Day 213: Lucky Number Fourteen
In a classroom at a primary school in Kępno, just before a maths test, ten-year-old Matylda (A) goes up to her teacher, Mrs Pawlak (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
Proszę pani, dzisiaj szczęśliwy numerek to czternaście, czyli ja!
Miss, today's lucky number is fourteen, and that's me!
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B
Wiem, Matyldo. Ale numerek zwalnia z kartkówek i odpowiedzi, a nie ze sprawdzianów.
I know, Matylda. But the lucky number gets you out of quizzes and oral questions, not out of tests.
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A
To czy mogłabym zamiast sprawdzianu odpowiadać przy tablicy?
Then could I answer questions at the board instead of doing the test?
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B
Przy tablicy? Przecież zawsze tak się tego boisz.
At the board? But you're always so scared of that.
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A
Ale dzisiaj mam numerek, więc nie może mnie pani zapytać!
But today I've got the lucky number, so you can't ask me anything!
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B
Sprytne. Siadaj, a numerek niech ci przyniesie szczęście na sprawdzianie.
Clever. Sit down, and may your lucky number bring you luck in the test.
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