Day 148 of 158

Day 148: Nine Years of Watering Plants

On the landing of their block of flats in Krasnystaw, Eugeniusz (A), a retired accountant, hands the keys back to his neighbour Luiza (B), whose flat he has looked after for the nine years she and her family spent in Norway.

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

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  1. A

    Pani Luizo, nareszcie! W zwi膮zku z pani powrotem uroczy艣cie przekazuj臋 klucze i zeszyt z rozliczeniami.

    Luiza, at last! In view of your return, I hereby solemnly hand over the keys and the notebook with the accounts.

  2. B

    Panie Eugeniuszu, pan to prowadzi艂 jak ksi臋gowo艣膰! Nie wiem, jak si臋 odwdzi臋czy膰 za dziewi臋膰 lat podlewania kwiat贸w.

    Eugeniusz, you kept it like a set of books! I don't know how to thank you for nine years of watering my plants.

  3. A

    Trzydzie艣ci osiem lat w ksi臋gowo艣ci cukrowni robi swoje. Mnie natomiast ciekawi, czemu pa艅stwo wr贸cili z Norwegii.

    Thirty-eight years in the accounts office of a sugar factory will do that to you. What I'd like to know, though, is why you all came back from Norway.

  4. B

    Sp艂acili艣my kredyt, a mama coraz cz臋艣ciej choruje, tote偶 wr贸cili艣my bez wi臋kszego wahania.

    We'd paid off the mortgage, and Mum is ill more and more often, so we came back without much hesitation.

  5. A

    M膮drze. Pieni膮dze zawsze da si臋 zarobi膰, lecz rodzice nie b臋d膮 czeka膰 w niesko艅czono艣膰.

    Wise. You can always earn money, but parents won't wait forever.

  6. B

    M贸wi pan, jak gdyby sam pan to prze偶y艂, a przecie偶 nie rusza艂 si臋 pan dalej ni偶 do Ciechocinka.

    You talk as if you'd been through it yourself, and yet you've never gone further than Ciechocinek.

  7. A

    Do tej pory. Jednak za miesi膮c, po sprzedaniu mieszkania, przeprowadzam si臋 na sta艂e do c贸rki do Hamburga.

    Until now. But in a month, once I've sold the flat, I'm moving to my daughter's in Hamburg for good.

  8. B

    W pana wieku zosta膰 emigrantem? Przecie偶 latami mi pan powtarza艂, 偶e nie ma to jak w Polsce.

    Becoming an emigrant, at your age? You spent years telling me there's no place like Poland.

  9. A

    Bo nie ma, lecz wnuki s膮 w Hamburgu. Teraz to ja mam pro艣b臋: niech pani czasem zapali znicz mojej 偶onie.

    Because there isn't, but my grandchildren are in Hamburg. Now it's my turn to ask a favour: light a candle on my wife's grave now and then.

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