Day 99: Every Office Has a Wiola
Over coffee in Piotrków Trybunalski, Gosia (A) tells her close friend Marlena (B) about this year's holiday rota at her office.
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
Szefowa znowu wrzuciła mi urlop na listopad. Sierpień dostała Wiola, chociaż ma go co roku.
My boss has put my holiday in November again. Wiola got August, even though she gets it every year.
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B
Bo ma dzieci, które w sierpniu nie mają się gdzie podziać?
Because she's got kids who have nowhere to go in August?
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A
No właśnie. A ja ponoć mogę jechać, kiedy chcę, bo nikogo nie mam na głowie.
Exactly. And apparently I can go whenever I like, because I've got nobody to look after.
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B
Muszę ci się do czegoś przyznać. W mojej firmie to ja jestem taką Wiolą.
I've got a confession to make. At my company, I'm the Wiola.
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A
Ty? Przecież Antoś ma dopiero trzy lata!
You? But AntoÅ› is only three!
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B
Tylko że przedszkole jest w sierpniu zamknięte. A nad morzem płacę wtedy za wszystko jak za zboże.
Yes, but his nursery's closed in August. And at the seaside I pay through the nose for everything then.
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A
Czyli mam jeszcze współczuć Wioli? No pięknie.
So now I'm supposed to feel sorry for Wiola? Lovely.
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