Day 89 of 105

Day 89: Banking Secrecy Begins at Home

In the kitchen of their house in Kępno, Ziemowit (A), sixteen, who spent the summer washing dishes, hears out his father Lechosław (B), who has come to him with a request.

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

    Jak mówisz „synu, mam sprawę” takim tonem, to albo coś odwaliłem, albo potrzebujesz kasy. Obstawiam kasę.

    When you say 'Son, we need to talk' in that tone, either I've messed something up or you need cash. My money's on cash.

  2. B

    Trafiłeś. W sobotę mamy dwudziestą rocznicę ślubu, a promocja na weekend w Wenecji kończy się dziś o północy.

    Spot on. On Saturday it's our twentieth wedding anniversary, and the deal on a weekend in Venice ends tonight at midnight.

  3. A

    Czyli chcesz pożyczyć ode mnie. Spoko, mam trzy koła z wakacji na zmywaku, ale nie za darmo.

    So you want to borrow off me. Cool, I've got three grand from washing dishes all summer, but it won't be free.

  4. B

    Nie za darmo? Synu, nie godzi się brać odsetek od rodzonego ojca. Kto ci zmieniał pieluchy?

    Not free? Son, it's not right to charge your own father interest. Who used to change your nappies?

  5. A

    Pieluchy się przedawniły, tato. Pożyczam dwa czterysta na miesiąc, oddajesz dwa pięćset. Hajs się musi zgadzać.

    The nappies are time-barred, Dad. I lend you twenty-four hundred for a month, you pay back twenty-five hundred. The dosh has got to add up.

  6. B

    Sto złotych za miesiąc? To pięćdziesiąt procent w skali roku! Mówisz, jak gdybyś był lichwiarzem, a nie moim synem.

    A hundred złoty for one month? That's fifty per cent a year! You're talking as if you were a loan shark, not my son.

  7. A

    Wolny rynek, tato. Idź do banku, ale o ile dobrze słyszałem przez ścianę, masz tam debet.

    Free market, Dad. Go to the bank, but if I heard right through the wall, you're overdrawn there.

  8. B

    Niech ci będzie. Ale dopóki mieszkasz pod moim dachem, bez tego bankierskiego tonu. I mama o niczym nie może wiedzieć.

    Have it your way. But as long as you live under my roof, none of that banker's tone. And Mum mustn't know a thing.

  9. A

    Luz, obowiązuje mnie tajemnica bankowa. Ale należałoby to spisać: „Pożyczkobiorca oświadcza, iż zwróci całość z najbliższej wypłaty”. Podpisz obok buźki.

    Chill, I'm bound by banking secrecy. But we ought to put it in writing: 'The Borrower declares that he shall repay the full amount from his next salary.' Sign next to the smiley face.

  10. B

    Sto złotych od własnego ojca... A mamie też byś tyle policzył?

    A hundred złoty off your own father... And would you charge Mum that much too?

  11. A

    Mama ma lepsze warunki, bo zawsze oddaje przed terminem. Na co pożyczyła wczoraj, nie powiem: tajemnica bankowa. Ale w sobotę się nie zawiedziesz.

    Mum gets better terms, because she always pays back early. I'm not saying what she borrowed for yesterday: banking secrecy. But you won't be disappointed on Saturday.

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