Day 26: The Year Rep's Own Goal
During office hours at the University of Gda艅sk, Wojtek (A), the year representative, and his classmate Natalia (B) ask Professor Zawadzka (C) to move their exam.
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
Pani profesor, przychodzimy w imieniu ca艂ego roku. Czy egzamin m贸g艂by si臋 odby膰 tydzie艅 wcze艣niej?
Professor, we've come on behalf of the whole year. Could the exam be held a week earlier?
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B
Wi臋kszo艣膰 z nas zaczyna praktyki pierwszego lipca, a egzamin wypada dzie艅 p贸藕niej.
Most of us start our internships on the first of July, and the exam falls the day after.
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C
Wys艂uchawszy pa艅stwa, proponuj臋 termin zerowy. Jest jednak organizowany wy艂膮cznie dla os贸b z ocen膮 co najmniej dobr膮 z 膰wicze艅.
Having heard you out, I can offer an early sitting. It is, however, only for students with at least a four in the classes.
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B
艢wietnie, Wojtku, tylko 偶e ty masz z 膰wicze艅 tr贸jk臋.
Great, Wojtek, except you've got a three in the classes.
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A
A czy w drodze wyj膮tku starosta, kt贸ry wynegocjowa艂 termin, m贸g艂by do niego podej艣膰?
And might the year rep who negotiated the date be allowed to sit it, as an exception?
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C
U mnie wyj膮tki s膮 przyznawane r贸wnie rzadko jak pi膮tki. Ale doceniam po艣wi臋cenie, panie starosto.
With me, exceptions are granted as rarely as fives. But I do appreciate the sacrifice, Mr Year Rep.
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B
No to w lipcu b臋dziemy trzyma膰 za ciebie kciuki, bohaterze.
Well then, we'll keep our fingers crossed for you in July, hero.
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