round in the general surgery department of the hospital in Nowy Sącz, Gabrysia (A), a first-year surgical resident on duty, reaches the bed of her older brother Konrad (B), who had his appendix out yesterday.
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
Łóżko czwarte: pacjent przyjęty w związku z ostrym zapaleniem wyrostka, pierwsza doba po zabiegu. Jak się pan czuje?
Bed four: patient admitted with acute appendicitis, day one after surgery. How are you feeling, sir?
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B
„Pan”? Gabryśka, jeszcze w sobotę pożyczałaś ode mnie auto. O ile pamiętam, byliśmy wtedy na ty.
'Sir'? Gabryśka, only on Saturday you were borrowing my car. As far as I remember, we were on first-name terms then.
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A
Na obchodzie nie ma rodzeństwa, jest lekarka i pacjent. Cała sala słucha, więc bez numerów.
On a ward round there are no siblings, just a doctor and a patient. The whole room's listening, so no funny business.
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B
Za późno. Od rana opowiadam wszystkim, że dyżur ma moja siostra, i teraz cała sala woła na ciebie „siostro”.
Too late. I've been telling everyone since this morning that my sister's on duty, and now the whole room calls you 'Sister'.
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A
No pięknie. Trzy miesiące tłumaczę każdemu, nim zdąży otworzyć usta, że jestem lekarką, nie siostrą. A ty w jeden dzień wszystko zepsułeś.
Brilliant. For three months I've been telling everyone, before they can even open their mouths, that I'm a doctor, not the ward sister. And you've ruined it all in one day.
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B
Formalnie mają rację: od dwudziestu sześciu lat jesteś moją siostrą. Dobra, dobra, pani doktor, to kiedy wypis?
Technically they're right: you've been my sister for twenty-six years. All right, all right, Doctor, so when do I get out?
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A
Rany goją się per primam, perystaltyka obecna. O ile nie zagorączkujesz, wypis w czwartek, po uzyskaniu wyników morfologii.
The wounds are healing per primam, bowel sounds present. As long as you don't run a temperature, discharge on Thursday, once your blood count results are in.
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B
Per primam? Brzmi jak zaklęcie z Harry'ego Pottera. Ale czwartek odpada: w środę Sandecja gra z Wisłą.
Per primam? Sounds like a spell from Harry Potter. But Thursday's no good: on Wednesday Sandecja are playing Wisła.
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A
Z trzema dziurkami w brzuchu na stadion? Dopóki nie zobaczę wyników, nie ruszasz się z oddziału, choćby grała reprezentacja.
To a stadium, with three holes in your belly? Until I've seen your results, you're not leaving the ward, even if the national team were playing.
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B
Dobra, siostro... to znaczy, pani doktor. A pan Józef spod okna pyta, czy siostra przyniesie mu drugą poduszkę.
All right, Sister... I mean, Doctor. And Mr Józef by the window is asking if Sister could bring him another pillow.
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A
Już niosę, panie Józefie. A tobie wpiszę do historii choroby „pacjent roszczeniowy”, i to wyjątkowo czytelnie.
Coming, Mr Józef. And in your notes I'm writing 'demanding patient', in unusually legible handwriting.
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