Day 137: Twelve Months at Sixteen
At the reception desk of a fitness club in MÅ‚awa, sixteen-year-old Kornelia (A) tells the receptionist, Kajetan (B), that she wants to get out of the twelve-month membership she signed up for online.
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
Dzień dobry, chciałam zrezygnować z karnetu. Byłam tu dwa razy i to jest totalnie nie dla mnie.
Hello, I wanted to cancel my membership. I've been here twice and it's totally not my thing.
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B
Jakkolwiek rozumiem pani rozczarowanie, zawarła pani umowę na dwanaście miesięcy, a wcześniejsze rozwiązanie kosztuje według regulaminu trzysta złotych.
While I understand your disappointment, you entered into a twelve-month contract, and under the terms and conditions, ending it early costs three hundred złoty.
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A
Tylko że ja mam szesnaście lat. W sensie, bez zgody rodziców taka umowa w ogóle nie jest ważna, sprawdziłam.
Except I'm sixteen. Like, without my parents' consent a contract like that isn't even valid. I checked.
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B
Nie do końca. Formalnie jej ważność zależy bowiem od tego, czy rodzice ją potwierdzą, a klub może im wyznaczyć na to termin.
Not quite. Formally, its validity depends on whether your parents confirm it, and the club can set them a deadline to do so.
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A
No to powodzenia. Mama nigdy tego nie potwierdzi, bo uważa, że siłownia to wyrzucanie pieniędzy w błoto.
Good luck with that, then. Mum will never confirm it, because she thinks the gym is money down the drain.
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B
Pani mama? Ta sama, która skądinąd od miesiąca przychodzi do nas na zumbę, a wczoraj pytała o karnet rodzinny?
Your mum? The same one who, as it happens, has been coming to our Zumba classes for a month, and yesterday asked about a family membership?
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A
Mama chodzi na zumbę?! Aczkolwiek to by tłumaczyło, czemu codziennie dopytuje, czy byłam na treningu.
Mum goes to Zumba?! Although that would explain why she keeps asking me every day if I've been to the gym.
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B
Ponadto wczoraj podpisała potwierdzenie pani umowy, więc umowa jest ważna od samego początku. Do zobaczenia na zumbie?
What's more, yesterday she signed a confirmation of your contract, so it's valid from the very start. See you at Zumba?
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