Day 149: Just a Few Drops
On Easter Monday, when Poles traditionally splash each other with water, Jeremi (A), a young volunteer, visits Mrs Eugenia (B), an eighty-six-year-old resident of a care home in Biłgoraj.
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
Wesołego Alleluja, pani Eugenio! Dziś lany poniedziałek, ale obiecuję, że skończy się na kilku kroplach.
Happy Easter, Mrs Eugenia! It's Wet Monday today, but I promise it'll only be a few drops.
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B
Za moich czasów chłopcy lali wodę wiadrami. A panna, która została sucha, miała się czego wstydzić.
In my day the boys threw water by the bucketful. And any girl who stayed dry had something to be ashamed of.
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A
Tu niestety nie wolno lać wody po korytarzach. Mam tylko spryskiwacz do kwiatków.
Unfortunately you're not allowed to splash water around the corridors here. All I've got is a plant mister.
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B
To niech pan kropi jak ksiądz przy święceniu pokarmów. Ale jutro proszę przyjść w czymś starym.
Go on, sprinkle away like the priest blessing the Easter baskets. But tomorrow, come in some old clothes.
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A
W czymś starym? Przecież jutro wtorek, koniec świętowania.
Old clothes? But tomorrow's Tuesday, the celebrating's over.
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B
Właśnie. We wtorek dziewczęta odgrywały się na chłopcach, a tradycję należy szanować, młody człowieku.
Exactly. On Tuesday the girls got their own back on the boys, and tradition must be respected, young man.
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