Day 192: The Only Working Lift
In the lobby of an office block in Lubin, a man (A) is waiting for the lift next to a young man (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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Znowu działa tylko jedna winda. Czekamy już dziesięć minut!
Only one lift working again. We've been waiting ten minutes!
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B
Na które piętro pan jedzie? Może szybciej będzie schodami.
Which floor are you going to? Maybe the stairs would be quicker.
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A
Na dziewiąte. Wczoraj byli tu jacyś serwisanci i oczywiście nic nie naprawili.
The ninth. Some repairmen were here yesterday, and of course they didn't fix anything.
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B
Może zabrakło im jakiejś części? To się zdarza.
Maybe they were missing a part? It happens.
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A
Części? Przez tych panów cały budynek od tygodnia męczy się na schodach!
A part? Thanks to those gentlemen, the whole building's been slogging up the stairs for a week!
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B
Ci panowie to moi koledzy. A część mam tutaj, w torbie.
Those gentlemen are my colleagues. And I've got the part right here, in my bag.
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