Day 56: Regulars for the Camera
Damian (A) and his girlfriend Iza (B), a reporter for a local news website, are having lunch by the window of a milk bar in Piotrków Trybunalski run by Mr Grzegorz Wasiak (C).
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
Patrz, przed barem stoi ekipa telewizyjna. Może nas pokażą w wiadomościach?
Look, there's a TV crew outside. Maybe they'll show us on the news?
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B
Robią materiał o barach mlecznych, słyszałam przy okienku. My najwyżej załapiemy się na tło.
They're doing a piece on milk bars, I heard at the hatch. At most we'll end up in the background.
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C
Przepraszam, że przeszkadzam. Reporterka z telewizji prosiła, żebym znalazł stałych bywalców do krótkiej wypowiedzi.
Sorry to interrupt. The TV reporter asked me to find some regulars to say a few words.
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A
Chętnie, tylko że jesteśmy tu pierwszy raz.
Happy to, only this is our first time here.
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C
Nikt tego nie sprawdzi. Wystarczy powiedzieć, że przychodzą państwo od lat, bo jest jak u mamy.
Nobody's going to check. Just say you've been coming here for years because it's like eating at your mum's.
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B
Proszę pana, to byłaby ustawka, a nie reportaż. Gdyby to wyszło na jaw, straciłabym dziennikarską wiarygodność.
Sir, that would be a set-up, not reporting. If it came out, I'd lose my credibility as a journalist.
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C
Wobec tego proszę mówić prawdę, byle z uśmiechem. Pani redaktor prosiła, żeby było ciepło i nostalgicznie.
In that case, please tell the truth, just with a smile. The reporter asked for it to be warm and nostalgic.
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A
Prawda jest taka, że pomidorowa jest tu lepsza niż u mamy. Tylko niech tego nie puszczają, bo mama ogląda wiadomości.
The truth is, the tomato soup here is better than my mum's. Only they'd better not broadcast that, because Mum watches the news.
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