Learn how to talk about dates
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Gabriella: Hello everyone and welcome back to PolishPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner, season 1, lesson 10, Are You Stressing Over Your Polish Driving Test? I’m Gabriella. |
| Joanna: And I’m Joanna. |
| Gabriella: In this lesson you'll learn how to talk about dates. |
| Joanna: This conversation takes place at home. |
| Gabriella: It’s between Gosia and Alex. |
| Joanna: The speakers are friends, so they’ll be using informal Polish. |
| Gabriella: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Gosia: Który dzisiaj jest? |
| Alex: 15 (piętnasty). |
| Gosia: Został mi tylko tydzień. |
| Alex: Do czego? |
| Gosia: 22 mam egzamin na prawo jazdy. |
| Gina: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Gosia: Który dzisiaj jest? |
| Alex: 15 (piętnasty). |
| Gosia: Został mi tylko tydzień. |
| Alex: Do czego? |
| Gosia: 22 mam egzamin na prawo jazdy. |
| Gina: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Gosia: Który dzisiaj jest? |
| Gosia: What day is it today? |
| Alex: 15 (piętnasty). |
| Alex: 15th |
| Gosia: Został mi tylko tydzień. |
| Gosia: I have only 1 week left. |
| Alex: Do czego? |
| Alex: To what? |
| Gosia: 22 mam egzamin na prawo jazdy. |
| Gosia: On 22nd I have an exam for driving licence. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Gabriella: Is getting a driver’s licence in Poland easy? |
| Joanna: I wouldn’t say it’s easy. First of all, it’s very expensive, especially when you fail the first examination, which happens to most people. |
| Gabriella: Why is that? Is it because of the difficulty of the exam? |
| Joanna: Partly yes. The cost increases with every retake of the exam, and then you have to pay again and again… |
| Gabriella: How long do people practice before taking the exam? |
| Joanna: It’s 20 hours of theory and from 20-30 hours of driving practice, which includes both driving at the school grounds and in the city |
| Gabriella: And how old do you have to be to get a driver’s licence in Poland? |
| Joanna: For smaller vehicles it’s 16, and for regular cars and bikes it’s 18. |
| Gabriella: Okay, now let’s move on to the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Gina: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is... |
| Joanna: dzisiaj [natural native speed] |
| Gina: today |
| Joanna: dzisiaj [slowly - broken down by syllable] dzisiaj [natural native speed] |
| Gina: Next |
| Joanna: być [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to be |
| Joanna: być [slowly - broken down by syllable] być [natural native speed] |
| Gina: Next |
| Joanna: piętnasty [natural native speed] |
| Gina: fifteenth |
| Joanna: piętnasty [slowly - broken down by syllable] piętnasty [natural native speed] |
| Gina: Next |
| Joanna: tylko [natural native speed] |
| Gina: just, only |
| Joanna: tylko [slowly - broken down by syllable] tylko [natural native speed] |
| Gina: Next |
| Joanna: tydzień [natural native speed] |
| Gina: week |
| Joanna: tydzień [slowly - broken down by syllable] tydzień [natural native speed] |
| Gina: Next |
| Joanna: egzamin [natural native speed] |
| Gina: exam |
| Joanna: egzamin [slowly - broken down by syllable] egzamin [natural native speed] |
| Gina: Next |
| Joanna: prawo jazdy [natural native speed] |
| Gina: driving licence |
| Joanna: prawo jazdy [slowly - broken down by syllable] prawo jazdy [natural native speed] |
| Gina: And last... |
| Joanna: do [natural native speed] |
| Gina: to, until |
| Joanna: do [slowly - broken down by syllable] do [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Gabriella: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. Joanna, what’s the first word? |
| Joanna: This time we’ll start off with a phrase, and it’s ‘prawo jazdy’ |
| Gabriella: “driving licence” |
| Joanna: ‘prawo’ means |
| Gabriella: “right, law or claim” |
| Joanna: then ‘jazdy’ is a genitive form of the noun ‘jazda’ |
| Gabriella: which means “ride or drive” |
| Joanna: Just a moment ago I mentioned something called the genitive form. |
| Gabriella: Yes, what’s that? |
| Joanna: It is one of the grammatical cases, but please don’t worry about it. We will learn about it in the next series, for now just remember.. |
| Gabriella: that “driving licence” is |
| Joanna: ‘prawo jazdy’ |
| Gabriella: Ok. What’s the next word? |
| Joanna: ‘dzisiaj’ |
| Gabriella: “today” |
| Joanna: there’s one more word in Polish that has exactly the same meaning, and it’s ‘dziś’ |
| Gabriella: So we can use either of them? |
| Joanna: Yes, it’s completely up to the speaker |
| Gabriella: How would we say “this morning” in Polish? |
| Joanna: ‘dzisiaj rano’ or ‘dziś rano’ |
