Day 165: Faster Than a Calculator
In the kitchen of their flat in Tczew, on the morning of the eighth-grade maths exam, Grandma Regina (A) and her daughter Anita (B) are getting Anita's fifteen-year-old son Leon (C) ready.
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
Leonku, zjedz chociaż kanapkę. Na głodnego matematyki nie napiszesz!
Leon, love, at least eat a sandwich. You can't do maths on an empty stomach!
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B
Mamo, on się stresuje, nic nie zje. Leon, masz długopis?
Mum, he's stressed, he won't eat a thing. Leon, have you got a pen?
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C
No mam. A kalkulator też mam wziąć?
Yes, I've got one. Am I supposed to take a calculator too?
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B
Na tym egzaminie kalkulatory sÄ… zakazane. Liczysz na kartce.
Calculators are banned in this exam. You work it out on paper.
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A
Ja liczyłam w pamięci szybciej niż dwaj najlepsi chłopcy w klasie!
I could do sums in my head faster than the two best boys in my class!
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C
To może ty mnie zastąpisz? Mamo, da się to załatwić?
So maybe you could take my place? Mum, can that be arranged?
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