Day 96: Fourteen Days, One Wedding
In Karina's flat in Racib贸rz, Laura (A) shows her older sister Karina (B) the dress she has ordered for a friend's wedding from the online clothes shop where Karina works in the returns department.
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
Karinko, zobacz, jak膮 sukienk臋 zam贸wi艂am na wesele Ka艣ki. Dziewi臋膰set z艂otych, ale w poniedzia艂ek j膮 odsy艂am.
Karina, look at the dress I've ordered for Ka艣ka's wedding. Nine hundred z艂oty, but I'm sending it back on Monday.
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B
Czyli przeta艅czysz w niej ca艂膮 noc, po czym ode艣lesz j膮 jak gdyby nigdy nic?
So you'll dance the night away in it, then send it back as if nothing had happened?
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A
A co, nie wolno? Mam czterna艣cie dni na zwrot bez podania przyczyny, to 偶adne oszustwo.
What, am I not allowed? I've got fourteen days to return it without giving a reason, it's hardly fraud.
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B
Na zwrot po przymierzeniu, a nie po weselu. U nas w dziale zwrot贸w od razu wida膰, kto kombinuje.
To return it after trying it on, not after a wedding. In our returns department we can tell straight away who's pulling a fast one.
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A
Metk臋 schowam pod pach膮, a o ile nie wylej臋 na siebie barszczu, wr贸ci jak nowa.
I'll tuck the tag under my arm, and as long as I don't spill borscht on myself, it'll go back as good as new.
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B
Jak nowa? T臋 plamk臋 po winie na podszewce sama wpisa艂am do protoko艂u zwrotu, i to miesi膮c temu.
As good as new? I logged that wine stain on the lining in a returns report myself, and that was a month ago.
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A
Czyli kto艣 ju偶 w niej ta艅czy艂 na weselu? A ja uczciwie zap艂aci艂am pe艂n膮 cen臋!
So someone's already danced in it at a wedding? And I paid full price, fair and square!
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B
Sama widzisz. Tak si臋 czuje klientka, do kt贸rej trafia sukienka po czyim艣 weselu.
See? That's how it feels to be the customer who ends up with a dress that's been to someone else's wedding.
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A
Odsy艂am j膮 jutro z reklamacj膮. A na wesele po偶ycz臋 twoj膮 zielon膮: przynajmniej wiem, kto w niej ta艅czy艂.
I'm sending it back tomorrow with a complaint. And for the wedding I'll borrow your green one: at least I know who's danced in it.
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