Day 136: Fourteen Days, No Returns
At the head office of a regional chain of grocery shops in 艁a艅cut, buyer Elwira (A) meets her mother-in-law, Bogus艂awa (B), who runs a small bakery and wants to supply the chain; the two women have always been on formal terms.
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
Dzie艅 dobry, prosz臋 usi膮艣膰. Um贸wi艂y艣my si臋, 偶e potraktuj臋 pani膮 jak ka偶dego innego dostawc臋, zatem 偶adnej taryfy ulgowej.
Good morning, please have a seat. We agreed I'd treat you like any other supplier, so no special treatment.
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B
Niczego innego nie oczekuj臋. Proponuj臋 zar贸wno chleb na zakwasie, jak i dro偶d偶贸wki, dowo偶one codziennie przed sz贸st膮 rano.
I expect nothing else. I'm offering both sourdough bread and sweet buns, delivered every day before six in the morning.
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A
Brzmi dobrze, lecz nasi dostawcy zasadniczo przyjmuj膮 zwroty niesprzedanego pieczywa, a na zap艂at臋 czekaj膮 trzydzie艣ci dni.
Sounds good, but as a rule our suppliers take back unsold bread, and they wait thirty days to be paid.
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B
Trzydzie艣ci dni? Kiedy ja zaczyna艂am, p艂aci艂o si臋 got贸wk膮 przy odbiorze, a kto zam贸wi艂 za du偶o, ten mia艂 k艂opot.
Thirty days? When I started out, you paid cash on delivery, and whoever ordered too much had only themselves to blame.
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A
Czasy si臋 zmieni艂y, pani Bogus艂awo. Natomiast mog臋 zaproponowa膰 czterna艣cie dni bez zwrot贸w, o ile utrzyma pani ceny przez rok.
Times have changed, Mrs Bogus艂awa. I can, however, offer fourteen days with no returns, provided you keep your prices for a year.
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B
Czterna艣cie dni i 偶adnych zwrot贸w, czyli uczciwie. Jednak mam jeszcze jeden warunek, kt贸rego nie znajdzie pani w 偶adnym cenniku.
Fourteen days and no returns, that's fair. But I have one more condition, and you won't find it in any price list.
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A
S艂ucham. Je艣li chodzi o taryf臋 ulgow膮 dla rodziny, to od razu uprzedzam, 偶e tego nie negocjuj臋.
I'm listening. If it's about special treatment for family, I'm warning you right now that I don't negotiate on that.
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B
Wr臋cz przeciwnie. Po podpisaniu umowy m贸wimy sobie wreszcie po imieniu, bo od pi臋tnastu lat zbieram si臋, 偶eby pani to zaproponowa膰.
Quite the opposite. Once the contract is signed, we finally start using first names, because I've been working up to suggesting it for fifteen years.
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