Day 204: Sending Back the Jeans
At home in Mr膮gowo, Ksenia (A) is heading out to the post office and stops to tell her grandmother (B) why.
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, lec臋 na poczt臋 odes艂a膰 d偶insy. S膮 za d艂ugie.
Grandma, I'm dashing to the post office to send these jeans back. They're too long.
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B
Poka偶. Je艣li s膮 tylko za d艂ugie, skr贸c臋 je w kwadrans.
Show me. If they're only too long, I'll take them up in a quarter of an hour.
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A
Serio? My艣la艂am, 偶e d偶ins贸w nie da si臋 艂adnie skr贸ci膰.
Really? I thought you couldn't take jeans up neatly.
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B
Za komuny szy艂am d偶insy dla p贸艂 osiedla. Za艂贸偶 je i sta艅 na krze艣le.
Back under communism I made jeans for half the estate. Put them on and stand on a chair.
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A
Super, zaoszcz臋dz臋 dwana艣cie z艂otych na zwrocie! Od dzi艣 zamawiam za d艂ugie.
Great, I'll save twelve z艂oty on the return! From now on I'm ordering them too long.
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