Day 142: Nothing but Black Soil
During office hours at a university of life sciences, Denis (A), a master's student in agriculture, gives his supervisor, Professor Bernadeta Jasi艅ska (B), his answer about doing a PhD with her.
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
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A
Pani profesor, przemy艣la艂em pani propozycj臋, ale na doktorat jednak nie p贸jd臋.
Professor, I've thought your offer over, but I won't be doing a PhD after all.
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B
Szkoda, liczy艂am na pana. To pana decyzja czy rodzic贸w?
That's a shame, I was counting on you. Is it your decision or your parents'?
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A
Raczej rodzic贸w. Maj膮 gospodarstwo i potrzebuj膮 nast臋pcy, bo obaj bracia wyjechali do Holandii.
More my parents'. They've got a farm and they need someone to take it over, because both my brothers have moved to Holland.
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B
A gdzie le偶y to gospodarstwo? Od roku szukam rolnika, kt贸ry pozwoli mi bada膰 gleb臋 na swoich polach.
And where is the farm? I've spent a year looking for a farmer who'll let me study the soil in his fields.
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A
Pod Hrubieszowem, same czarnoziemy. Czyli m贸g艂bym robi膰 doktorat na polach, na kt贸rych pracuj臋 od dziecka?
Near Hrubiesz贸w, nothing but black soil. So I could do my PhD on the fields I've been working since I was a kid?
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B
W艂a艣nie tak. A gdyby ktokolwiek w domu mia艂 co艣 przeciwko, prosz臋 mi da膰 numer do taty.
Exactly. And if anyone at home has a problem with that, give me your dad's number.
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