Day 94: Berlin Rent, Polish Pay
In the kitchen of a small start-up in a converted factory in 呕yrard贸w, Borys (A), who looks after the company's investors, brings news to his colleague Laura (B), the lead developer of their app.
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
Dzwoni艂 inwestor z Berlina. Ch臋tnie w nas zainwestuje, jednak ma jeden warunek.
The investor from Berlin called. He's keen to invest in us, but he has one condition.
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B
Niech zgadn臋: mamy wsz臋dzie wcisn膮膰 sztuczn膮 inteligencj臋?
Let me guess: we're supposed to cram AI in everywhere?
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A
Gorzej. Chce, 偶eby艣my przenie艣li firm臋 do Berlina, a pensje zostawili polskie.
Worse. He wants us to move the company to Berlin but keep the salaries Polish.
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B
Czyli berli艅ski czynsz za polsk膮 pensj臋? Ju偶 wol臋 wr贸ci膰 do korporacji.
So Berlin rent on a Polish salary? I'd sooner go back to a corporate job.
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A
Spokojnie, ju偶 odm贸wi艂em. Powiedzia艂em, 偶e gdyby cho膰 raz zobaczy艂 呕yrard贸w, sam by si臋 tu przeni贸s艂.
Relax, I've already turned him down. I told him that if he saw 呕yrard贸w even once, he'd move here himself.
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B
Nie藕le. I co on na to?
Not bad. And what did he say to that?
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A
Przyje偶d偶a w czwartek. Ty go oprowadzasz, bo ja nie mam poj臋cia, co mu pokaza膰.
He's coming on Thursday. You're showing him round, because I haven't a clue what to show him.
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