Day 138: First Refusal on a First Love
In a lock-up garage on the edge of Jas艂o, Stefan (A) shows his son Emil (B) the old WSK motorcycle he has kept there under a tarpaulin for over twenty years, and Emil makes him an offer.
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
No to patrz: WSK z osiemdziesi膮tego czwartego, na tym motorze wozi艂em twoj膮 matk臋 na randki. Ile dajesz?
Right, take a look: an '84 WSK. I used to take your mother out on dates on this bike. What'll you give me for it?
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B
W zwi膮zku z tym, 偶e od ponad dwudziestu lat stoi pod plandek膮, proponuj臋 sze艣膰set z艂otych, got贸wk膮, po dokonaniu ogl臋dzin.
In view of the fact that it has been standing under a tarpaulin for over twenty years, I offer six hundred z艂oty, cash, upon inspection.
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A
M贸wisz jak komornik. Pierwszej mi艂o艣ci si臋 nie wycenia.
You sound like a bailiff. You don't put a price on your first love.
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B
Wycenia si臋, i to 艂atwo. W og艂oszeniach takie wraki id膮 za grosze, a remont i tak spadnie na mnie.
You do, and easily. Wrecks like this go for peanuts in the ads, and the restoration will be down to me anyway.
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A
Jaki wrak, odpali z kopa! Dobra, tysi膮c, ale z prawem pierwokupu: je艣li kiedykolwiek zechcesz go sprzeda膰, najpierw oferujesz go mnie.
Wreck, my foot, it'll start first kick! Fine, a thousand, but with the right of first refusal: if you ever want to sell it, you offer it to me first.
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B
A po jakiej cenie? Po renowacji i rejestracji jako pojazd zabytkowy dostanie 偶贸艂te tablice i b臋dzie wart kilka razy wi臋cej.
And at what price? Once it's restored and registered as a historic vehicle, it'll get yellow plates and be worth several times as much.
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A
Po tej samej, za kt贸r膮 go dzi艣 kupujesz. Tak si臋 robi interesy, synu.
The same one you're buying it for today. That's how business is done, son.
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B
Negocjujmy dalej: sze艣膰set i pierwokup, a reszt臋 potraktuj jako op艂at臋 za milczenie. Mama wci膮偶 my艣li, 偶e sprzeda艂e艣 go w dziewi臋膰dziesi膮tym 贸smym.
Let's keep negotiating: six hundred plus first refusal, and treat the rest as the price of my silence. Mum still thinks you sold it in '98.
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