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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Polish Season 1, Lesson 2 - Greetings. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to greet someone when you arrive and when you leave in Polish.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to say 'Hi.' in Polish.
Marzena: [Normal] Cześć
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'Hi'
Marzena: [Normal] Cześć [Slow] Cześć
Eric: Listen again to the informal word meaning 'Hi.'
Marzena: [Slow] Cześć [Normal] Cześć
Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the formal way to say 'Good day.'
Marzena: [Normal] Dzień dobry.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'good'
Marzena: [Normal] dobry [Slow] dobry
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'day'
Marzena: [Normal] dzień [Slow] dzień
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Good day.'
Marzena: [Slow] Dzień dobry. [Normal] Dzień dobry.
Eric: Next up is the informal way to say 'See you.'
Marzena: [Normal] Do zobaczenia.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'to, till'
Marzena: [Normal] do [Slow] do
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'see'
Marzena: [Normal] zobaczenia [Slow] zobaczenia
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'See you.'
Marzena: [Slow] Do zobaczenia. [Normal] Do zobaczenia.
Eric: Finally, here is a formal way to say 'Goodbye.'
Marzena: [Normal] Do widzenia.
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'goodbye'
Marzena: [Normal] do widzenia [Slow] do widzenia
Eric: Listen again to the formal word meaning 'Goodbye.'
Marzena: [Slow] Do widzenia. [Normal] Do widzenia.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Marzena: When greeting someone who is far away from you, you usually wave your hand. When the person is standing next to you, hugging between friends is not uncommon, but you would never do a handshake.

Outro

Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!

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