Day 30 of 58

Day 30: No Queue at Night

At a research station in Bia艂owie偶a, senior researcher Marzena Sobczak (A) goes over camera-trap data with Justyna (B), a new colleague on her team.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. 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.
  3. 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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  1. A

    Pani Justyno, wed艂ug pani raportu 偶ubry odwiedzaj膮 pa艣nik g艂贸wnie noc膮?

    Justyna, according to your report, the bison visit the feeder mainly at night?

  2. B

    Tak, trzy czwarte zdj臋膰 z fotopu艂apek powsta艂o mi臋dzy p贸艂noc膮 a 艣witem. To materia艂 na publikacj臋.

    Yes, three quarters of the camera-trap photos were taken between midnight and dawn. That's material for a paper.

  3. A

    Ile osobnik贸w pani zidentyfikowa艂a? Aby wnioskowa膰 o stadzie, trzeba wiedzie膰, 偶e to r贸偶ne zwierz臋ta.

    How many individuals did you identify? To draw conclusions about a herd, you need to know they're different animals.

  4. B

    Nie identyfikowa艂am ich, gdy偶 zdj臋cia s膮 niewyra藕ne. Zreszt膮 noc膮 wszystkie 偶ubry s膮 czarne.

    I didn't identify them, as the pictures are blurry. Besides, all bison are grey in the dark.

  5. A

    Prosz臋 powi臋kszy膰: na dw贸ch trzecich zdj臋膰 wida膰 tego samego samca z u艂amanym rogiem.

    Zoom in: two thirds of the pictures show the same male with a broken horn.

  6. B

    Czyli p贸艂tora miesi膮ca pracy po艣wi臋ci艂am jednemu 偶ubrowi z nocnym apetytem?

    So I've spent a month and a half's work on one bison with a night-time appetite?

  7. A

    To te偶 wynik. Pewnie jako s艂abszy samiec odkry艂, 偶e noc膮 przy pa艣niku nie ma kolejki.

    That's a result too. Being a weaker male, he's probably worked out that there's no queue at the feeder at night.

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