Day 157: Crayons with Names on Them
In a small stationery shop in Krotoszyn, the owner (A) notices a boy of about nine (B) who has been standing in front of the crayons for a long time.
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
Cześć, czego szukasz? Stoisz przed tymi kredkami już dziesięć minut.
Hi, what are you looking for? You've been standing in front of these crayons for ten minutes.
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B
Takich, które mają napisane, jaki to kolor. Pani doktor od oczu powiedziała, że mam daltonizm, ale nie wiem, co to znaczy.
Ones that have the colour written on them. The eye doctor said I've got colour blindness, but I don't know what that means.
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A
Spokojnie, to nic groźnego, ma to co dwunasty chłopiec. W oku masz czopki, czyli komórki reagujące na kolory, a u ciebie jeden rodzaj działa inaczej.
Don't worry, it's nothing serious: one boy in twelve has it. Your eyes have cones, cells that react to colour, and in your case one type works differently.
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B
Czyli widzę wszystko na czarno-biało, jak pies?
So I see everything in black and white, like a dog?
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A
Nie, pies zresztą też widzi kolory, tylko mniej. Ty po prostu gorzej rozróżniasz czerwony i zielony, bo często zlewają ci się w jeden odcień.
No, and dogs can see colours too, actually, just fewer of them. You simply find it harder to tell red from green, because they often blur into one shade for you.
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B
Mama mówi, że nie wie, skąd to mam, bo ani ona, ani tata tego nie mają. Pan wie?
Mum says she doesn't know where I got it from, because neither she nor Dad has it. Do you know?
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A
Mama może to przekazać, choć sama widzi normalnie, bo dziewczynki mają zapasowy gen. Pewnie odziedziczyłeś to po dziadku ze strony mamy.
A mum can pass it on even though she sees perfectly well herself, because girls have a spare gene. You probably inherited it from your grandad on your mum's side.
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B
Po dziadku Marianie? On zawsze zrywa na działce zielone pomidory i upiera się, że są czerwone!
From Grandad Marian? He's always picking green tomatoes at the allotment and insisting they're red!
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A
Zagadka rozwiązana. Też to mam, a od dwudziestu lat prowadzę sklep z kredkami, tyle że wszystkie mam podpisane.
Mystery solved. I've got it too, and I've been running a crayon shop for twenty years, only I've got them all labelled.
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