Day 152: Everything but the Little Finger
At a caf茅 in Pszczyna, a regular customer (A), a young doctor, notices that the barista (B) who makes her coffee every morning is wearing a wrist brace.
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
Poprosz臋 to, co zawsze. A co si臋 pani sta艂o w r臋k臋, 偶e nosi pani ortez臋?
The usual, please. And what have you done to your hand, to end up in a brace?
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B
Od miesi膮ca dr臋twiej膮 mi palce, zar贸wno w pracy, jak i w nocy. Badanie EMG wykaza艂o zesp贸艂 cie艣ni nadgarstka.
My fingers have been going numb for a month, at work and at night alike. An EMG test showed carpal tunnel syndrome.
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A
Akurat robi臋 specjalizacj臋 z neurologii, wi臋c przet艂umacz臋 pani to rozpoznanie na ludzki j臋zyk. Kt贸re palce dr臋twiej膮?
As it happens, I'm training in neurology, so I'll translate that diagnosis into plain language for you. Which fingers go numb?
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B
Kciuk, wskazuj膮cy i 艣rodkowy, a ma艂y nigdy. W nocy budz臋 si臋 i potrz膮sam d艂oni膮, dop贸ki mrowienie nie minie.
My thumb, index and middle fingers, but never the little one. At night I wake up and shake my hand until the tingling goes.
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A
Jak z podr臋cznika. W ciasnym kanale nadgarstka uciskany jest nerw po艣rodkowy, kt贸ry za ma艂y palec nie odpowiada.
Straight out of a textbook. In the narrow channel in your wrist, the median nerve is being squeezed, and it isn't responsible for the little finger.
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B
Czyli to przez telefon? Mama ci膮gle powtarza, 偶e za du偶o siedz臋 w telefonie.
So it's because of my phone? Mum keeps saying I spend too much time on it.
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A
Raczej przez ubijanie kawy, bo takie powtarzalne ruchy sprzyjaj膮 temu schorzeniu. Je艣li orteza na noc nie z艂agodzi dolegliwo艣ci, nerw zostanie odbarczony w kr贸tkim zabiegu.
More likely from tamping coffee, because repetitive movements like that raise the risk of this condition. If a brace at night doesn't ease the symptoms, the nerve will be freed in a short procedure.
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B
Wobec tego prosz臋 mi to napisa膰 na serwetce, bo szef kupi automatyczny ubijak, dopiero gdy zobaczy to czarno na bia艂ym.
In that case, please write that on a napkin for me, because my boss will only buy an automatic tamper once he sees it in black and white.
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