Day 127 of 138

Day 127: Butter Doesn't Read Reports

At her flat in Skierniewice, Julian (A), a young volunteer who does the weekly shopping for older residents of the estate, brings Mrs Jadwiga (B) her groceries.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Dzie艅 dobry, pani Jadwigo, zakupy wed艂ug listy. Mas艂o wysz艂o dro偶ej, bo sko艅czy艂a si臋 promocja.

    Good morning, Mrs Jadwiga, here's your shopping, as per the list. The butter came to more this time, because the offer's ended.

  2. B

    Znowu? W telewizji og艂aszaj膮, i偶 inflacja rzekomo spad艂a, a sklepy jak gdyby nigdy nic podnosz膮 ceny.

    Again? They announce on the television that inflation has supposedly come down, and the shops carry on putting prices up as if nothing had happened.

  3. A

    Spad艂a inflacja, a nie ceny, prosz臋 pani. Ceny dalej rosn膮, tylko wolniej.

    It's inflation that's come down, not prices. Prices are still going up, just more slowly.

  4. B

    M艂ody cz艂owieku, dwadzie艣cia lat spisywa艂am ceny dla urz臋du statystycznego. Obszed艂szy rano sklepy na rynku, wiedzia艂am o inflacji wi臋cej ni偶 niejeden analityk.

    Young man, I spent twenty years recording prices for the statistics office. After a morning round of the shops on the market square, I knew more about inflation than many an analyst.

  5. A

    Pani by艂a ankieterk膮 GUS-u? To pani wie, 偶e koszyk odzwierciedla wydatki przeci臋tnego Polaka, a nie pani list臋 zakup贸w.

    You were a price collector for Statistics Poland? Then you know the basket reflects what the average Pole spends, not your shopping list.

  6. B

    Wiem. Dlatego GUS liczy osobny wska藕nik dla emeryt贸w: my wydajemy wi臋cej na jedzenie, leki i ogrzewanie.

    I do. That's why Statistics Poland calculates a separate index for pensioners: we spend more on food, medicines and heating.

  7. A

    Ale o ile dobrze pami臋tam, emerytury co roku w marcu waloryzuje si臋 o inflacj臋, i to z nawi膮zk膮.

    But if I remember rightly, pensions go up in line with inflation every March, and then some.

  8. B

    Z rocznym op贸藕nieniem, a mas艂o dro偶eje od razu. Cel inflacyjny NBP to dwa i p贸艂 procent, tylko 偶e mas艂o raport贸w nie czyta.

    A year late, while butter goes up straight away. The central bank's inflation target is two and a half per cent, only butter doesn't read reports.

  9. A

    To mo偶e poprowadzi pani ze mn膮 zaj臋cia w klubie seniora? Pani opowie o koszyku, a ja przynios臋 mas艂o z promocji.

    So how about running a session with me at the seniors' club? You can talk about the basket, and I'll bring butter that's on offer.

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