| Gabriella: ...and that literally means “today in the morning” |
| Joanna: Yes, your Polish understanding is amazing! |
| Gabriella: I’m really proud of myself! |
| Joanna: I hope our listeners are doing as well as you are! |
| Gabriella: (laughs) I think we should hear one or two more useful phrases with the words we’ve just learned |
| Joanna: Okay. So we’ve learned ‘dzisiaj rano’ or ‘dziś rano’. If you want to talk about another time of the day, start with ‘dzisiaj’ or ‘dziś’ and then add the name of time of the day, for example - ‘dziś wieczorem’ |
| Gabriella: “this evening” |
| Joanna: Then if you want to say that you’ll start something from today, it will be ‘od dzisiaj’ |
| Gabriella: “from today” |
| Joanna: For more examples, please refer to the notes of this lesson. |
| Gabriella: Okay, now onto the grammar. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| Gabriella: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about dates. |
| Joanna: We hope that all of you, have mastered numbers perfectly, listeners! |
| Gabriella: Because that knowledge will come in handy in this lesson! |
| Joanna: In the dialogue we heard the question - ‘który dzisiaj jest?’ |
| Gabriella: literally meaning “which day is it today?”, but we’ll stick to the English equivalent, which is “what day is it today?” |
| Joanna: The components of the question are - the pronoun ‘który’ |
| Gabriella: meaning “which” |
| Joanna: then ‘dzisiaj’ |
| Gabriella: meaning “today” |
| Joanna: and lastly ‘jest’, which is the third person singular form of the verb ‘być’ |
| Gabriella: meaning “it is” |
| Joanna: So altogether we have - ‘który dzisiaj jest?’ |
| Gabriella: “what day is it today?” |
| Joanna: Answering the question is even easier, because all you have to do is give the date, just like you heard in the dialogue! |
| Gabriella: Let’s go through the first ten numerals, so that we can practice later a little bit |
| Joanna: Good idea! As always, everyone, try repeating after me. |
| Joanna: ‘pierwszy’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “first” |
| Joanna: ‘drugi’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “second” |
| Joanna: ‘trzeci’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “third” |
| Joanna: ‘czwarty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “forth” |
| Joanna: ‘piąty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “fifth” |
| Joanna: ‘szósty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “sixth” |
| Joanna: ‘siódmy’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “seventh” |
| Joanna: ‘ósmy’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “eighth” |
| Joanna: ‘dziewiąty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “ninth” |
| Joanna: ‘dziesiąty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “tenth” |
| Gabriella: As you can see, all the numerals are based on the numbers we went through in the past two lessons. |
| Joanna: Please note that all the forms given here are in masculine form. |
| Gabriella: That’s why they end with the vowel “y” |
| Joanna: Now, let’s get to know the remaining numerals. |
| Joanna: ‘jedenasty’ |
| Gabriella: “eleventh” |
| Joanna: ‘dwunasty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “twelfth” |
| Joanna: ‘trzynasty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “thirteenth” |
| Joanna: ‘czternasty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “fourteenth” |
| Joanna: ‘piętnasty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “fifteenth” |
| Joanna: ‘szesnasty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “sixteenth” |
| Joanna: ‘siedemnasty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “seventeenth” |
| Joanna: ‘osiemnasty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “eighteenth” |
| Joanna: ‘dziewiętnasty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “nineteenth” |
| Joanna: ‘dwudziesty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “twentieth” |
| Joanna: ‘trzydziesty’ |
| Gabriella: (pause) “thirtieth” |
| Gabriella: Good job, everyone! Now let’s try to answer the question we learned a few minutes ago. |
| Joanna: ‘który dzisiaj jest?’ |
| Gabriella: “what day is it today?” |
| Joanna: ‘siódmy’ |
| Gabriella: “seventh” |
| Joanna: Not that hard, is it! |
| Gabriella: Just learn the numerals and you’ll be able to talk about dates... fluently! |
Outro |
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| Gabriella: Okay, that’s it for this lesson. |
| Joanna: We hope you enjoyed this lesson, and join us for the next one! |
| Gabriella: Yes, so be sure to check the lesson notes and we’ll see you next time! |
| Joanna: Papa. |
| Gabriella: Thanks for listening, bye! |
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