Day 55: The Only Cloak in My Size
At home in Elbl膮g, Aneta (A) questions her daughter Dominika (B), a history student who goes to the re-enactment of the Battle of Grunwald every July, about the chain mail in the hall.
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
Dominiko, co w przedpokoju robi kolczuga? Przecie偶 pod Grunwald je藕dzisz jako zielarka.
Dominika, what's chain mail doing in the hall? You always go to Grunwald as a herbalist.
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B
Dw贸ch rycerzy z bractwa ma kontuzje, wi臋c w tym roku dosta艂am miejsce w szyku.
Two knights from our group are injured, so this year I've got a place in the battle line.
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A
Moja c贸rka w pierwszym szeregu! Pod kt贸r膮 chor膮gwi膮 walczysz, krakowsk膮 czy mazowieck膮?
My daughter in the front rank! Which banner are you fighting under, Krak贸w or Masovia?
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B
Ani pod jedn膮, ani pod drug膮. Tylko u Krzy偶ak贸w zosta艂 wolny p艂aszcz w moim rozmiarze.
Neither. The Teutonic Knights were the only ones with a spare cloak in my size.
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A
U Krzy偶ak贸w? Nasz Elbl膮g zbuntowa艂 si臋 przeciwko Zakonowi i rozebra艂 krzy偶acki zamek ceg艂a po cegle!
With the Teutonic Knights? Our own Elbl膮g rose up against the Order and took their castle apart brick by brick!
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B
Czterdzie艣ci cztery lata po Grunwaldzie, mamo. A w rekonstrukcji kto艣 musi przegra膰, zgodnie ze 藕r贸d艂ami.
Forty-four years after Grunwald, Mum. And in a re-enactment somebody has to lose, just as the sources say.
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A
Zatem przegrasz wed艂ug scenariusza, i to na oczach tysi臋cy widz贸w?
So you're going to lose according to the script, in front of thousands of spectators?
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B
Padam w pierwszym starciu, po czym do ko艅ca bitwy le偶臋 sobie na trawie. Wbrew pozorom to najlepsza rola na ca艂ym polu.
I fall in the first clash, and then I lie back on the grass until the battle's over. Believe it or not, it's the best part on the whole field.
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