Day 85 of 105

Day 85: A Second-Hand Grudge

In a caf茅 in Radzy艅 Podlaski, Benedykt (A), who has spent years tracing his family tree, meets Jeremiasz (B), a young man from Wa艂brzych whom a DNA test has just shown to be his relative.

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

    Pozna艂bym pana bez zdj臋cia, panie Jeremiaszu: ma pan nos mojego dziadka Franciszka, tylko bez w膮s贸w.

    I'd have known you without the photo, Jeremiasz: you've got my grandad Franciszek's nose, just without the moustache.

  2. B

    Wed艂ug testu DNA jeste艣my kuzynami drugiego stopnia, cho膰 u nas o rodzinie spod Radzynia m贸wi艂o si臋 藕le albo wcale.

    According to the DNA test we're second cousins, though at home the family from round Radzy艅 was spoken of badly or not at all.

  3. A

    U nas m贸wi艂o si臋, 偶e pa艅ski dziadek, zabrawszy noc膮 konia i pierzyny, wyjecha艂 na Ziemie Odzyskane, nim ktokolwiek si臋 obudzi艂.

    In our family the story went that your grandad took the horse and the eiderdowns in the night and left for the Recovered Territories before anyone woke up.

  4. B

    Wyjecha艂, bo dosta艂 tylko konia, a pa艅ski dziadek, zostawszy na gospodarce, zagarn膮艂 ziemi臋 i dom, jak gdyby by艂 jedynakiem.

    He left because all he got was the horse, while your grandad, who stayed on the farm, grabbed the land and the house as if he were an only child.

  5. A

    Zagarn膮艂? M贸j dziadek harowa艂 do 艣mierci, a pa艅ski przysy艂a艂 najwy偶ej kartki na 艣wi臋ta, i to nie ka偶de.

    Grabbed? My grandad slaved away till the day he died, while yours sent the odd Christmas card at most, and not every year.

  6. B

    Bo przez trzydzie艣ci lat fedrowa艂 w Wa艂brzychu, a stamt膮d pod Radzy艅 by艂 wtedy szmat drogi.

    Because for thirty years he was down the pit in Wa艂brzych, and back then it was a long way from there to Radzy艅.

  7. A

    Prosz臋 spojrze膰: wesele moich rodzic贸w, rok siedemdziesi膮ty drugi. Ten pan z akordeonem obok dziadka to, o ile si臋 nie myl臋...

    Take a look at this: my parents' wedding, 1972. The man with the accordion next to my grandad is, unless I'm mistaken...

  8. B

    Dziadek Walery! Ten sam akordeon stoi u nas na szafie, babcia nie pozwala艂a go rusza膰. Czyli jednak przyjecha艂?

    Grandad Walery! That same accordion sits on top of our wardrobe; Grandma never let anyone touch it. So he did come after all?

  9. A

    I nie tylko wtedy. Przejrzawszy rano albumy, znalaz艂em go na chrzcinach, do偶ynkach i pogrzebie pradziadka. Zawsze bez 偶ony.

    And not just that once. Going through the albums this morning, I found him at christenings, at the harvest festival and at our great-grandfather's funeral. Always without his wife.

  10. B

    Czyli dziadkowie si臋 pogodzili i tylko przed babciami udawali wrog贸w? A my wci膮偶 k艂贸cimy si臋 za nich.

    So our grandads made up and only played enemies in front of our grandmothers? And we're still arguing on their behalf.

  11. A

    Na to wygl膮da. Wobec tego proponuj臋 przej艣膰 na ty: Benedykt. Ale o tego konia jeszcze si臋 kiedy艣 pok艂贸cimy.

    Looks like it. In that case, let's drop the formalities: I'm Benedykt. But we'll still have a row about that horse one of these days.

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