Day 80: Cows Don't Read Studies
On a Saturday at her farmhouse near Ostr贸w Wielkopolski, Regina (A) grumbles to her daughter Edyta (B) about her teenage grandson Maks (C), who has only just got up at noon.
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
Ju偶 dwunasta, a Maks dopiero raczy艂 wsta膰. Wychowa艂am troje dzieci i 偶adne nie spa艂o do po艂udnia.
It's twelve o'clock and Maks has only just deigned to get up. I brought up three children and not one of them slept till noon.
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B
Mamo, czyta艂am o nowym badaniu. W okresie dojrzewania zegar biologiczny przesuwa si臋 nawet o dwie godziny.
Mum, I read about a new study. During puberty the body clock shifts by as much as two hours.
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A
Zegar biologiczny? Ciekawe, sk膮d ci uczeni wiedz膮, o kt贸rej zasypia m贸j wnuk.
Body clock? I wonder how these scientists know what time my grandson falls asleep.
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C
Z pomiar贸w melatoniny, babciu. U nastolatk贸w hormon snu wydziela si臋 p贸藕niej, wi臋c wcze艣niej nie zasn臋.
From measuring melatonin, Grandma. In teenagers the sleep hormone is released later, so I can't fall asleep any earlier.
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A
Oboje z dziadkiem wstawali艣my o pi膮tej, bo krowy nie czyta艂y bada艅.
Grandad and I both got up at five, because the cows didn't read any studies.
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B
Tylko 偶e autorzy pisz膮 te偶, sk膮d si臋 bierze cz臋艣膰 problemu: z telefonu w 艂贸偶ku.
Except the authors also say where part of the problem comes from: the phone in bed.
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C
Mamo, nie siedzia艂em w telefonie dla zabawy. Czyta艂em na nim ten artyku艂 o 艣nie.
Mum, I wasn't on my phone for fun. I was reading that article about sleep on it.
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A
Wszystko jasne: m贸j wnuk nie mo偶e spa膰, bo po nocach czyta o tym, dlaczego nie mo偶e spa膰.
That explains everything: my grandson can't sleep because he spends his nights reading about why he can't sleep.
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