Day 151: No Names on the Papers
In a café in Kluczbork, Melania (A) asks her close friend Inga (B), a Polish teacher who marks matura exam papers every June, about her younger brother's exam.
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
Sprawdzasz teraz matury, prawda? Brat pisał w tym roku, może trafiłaś na jego pracę.
You're marking matura papers at the moment, aren't you? My brother sat it this year, so maybe you've come across his.
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B
Nawet gdybym trafiła, nie wiedziałabym. Prace są anonimowe, nie widzę nazwisk.
Even if I had, I wouldn't know. The papers are anonymous; I don't see any names.
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A
A trafiłaś może na pracę o „Lalce”, z której wynika, że Łęcka była pierwszą influencerką?
Did you happen to come across an essay on 'The Doll' arguing that Łęcka was the first influencer?
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B
Wiesz, że jestem dyskretna, więc nic nie powiem. Ale dzięki takim pracom sprawdzanie to czysta rozrywka.
You know I'm discreet, so I won't say a thing. But papers like that make marking pure entertainment.
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A
Czyli czytałaś! To powiedz chociaż, czy zdał, bo od maja chodzi jak struty.
So you did read it! Then at least tell me if he's passed, because he's been moping around since May.
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B
Wyniki ogłaszają w lipcu, wszystkim jednocześnie. Ale za odwagę punktów się nie odejmuje.
The results come out in July, for everyone at the same time. But nobody loses points for being bold.
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