Day 88: Fifty Years and One Remote
In a taxi in Ciechanów on a Saturday afternoon, Jarek (A), a passenger with a big box in the boot, chats with the driver, Mr Bogusław (B).
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
Do restauracji „Pod Lipami”, poproszę. Tylko proszę ostrożnie, wiozę telewizor.
To the Pod Lipami restaurant, please. Please drive carefully, though, I've got a TV with me.
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B
Telewizor do restauracji? Ktoś się żeni?
A TV to a restaurant? Is somebody getting married?
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A
Ktoś się ożenił pięćdziesiąt lat temu. Rodzice mają dziś złote gody.
Somebody got married fifty years ago. It's my parents' golden wedding anniversary today.
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B
Gratulacje dla rodziców. Dzisiaj młodzi nie potrafią ze sobą wytrzymać nawet roku.
Congratulations to your parents. Young people these days can't even last a year together.
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A
U moich też różnie bywa: potrafią się pokłócić o cokolwiek, zwłaszcza o pilota. Stąd drugi telewizor.
Mine have their ups and downs too: they can fall out over anything, especially the remote. Hence the second TV.
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B
Nic to nie da. Z żoną mamy dwa, a i tak siedzimy przed jednym.
It won't help. My wife and I have two, and we still sit in front of the same one.
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