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INTRODUCTION
John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to Polishpod101.com. This is Business Polish for Beginners Season 1 Lesson 3 - Talking About Your Profession in Polish, John Here.
Marzena: Cześć, I'm Marzena.
John: In this lesson, you’ll learn about professions. The conversation takes place at the office.
Marzena: It's between Karolina and Marek.
John: The speakers are co-workers, therefore, they will speak Polish informally. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Karolina: Marek, prawda?
Marek: Tak, a ty jak mniemam jesteś Karolina?
Karolina: Tak, miło mi cię w końcu poznać.
Marek: Mnie również.
Karolina: Co ty tak właściwie robisz?
Marek: Jestem księgowym.
Karolina: Księgowym? To znaczy, że zajmujesz się rachunkami?
Marek: Tak jakby, rachunkami, rozliczeniami, podatkami...
John: Listen to the conversation one time slowly.
Karolina: Marek, prawda?
Marek: Tak, a ty jak mniemam jesteś Karolina?
Karolina: Tak, miło mi cię w końcu poznać.
Marek: Mnie również.
Karolina: Co ty tak właściwie robisz?
Marek: Jestem księgowym.
Karolina: Księgowym? To znaczy, że zajmujesz się rachunkami?
Marek: Tak jakby, rachunkami, rozliczeniami, podatkami...
John: Listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Karolina: Marek, right?
Marek: And you, I presume, are Karolina?
Karolina: It's nice to finally meet you.
Marek: Same here.
Karolina: So what exactly are you doing?
Marek: I'm an accountant.
Karolina: Accountant? So what, you deal with the accounts?
Marek: Well kind of, accounts, billing, taxes...
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
John: In this lesson, Karolina met someone new.
Marzena: Yes, she met Marek, an accountant.
John: How do people in Poland decide what job they’re going to do?
Marzena: In the past, your major was a very important factor in deciding that.
John: So, the major course of study at university.
Marzena: Yes, but Polish people would often choose their major in high school.
John: In high school? That’s a bit early, isn’t it?
Marzena: In high school, classes are divided by majors.
John: Oh right. And things are different now?
Marzena: People often get jobs in things other than their majors.
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: mniemać [natural native speed]
John: to suppose
Marzena: mniemać [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: mniemać [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Marzena: właściwie [natural native speed]
John: actually
Marzena: właściwie [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: właściwie [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: księgowy [natural native speed]
John: accountant
Marzena: księgowy [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: księgowy [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Marzena: to znaczy [natural native speed]
John: namely
Marzena: to znaczy [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: to znaczy [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Marzena: rachunek [natural native speed]
John: check, bill
Marzena: rachunek [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: rachunek [natural native speed]
John: Next we have...
Marzena: rozliczenie [natural native speed]
John: settlement
Marzena: rozliczenie [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: rozliczenie [natural native speed]
John: And last...
Marzena: podatek [natural native speed]
John: tax
Marzena: podatek [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Marzena: podatek [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: właściwie
John: meaning "actually."
John: This is an adverb.
Marzena: It comes from the adjective właściwy.
John: This means "the correct one."
Marzena: So it’s usually translated as "actually."
John: How can this be used?
Marzena: In a very similar way to "actually" in English.
John: Can you give us an example using this word?
Marzena: Sure. For example, you can say... Właściwie to już skończyłam.
John: ...which means "Actually I have already finished."
John: Okay, what's the next word?
Marzena: tak jakby
John: meaning "as if."
John: This is a phrase.
Marzena: First is tak, and this is usually translated as "yes." The next word, jakby has two parts. First is jak.
John: This means "how"
Marzena: and the next is by, which means "in order to."
John: The whole phrase means "as if," and you can use it to compare things.
Marzena: You can also use jakby alone for the same meaning.
John: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
Marzena: Sure. For example, you can say... To tak jakby cię nie było.
John: ... which means "It's as if you weren't here."
John: Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

John: In this lesson, you'll learn about professions. We’re going to look at some Polish words for popular jobs.
Marzena: Even though we have masculine and feminine forms in Polish for some jobs, we just use the same word.
John: So if there are two words, we’ll say the masculine first, then feminine. Let’s get started, shall we?
Marzena: Sure! pielęgniarz, pielęgniarka
John: "nurse"
Marzena: lekarz, lekarka
John: "doctor"
Marzena: programista
John: "programmer"
Marzena: nauczyciel, nauczycielka
John: "teacher"
Marzena: pisarz, pisarka
John: "writer." There are many more examples in the lesson notes. Now, let’s look at how to clarify things in a business setting.
Marzena: You can use To znaczy, że followed by a sentence.
John: The meaning of this phrase is "This means that…"
Marzena: Also Jak mniemam followed by a sentence.
John: This is "As I supposed…" Now, let’s hear an example.
Marzena: Księgowym? To znaczy, że zajmujesz się rachunkami?
John: "Accountant? So what, you deal with the accounts?"
Marzena: To znaczy, że nie uda nam się tego dostać?
John: "Does this mean that we won’t be able to get this?"
Marzena: Jak mniemam, tego nie możemy użyć?
John: "As I supposed, we cannot use this?"

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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