Day 109: Paid in Apple Pie
In their kitchen in Nowa Ruda, a former mining town in Lower Silesia, Edwin (A), a retired appliance repairman, asks his wife J贸zefa (B) about a letter that has come for him.
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
J贸ziu, co to za pismo? Pisz膮, 偶e od pa藕dziernika zosta艂em zakwalifikowany do dziennego domu seniora.
J贸zia, what's this letter? It says I've been accepted at the day centre for seniors from October.
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B
Nie tylko ty, oboje si臋 dostali艣my. Zapisa艂am nas w sierpniu, p贸ki by艂y jeszcze miejsca.
Not just you, we both got in. I signed us up in August, while there were still places.
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A
Bez pytania? Wypada艂oby najpierw porozmawia膰 z m臋偶em, a nie zapisywa膰 go jak dziecko do przedszkola.
Without asking me? You could at least have talked to your husband first, instead of signing him up for nursery like a child.
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B
Trafne por贸wnanie, bo to dawne przedszkole, do kt贸rego prowadzali艣my ch艂opc贸w. Zamkn臋li je, gdy zabrak艂o dzieci.
Good comparison, because it's the old nursery school we used to take the boys to. They closed it when there were no children left.
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A
Czterdzie艣ci lat temu prowadzi艂em tam ch艂opc贸w, a teraz ty prowadzisz mnie. Tak wygl膮da to starzej膮ce si臋 spo艂ecze艅stwo.
Forty years ago I was the one taking the boys there, and now you're taking me. So this is what an ageing society looks like.
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B
Nic dziwnego, skoro co czwarty Polak ma ponad sze艣膰dziesi膮t lat. Tam przynajmniej jest obiad i towarzystwo.
No wonder, when one Pole in four is over sixty. At least there's lunch and company there.
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A
Towarzystwo mam, bo naprawiam s膮siadom pralki. Zreszt膮 przyjmuj膮 tylko osoby nieaktywne zawodowo, a ja przecie偶 dorabiam.
I've got company: I fix the neighbours' washing machines. Besides, they only take people who aren't working, and I still earn a bit on the side.
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B
Naprawianie pralek za szarlotk臋 to wolontariat, nie praca. A kierowniczka szuka kogo艣, kto naprawi im zmywark臋.
Fixing washing machines for apple pie is volunteering, not work. And the manager is looking for someone to fix their dishwasher.
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A
Trzeba by艂o tak od razu. P贸jd臋 jako fachowiec, nie podopieczny, a obiad potraktuj臋 jako honorarium.
Why didn't you say so straight away? I'll go as a professional, not as one of their charges, and I'll count lunch as my fee.
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