Day 155: Filemon Isn't Listening
In a flat in Tarnowskie G贸ry, a young woman (A) visiting her friends Alan (B) and his flatmate (C) reads out a science story while C's cat, Filemon, dozes on top of the wardrobe.
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.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Pos艂uchajcie: japo艅scy naukowcy wykazali, 偶e koty rozpoznaj膮 swoje imi臋, nawet kiedy wo艂a je kto艣 zupe艂nie obcy.
Listen to this: Japanese scientists have shown that cats recognise their names, even when a complete stranger calls them.
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B
Rozpoznaj膮, tylko maj膮 je w nosie. Wo艂am Filemona od p贸艂 godziny, a on nawet nie raczy na mnie spojrze膰.
They recognise them, they just couldn't care less. I've been calling Filemon for half an hour, and he won't even deign to look at me.
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C
S艂yszy ci臋, tylko postanowi艂 ci臋 zignorowa膰. To kot, a nie pies.
He can hear you, he's just decided to ignore you. He's a cat, not a dog.
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A
Zgadza si臋, w badaniu koty reagowa艂y g艂贸wnie ruchem uszu albo g艂owy. Koty z kocich kawiarni natomiast gorzej odr贸偶nia艂y swoje imi臋 od imion wsp贸艂lokator贸w.
True, in the study the cats mostly reacted by moving their ears or heads. Cats from cat caf茅s, on the other hand, were worse at telling their own name apart from their flatmates' names.
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B
Zaraz, zaraz, sk膮d ten zapa艂? Zanim og艂osimy, 偶e koty to geniusze, nale偶a艂oby sprawdzi膰, ile ich w og贸le przebadano.
Hang on, why all the excitement? Before we announce that cats are geniuses, we ought to check how many of them were actually tested.
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C
Czyta艂am o tym wczoraj: kilkadziesi膮t kot贸w i kilka eksperyment贸w. Nowsze badanie sugeruje nawet, 偶e koty kojarz膮 imiona domownik贸w.
I read about it yesterday: several dozen cats and a few experiments. A newer study even suggests that cats know the names of the people they live with.
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A
Ciekawe, czy Filemon zna moje imi臋. Alanie, podasz mi przy okazji 艂adowark臋?
I wonder if Filemon knows my name. Alan, could you pass me the charger while you're at it?
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B
Patrzcie, Filemon zeskoczy艂 z szafy i siedzi mi na kolanach!
Look, Filemon's jumped down off the wardrobe and he's sitting on my lap!
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C
No jasne, przecie偶 to ty co rano sypiesz mu karm臋, zanim wstan臋. Twoje imi臋 zna lepiej ni偶 w艂asne, bo zawsze oznacza jedzenie.
Well, obviously: you're the one who puts his food out every morning before I get up. He knows your name better than his own, because it always means food.
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