Day 9: Seven Złoty a Basket
On the family allotment in Lublin, Zosia (A) makes her grandad Józef (B) an offer about picking the blackcurrants.
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
Dziadku, zbiorę ci porzeczki, ale za pięć złotych od koszyka.
Grandad, I'll pick the currants for you, but for five złoty a basket.
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B
Pięć złotych? Nieźle się cenisz, moja panno.
Five złoty? You don't come cheap, young lady.
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A
Ale moja koleżanka, która pomaga babci na działce obok, dostaje aż dziesięć!
But my friend who helps her gran on the allotment next door gets a whole ten!
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B
Gdyby zjadała co drugą porzeczkę jak ty, też dostawałaby pięć.
If she ate every other currant like you do, she'd get five too.
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A
No dobra, siedem złotych i nie zjem ani jednej. Obiecuję!
OK, fine, seven złoty and I won't eat a single one. I promise!
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B
Umowa stoi. Ale dziadek nie jest naiwny i na koniec sprawdzi ci język.
Deal. But Grandad wasn't born yesterday, and at the end he'll check your tongue.
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