Day 144: Never Too Old for Chess
In Biłgoraj, nine-year-old Lutek (A) comes home from school with news for his grandmother, Bronia (B).
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
Babciu, zapisałem się na szachy! Chodzi tam siedmiu kumpli z klasy.
Grandma, I've joined the chess club! Seven of my mates from class go there.
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B
Szachy? Gdybym była młodsza, też bym się zapisała.
Chess? If I were younger, I'd join too.
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A
Tam nie trzeba być młodym. Trener ma chyba sto lat!
You don't have to be young there. The coach must be about a hundred!
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B
Sto lat? To może spróbuję, kiedyś grałam z dziadkiem.
A hundred? Then maybe I'll give it a go. I used to play with Grandad.
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A
Tylko z nim nie wygrywaj, bo nie lubi przegrywać.
Just don't beat him, because he doesn't like losing.
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