Day 121: Four O'Clock on the Dot
In the office of a dairy in Wysokie Mazowieckie, Sylwana (A), who has worked there for years, stops her new colleague Sabrina (B) on her way out.
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
Pani Sabrino, znowu wychodzi pani r贸wno o szesnastej? Kilku koleg贸w ju偶 to zauwa偶y艂o.
Sabrina, leaving at four on the dot again? A few colleagues have already noticed.
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B
Przepraszam, ale o szesnastej dziesi臋膰 mam ostatni autobus. Nast臋pny jest dopiero jutro rano.
I'm sorry, but my last bus is at ten past four. The next one isn't until tomorrow morning.
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A
Ostatni? A gdzie pani w艂a艣ciwie mieszka?
Your last one? Where do you actually live?
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B
W W贸lce, kilkana艣cie kilometr贸w st膮d. Kiedy艣 busy je藕dzi艂y co godzin臋, teraz tylko dwa razy dziennie.
In W贸lka, a dozen or so kilometres from here. The minibuses used to run every hour, now it's only twice a day.
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A
Niech pani nie biega wiecznie za autobusem. Mieszkam dwie wsie za W贸lk膮 i codziennie wracam pustym autem.
You can't spend your life chasing buses. I live two villages past W贸lka, and I drive home in an empty car every day.
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B
Naprawd臋? Nie chcia艂abym sprawia膰 pani k艂opotu, ale ch臋tnie do艂o偶臋 si臋 do paliwa.
Really? I wouldn't want to put you out, but I'd be glad to chip in for petrol.
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A
O paliwie porozmawiamy p贸藕niej. Od jutra wychodzimy razem, o szesnastej trzydzie艣ci.
We'll talk about petrol later. From tomorrow, we leave together, at half past four.
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