Day 100: Soup Between the Jumps
At a restaurant in 艁owicz on a Sunday afternoon in January, Kornelia (A), a customer, calls over the waiter, Bartosz (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
Przepraszam, czekam na 偶urek ju偶 kilkadziesi膮t minut. Czy kuchnia w og贸le dzia艂a?
Excuse me, I've been waiting for my 偶urek for the best part of an hour. Is the kitchen even open?
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B
Dzia艂a, tylko trwa konkurs skok贸w narciarskich. Kiedy skacze kt贸ry艣 z naszych, kucharz odk艂ada patelni臋.
It is, it's just that the ski jumping's on. Whenever one of our lads jumps, the chef puts down his frying pan.
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A
Rozumiem, sama czasem ogl膮dam. A ilu naszych dzi艣 skacze?
I get it, I watch it myself sometimes. So how many of ours are jumping today?
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B
Pi臋ciu, a w przerwach kucharz analizuje powt贸rki z kilkunastoma kibicami przy barze.
Five, and in between he goes over the replays with a dozen or so fans at the bar.
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A
Czyli im wi臋cej naszych przejdzie do drugiej serii, tym d艂u偶ej poczekam na zup臋?
So the more of ours get through to the second round, the longer I'll wait for my soup?
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B
Niestety tak. Ale mam dla pani dobr膮 wiadomo艣膰: dw贸ch w艂a艣nie odpad艂o.
I'm afraid so. But I've got good news for you: two have just been knocked out.
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