Day 84 of 105

Day 84: The One Above the Four

At five in the morning on Fat Thursday, in the office of a family bakery chain in Wejherowo, Tatiana (A), the head of marketing, calls in Rozalia (B), the new social media specialist, about the post she put up the night before.

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

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  1. A

    Pani Rozalio, jest pi膮ta, a pod ka偶d膮 nasz膮 piekarni膮 kolejka a偶 za r贸g. Co pani wczoraj wrzuci艂a na profil?

    Rozalia, it's five o'clock, and outside every one of our bakeries there's a queue all the way round the corner. What did you post on our page last night?

  2. B

    Promocj臋 na t艂usty czwartek. Mia艂o by膰 po cztery z艂ote, ale na telefonie jedynka jest nad czw贸rk膮 i posz艂o po z艂ot贸wce.

    The Fat Thursday offer. It was meant to be four z艂oty each, but on a phone the one is right above the four, and it went out at one z艂oty.

  3. A

    Po z艂ot贸wce. Sto dwadzie艣cia tysi臋cy wy艣wietle艅, a szef dzwoni艂 ju偶 trzy razy, nim zd膮偶y艂am wypi膰 kaw臋.

    One z艂oty. A hundred and twenty thousand views, and the boss had already rung three times before I'd even had my coffee.

  4. B

    Mog臋 od razu usun膮膰 post. Napisz臋, i偶 wkrad艂 si臋 b艂膮d, a w ramach przeprosin damy dziesi臋膰 procent rabatu.

    I can take the post down straight away. I'll write that an error crept in, and as an apology we'll give ten per cent off.

  5. A

    Usuwa膰 post o pi膮tej, kiedy ludzie od czwartej przytupuj膮 na mrozie? Zjedz膮 nas 偶ywcem, zanim zjedz膮 pierwszego p膮czka.

    Take the post down at five, when people have been stamping their feet in the frost since four? They'll eat us alive before they've eaten a single doughnut.

  6. B

    To mo偶e chocia偶 ograniczymy promocj臋? Po z艂ot贸wce, o ile kto艣 kupi co najmniej tuzin.

    Then could we at least limit the offer? One z艂oty each, provided you buy at least a dozen.

  7. A

    I gwiazdki drobnym drukiem? Nie, sprzedajemy po z艂ot贸wce, dop贸ki starczy ciasta, i robimy z tego 艣wi臋to, nie wpadk臋.

    With asterisks in small print? No, we sell them at one z艂oty for as long as the dough lasts, and we make it a party, not a blunder.

  8. B

    Ale na ka偶dym p膮czku tracimy trzy z艂ote. Szef spojrzy na mnie, jak gdybym pu艣ci艂a firm臋 z torbami.

    But we lose three z艂oty on every doughnut. The boss will look at me as if I'd bankrupted the company.

  9. A

    Prosz臋 pos艂ucha膰: dwadzie艣cia pi臋膰 lat temu, kiedy matka szefa otwiera艂a pierwsz膮 piekarni臋, p膮czek kosztowa艂 u nas z艂ot贸wk臋.

    Listen: twenty-five years ago, when the boss's mother opened the first bakery, a doughnut cost one z艂oty here.

  10. B

    Czyli mam napisa膰, 偶e to akcja jubileuszowa? Przecie偶 to nieprawda, a ja nawet w CV nie k艂ami臋.

    So I'm supposed to write that it's an anniversary promotion? But that's not true, and I don't even lie on my CV.

  11. A

    Bro艅 Bo偶e. Napisze pani, 偶e pomyli艂a klawisze, a firma w jubileuszowym roku dotrzymuje s艂owa. A od sz贸stej sma偶y pani p膮czki na oczach klient贸w.

    Heaven forbid. You'll write that you hit the wrong key, and that in its anniversary year the company keeps its word. And from six o'clock you're frying doughnuts in front of the customers.

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