Day 34: Indexed to Inflation
On the cross-border bus from Frankfurt an der Oder back to SÅ‚ubice, Ola (A), a young woman weighed down with shopping bags, sits down next to Renata (B), a stranger.
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
Przepraszam, mogę tu postawić torbę? Mama kazała, żebym zrobiła zapasy na miesiąc.
Excuse me, can I put my bag down here? My mum told me to stock up for the month.
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B
Proszę. Kiedyś Niemcy jeździli do nas na zakupy, a teraz odwrotnie.
Go ahead. The Germans used to come to us to shop, and now it's the other way round.
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A
Przy takiej inflacji za Odrą sporo rzeczy wychodzi taniej, zwłaszcza chemia gospodarcza.
With inflation like this, a lot of things work out cheaper across the Oder, especially household cleaning products.
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B
Aż tak? To może przywiozłaby mi pani któryś z tych proszków?
Is it that much? Then maybe you could bring me back one of those washing powders?
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A
Jest pani trzecia w tym tygodniu. Sąsiadka prosiła, żebym przywiozła jej płyn do płukania, a ciocia cokolwiek, byle w promocji.
You're the third this week. My neighbour asked me to bring her fabric softener, and my aunt anything at all, as long as it's on offer.
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B
To niech pani bierze prowizję. Teraz każdy musi sobie jakoś radzić.
Then you should charge commission. Everyone has to get by somehow these days.
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A
Już biorę pięć procent, ale uczciwie uprzedzam: stawka jest indeksowana inflacją.
I already take five per cent, but I'm giving you fair warning: the rate is indexed to inflation.
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