Day 186: Saving on Petrol
During a coffee break at an office in Żory, Oliwer (A) tells his coworker Gracjan (B) about his new plan for saving money.
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
Od pierwszego października jeżdżę do pracy rowerem. Koniec z płaceniem za benzynę!
From the first of October, I'm cycling to work. No more paying for petrol!
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B
Rowerem? Przecież mieszkasz pod Pszczyną, to ponad dwadzieścia kilometrów!
Cycling? But you live outside Pszczyna, that's over twenty kilometres!
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A
Kupiłem elektryczny. Zaoszczędzę jakieś czterysta złotych miesięcznie.
I've bought an electric one. I'll save about four hundred złoty a month.
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B
A ile kosztował? Interesuję się rowerami, a elektryczne tanie nie są.
And how much was it? I'm into bikes, and electric ones aren't cheap.
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A
Dziewięć tysięcy, ale na raty. Ostatnia rata za dwa lata, we wrześniu.
Nine thousand, but in instalments. The last one is in two years, in September.
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B
Czyli oszczędzać zaczniesz za dwa lata, pierwszego października?
So you'll start saving in two years, on the first of October?
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