Day 103: Sleeping Through Poznań
On an intercity train from Warsaw, Julia (A), a young passenger, wakes up and turns to Grażyna (B), the woman sitting opposite her.
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Przepraszam, daleko jeszcze do Poznania?
Excuse me, is it much further to Poznań?
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B
Poznań był dwadzieścia minut temu. Nie chciałam pani budzić.
Poznań was twenty minutes ago. I didn't want to wake you.
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A
Przespałam Poznań? A tam miałam przesiadkę do Szczecina!
I slept through Poznań? I had a connection to Szczecin there!
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B
Spokojnie. Wysiądzie pani na następnej stacji i wróci.
Don't worry. You'll get off at the next station and go back.
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A
Ale głupio wyszło. Bilet mam tylko do Poznania.
How awkward. My ticket's only as far as Poznań.
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B
Konduktorzy są zwykle wyrozumiali. Ja kiedyś obudziłam się dopiero w Przemyślu.
Conductors are usually understanding. I once didn't wake up till Przemyśl.
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