Day 65: A Sloth at the Bank
In the kitchen of the family flat in Gniezno, Aneta (A) asks her daughter Gabrysia (B) how her job interview at a bank went.
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
No i jak rozmowa w banku? DÅ‚ugo ciÄ™ tam trzymali?
So how was the interview at the bank? Did they keep you there long?
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B
Prawie godzinę. Na koniec zapytano mnie, jakim byłabym zwierzęciem.
Almost an hour. At the end they asked me what animal I'd be.
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A
Za moich czasów pytało się o języki, a nie o zwierzęta. Co odpowiedziałaś?
In my day they asked about languages, not animals. What did you say?
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B
Że leniwcem, bo leniwiec nigdy nie działa pochopnie.
A sloth, because sloths never do anything rash.
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A
Leniwcem? Gabrysiu, na rozmowie w banku takich rzeczy się nie mówi!
A sloth? Gabrysia, you don't say things like that at a bank interview!
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B
Nie przesadzaj, mamo. Szefowa działu piła kawę z kubka z leniwcem, a przed chwilą przysłano mi ofertę.
Don't overreact, Mum. The head of the department was drinking coffee from a sloth mug, and they've just sent me an offer.
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