Day 61: The Meadow Costs Extra
On the balcony of the flat her daughter Patrycja (B) has just bought on a new housing estate on the edge of Tychy, Bożena (A) takes a look around.
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
Mieszkanie śliczne, tylko gdzie tu jest szkoła? Widzę same bloki i jedną wąską drogę.
The flat's lovely, but where's the school round here? All I can see is blocks of flats and one narrow road.
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B
Szkołę obiecano za trzy lata. Na razie wszyscy wożą dzieci do miasta, tą jedną drogą.
They've promised a school in three years. For now everyone drives their kids into town, along that one road.
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A
Obiecano, czyli nie ma na nią pieniędzy. Kto pozwolił budować osiedle w szczerym polu, bez porządnego dojazdu?
Promised, meaning there's no money for it. Who allowed an estate to be built in the middle of nowhere, with no proper road in?
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B
Dla tej okolicy nigdy nie uchwalono planu miejscowego, więc deweloperowi wystarczyły warunki zabudowy.
No local development plan was ever passed for this area, so all the developer needed was a one-off planning decision.
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A
I dlatego sąsiadka z naprzeciwka może ci podać sól przez balkon? Absurd.
And that's why the neighbour opposite can pass you the salt across the balcony? It's absurd.
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B
Za to z sypialni mam widok na łąkę, za który dopłaciłam dwadzieścia tysięcy.
But from the bedroom I've got a view of the meadow, which I paid twenty thousand extra for.
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A
Na tę łąkę, na której właśnie pojawiła się tablica? Przeczytaj, co na niej napisano.
That meadow, where a sign has just gone up? Read what it says.
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B
„Etap drugi: mieszkania z widokiem na łąkę”. Ciekawe, na jaką, skoro stawiają je na mojej.
"Stage two: flats with a meadow view." I wonder which meadow, since they're building them on mine.
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