Day 53: The Meter That Never Sleeps
In the upstairs flat of a house in Legnica, Kinga (A) and Dominika (C), who rent it, show their landlord, Mr Mirosław Kaczmarek (B), who lives downstairs, their latest electricity bill.
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
Panie Mirku, rachunek za prąd przyszedł dwa razy wyższy niż zimą.
Mirek, the electricity bill's come in twice as high as in winter.
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B
Bo dziÅ›, drogie panie, siedzi siÄ™ przy komputerze do nocy.
Because these days, ladies, people sit at the computer till all hours.
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C
Przecież my o północy już dawno śpimy.
But we're long asleep by midnight.
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A
Pokaż panu wykres z aplikacji. O trzeciej w nocy wszystko wyłączone, a zużycie rośnie.
Show him the graph in the app. At three in the morning everything's switched off, and the usage goes up.
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B
O trzeciej? Przecież wtedy ładuję... To znaczy, to pewnie jakaś pomyłka.
At three? But that's when I charge... I mean, it's probably some mistake.
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C
A może to przez ten przewód do pana garażu, gdzie stoi nowe auto elektryczne?
Or maybe it's that cable to your garage, where your new electric car is parked?
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B
Rozumiem aluzję. Różnicę odliczę od czynszu, a auto będę ładował w pracy.
I get the hint. I'll take the difference off the rent, and I'll charge the car at work.
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