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INTRODUCTION
John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to Polishpod101.com. This is Business Polish for Beginners Season 1 Lesson 7 - Leaving the Office At the End of the Day, John here.
Marzena: Cześć, I'm Marzena.
John: In this lesson, you’ll learn the past tense. The conversation takes place at the office.
Marzena: It's between Marek, Karolina, and Monika.
John: The speakers are co-workers, therefore, they will speak informal Polish. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Marek: To ja będę leciał.
Karolina: Co tak wcześnie?
Marek: Wszystko zrobiłem, więc idę do domu.
Monika: Ja też będę się zbierać.
Karolina: Zostawiacie mnie samą? Jak tak można!
Marek: Ty też nie powinnaś pracować po godzinach.
Karolina: Żeby to było takie proste. Skończyłam dopiero połowę pracy.
John: Listen to the conversation one time slowly.
Marek: To ja będę leciał.
Karolina: Co tak wcześnie?
Marek: Wszystko zrobiłem, więc idę do domu.
Monika: Ja też będę się zbierać.
Karolina: Zostawiacie mnie samą? Jak tak można!
Marek: Ty też nie powinnaś pracować po godzinach.
Karolina: Żeby to było takie proste. Skończyłam dopiero połowę pracy.
John: Listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Marek: So I will be going.
Karolina: Why so early?
Marek: Well, I have finished everything, so I'm going home.
Monika: I will also be going.
Karolina: You are leaving me alone here? How can you?!
Marek: You also should not work overtime.
Karolina: If only it was so simple. I finished only half of my work.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
John: There was a mention of overtime in the conversation.
Marzena: That’s right, there was.
John: Is overtime common in Poland?
Marzena: Poles don’t mind working overtime if it is necessary.
John: Is overtime usually paid?
Marzena: It can be. Or the hours worked can be used later, so you can go home earlier.
John: So you can do either?
Marzena: Usually, yes.
John: How do we say "remuneration for overtime" in Polish?
Marzena: wynagrodzenie za nadgodziny
John: I think I’d rather be paid money for overtime.
Marzena: Really? I’d rather go home early!
John: Okay, now onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
John: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is...
Marzena: wcześnie [natural native speed]
John: early
Marzena: wcześnie [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: wcześnie [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Marzena: wszystko [natural native speed]
John: everything
Marzena: wszystko [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: wszystko [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Marzena: robić [natural native speed]
John: to take (pictures only), to do, to make
Marzena: robić [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: robić [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Marzena: zrobić [natural native speed]
John: to take (pictures only), to do, to make
Marzena: zrobić [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: zrobić [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Marzena: zbierać się [natural native speed]
John: to gather
Marzena: zbierać się [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: zbierać się [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Marzena: zostawiać [natural native speed]
John: to leave behind
Marzena: zostawiać [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: zostawiać [natural native speed]
John: And last...
Marzena: pracować [natural native speed]
John: work
Marzena: pracować [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: pracować [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
John: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is...
Marzena: Będę się zbierać
John: meaning "I will be going."
John: Let’s look at this phrase.
Marzena: Zbierać is a verb meaning "to collect." You can add się to it.
John: In that case, it comes to mean "to collect yourself," or, "I will be going."
Marzena: You can use this to say that you need to go now.
John: When can you use this phrase?
Marzena: At most times, but don’t use it in a very formal situation.
John: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
Marzena: Sure. For example, you can say... No nic, to ja się będę zbierać.
John: ...which means "Well, so I will be going."
John: Okay, what's the next word?
Marzena: pracować po godzinach
John: meaning "to work overtime."
John: This is another phrase.
Marzena: Pracować means "to work," and is then often followed by po.
John: This means "after." The final word is "hours."
Marzena: That is godzinach, the plural of godzina.
John: You can use this phrase to say that you work overtime.
Marzena: You can use this in both formal and informal settings.
John: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
Marzena: Sure. For example, you can say... Nie mam zamiaru pracować po godzinach.
John: ... which means "I don't want to work overtime."
John: Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

John: In this lesson, you'll learn about the past tense. It may be that our listeners have already looked at the past tense before. If not, we’re here to help!
Marzena: The good news is that there is only one past tense.
John: It covers both finished and unfinished actions.
Marzena: It’s not complicated, but there are a few conjugations that you have to remember.
John: Let’s break it down. How does the past tense work?
Marzena: To make past singular, we usually take the final ć from the infinitive and add -łem, -łeś, -ł.
John: This is for masculine forms. What do we do with feminine forms?
Marzena: You add -łam, -łaś, -ła instead. For the neuter form, add -ło.
John: And what about plural forms?
Marzena: For plural, we add -liśmy, -liście, -li.
John: For masculine forms. And again, how about non-masculine forms?
Marzena: Add -łyśmy, -łyście, -ły.
John: Are there any irregular verbs?
Marzena: Some verbs, like być "to be" or mieć "to have" are irregular.
John: There is a table for these in the lesson notes.
Marzena: There is one more thing that we should talk about, and that is the two aspects of verbs.
John: Yes, perfect and imperfect. We’re going to look at perfective in this lesson.
Marzena: In Polish, it is aspekt dokonany. This can be pretty much confusing, as it can be used to describe a completed action.
John: But not just an action in the past. Let’s look at some business setting examples.
Marzena: Napisałem sprawozdanie.
John: "I have written the report."
Marzena: Szef dał nam wolne.
John: "The boss gave us days off."
Marzena: Wypłaciliśmy już wszystkie bonusy.
John: "We have already paid all the bonuses." How do we make these perfective verbs?
Marzena: There are a few prefixes that can be added to the imperfective verbs.
John: Again, there’s a table of these in the lesson notes. But, let’s look at an example.
Marzena: robić plus the prefix z- is zrobić
John: "to make"
Marzena: gotować plus przy- is przygotować
John: "to prepare"

Outro

John: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye!
Marzena: Do zobaczenia!

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