Day 128: The Dancing Was Innocent
At his house in Bi艂goraj, Mieczys艂aw (A), a retired bus driver back from the hospital's emergency department with a swollen foot, reassures his grandson Marcel (B), who is looking through the papers he was sent home with.
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
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A
Nie r贸b takiej miny, Marcelku. Skr臋ci艂em kostk臋 w ta艅cu na weselu, a na pogotowiu dali mi jakie艣 papiery.
Don't pull that face, Marcel. I sprained my ankle dancing at a wedding, and at A&E they gave me some papers.
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B
Dziadku, tu nie ma ani s艂owa o kostce. Rozpoznanie: ostry napad dny moczanowej w stawie du偶ego palca.
Grandpa, there isn't a word in here about your ankle. Diagnosis: an acute attack of gout in the big toe joint.
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A
Dna? Za moich czas贸w m贸wi艂o si臋 na to podagra i chorowali na ni膮 kr贸lowie, a nie kierowcy z PKS-u.
Gout? In my day they called it podagra, and it was kings who got it, not bus drivers from the PKS.
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B
Bo kr贸lowie codziennie urz膮dzali uczty, na kt贸rych by艂o zar贸wno mi臋so, jak i wino. Od tego w stawach odk艂adaj膮 si臋 kryszta艂y kwasu moczowego.
Because kings held feasts every day, with both meat and wine. That's what makes uric acid crystals build up in the joints.
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A
Jakie znowu kryszta艂y? Zjad艂em tylko golonk臋 i wypi艂em par臋 kieliszk贸w, po czym ta艅czy艂em do bia艂ego rana.
Crystals, my foot! I only had a pork knuckle and a few shots, and then I danced till dawn.
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B
Czyli klasyczny przepis na napad dny. Taniec jest niewinny, winne jest menu.
So, the classic recipe for a gout attack. The dancing is innocent; the menu is to blame.
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A
I co ta pani doktor zaleca? Bo w pa藕dzierniku mam kolejne wesele, a tam nie wypada odmawia膰 gospodarzom.
And what does the doctor recommend? Because I've got another wedding in October, and there it's not done to say no to the hosts.
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B
Na razie leki przeciwzapalne, a spo偶ycie mi臋sa i alkoholu nale偶a艂oby ograniczy膰. Na wesele zabierzesz wi臋c babci臋, niech pilnuje ci talerza i kieliszka.
Anti-inflammatories for now, and you ought to cut down on meat and alcohol. So you'll take Grandma to the wedding, and she can keep an eye on your plate and your glass.
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