Day 3: Finders Keepers?
After an ethics lesson at a primary school in Olsztyn, Zosia (A) stays behind to ask her teacher, Mrs Kowalczyk (B), a question.
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
Proszę pani, jak ktoś znajdzie w szkole pieniądze, to może je sobie zatrzymać? Znalezione nie kradzione, prawda?
Miss, if someone finds money at school, can they keep it? Finders keepers, right?
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B
Pytasz czysto teoretycznie? Bo mam wrażenie, że coś się wydarzyło.
Are you asking purely in theory? Because I have a feeling something's happened.
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A
Kuba znalazł pod ławką dwadzieścia złotych i kupił całej klasie lizaki.
Kuba found twenty złoty under a desk and bought lollipops for the whole class.
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B
Czyli zanim je wydał, nawet nie próbował odszukać właściciela?
So before he spent it, he didn't even try to track down the owner?
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A
No nie... Ale przecież dzięki niemu cała klasa miała lizaki, to chyba się liczy?
Well, no... But thanks to him the whole class got lollipops, that must count for something?
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B
Łatwo być hojnym cudzym kosztem. Ktoś mógł długo odkładać na te pieniądze, nie sądzisz?
It's easy to be generous at someone else's expense. Someone might have spent ages saving up that money, don't you think?
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A
No właśnie... Bo to chyba były moje pieniądze na wycieczkę.
That's the thing... Because I think it was my money for the school trip.
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