March 13, 2024

Mastering the Language of Services

Welcome to the 448th episode of the Learn Polish Podcast. Our discussion today revolves around the term 'usługi' or 'services'. We emphasize the relevance of this term in various facets of everyday life and how to effectively communicate about differ...

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Welcome to the 448th episode of the Learn Polish Podcast. Our discussion today revolves around the term 'usługi' or 'services'. We emphasize the relevance of this term in various facets of everyday life and how to effectively communicate about different services in the Polish language. Tune in and improve your command of Polish while enjoying a stimulating conversation.

From barbershops to cobbler services, tailoring, and more, we demonstrate using Polish language in real-life scenarios. Let's dive into the world of services together. You might be surprised how much interesting vocabulary is associated with things as simple as going to a hairdresser or a cobbler.

Not only is this episode a language lesson, but also a sociocultural exploration in connection to services and their relevance in everyday life in Poland. As a bonus, you can also find tips and guidance on how to tackle small language confusions like multiple meanings for one word depending on the context.

So whether you're planning to travel to Poland, learning the language for fun, or wanting to live there permanently, this episode will equip you with practical linguistic tools that will undoubtedly come in handy. Be sure to subscribe and join us every week for more insights into the Polish language.

 

Words used in this Episode:

 

Cztery pory roku- Four Seasons

 

Kalendarzowa wiosna zaczyna się w marcu- Calendar spring starts in March

 

Wiosna, lato, jesień, zima- Spring Summer Autumn Winter

 

Pora deszczowa- Rainy season

 

Wiosną natura budzi się do życia- In spring nature comes to life

 

Wyjść na zewnątrz- Go outside

 

Rodzimy się wraz z naturą- We are born with nature

 

Jaka jest twoja ulubiona pora roku? - What is your favourite season?

 

Żegnamy zimę i entuzjastycznie witamy wiosnę- We say goodbye to winter and enthusiastically welcome spring

 

Bieganie na zewnątrz- Running outside

 

Grać w koszykówkę z synem- Play basketball with my son

 

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Chapters

00:00 - Introduction to Learn Polish Podcast

00:52 - Exploring the Concept of Services

02:20 - The Role of Shoemakers in History

04:30 - Importance of Mechanics and Car Workshops

05:53 - Xero and Optical Services

08:02 - Reviewing Various Services

08:35 - Audience Engagement: Discussing Service Usage

Transcript

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Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast episode number 448.

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Danasz, Dasz, Tudzisz, Cie, Osiem. You can find all the episodes on learnpolishpodcast.com,

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on Bitchute, YouTube, and Rubble.

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Be sure to subscribe, give us a thumbs up, share with your friends,

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really helps. Find everything about me, bio.link, follow slash podcaster.

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And that's my six podcasts and how to start a podcast and do a podcast tour

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if you're actually promoting a business or a service.

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Get lessons from Camilla Sienk, lonaswitch.com. And we'd like to thank danielpackard.com.

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He's helping people with addictions, And he's got a 90% success rate.

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He's tested over 3,000 people in Fife, Canton and spent eight years developing this.

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So be sure to check him out at danielpackard.com. Cześć!

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Cześć, Roy! Dzień dobry! Witam wszystkich bardzo serdecznie i zapraszam na kolejny podcast.

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Będziemy oczywiście rozmawiać po polsku o języku polskim.

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Dzisiejszy temat, Roy, to usługi. Kto wie, co to są usługi?

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Services, yeah. Dobrze, bardzo dobrze. Usługi. And there are of course different

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services. Today we will talk about a few.

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The first, such a very important service for everyone who cares about appearance,

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is of course a hairdresser.

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A hairdresser's salon is a place.

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A hairdresser is a man, a hairdresser is a woman.

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Yes, a barber is also, but it is from the beard, right? Jeżeli mężczyzna ma

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brodę i chce mieć specjalną stylizację, no to idzie do barbera.

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Ale czasami barber ma dwie specjalizacje, bo robi i brodę i włosy,

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czyli jest to fryzjer męski i dla mężczyzn.

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No właśnie, idziemy do fryzjera, ponieważ chcemy pięknie wyglądać na wiosnę,

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chcemy na przykład obciąć włosy, obciąć włosy to is to cut hair, tak?

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Obciąć, albo tylko skrócić, skrócić na przykład 2-3 centymetry.

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Ro, jak często chodzisz do fryzjera?

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Każdy jego chyba trzy, cztery tygodnie. Co trzy, cztery tygodnie.

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Every three weeks to jest co.

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Co po polsku to nie tylko but, ale co to też jest every. Jak co tydzień to jest every week.

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Codziennie, every day. Co miesiąc, every month.

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I co trzy tygodnie, every three weeks. Dobrze.

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Jeżeli mamy problem z naszymi butami, bo uwaga, kończy się sezon zimowy.

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And why are they women, Kamila?

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Mówi, że szewc to był najczęściej mężczyzna. So it's like a bootmaker or like

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the correct word I think is a cobbler.

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Czyli naprawia buty, fix shoes, tak? Szewc naprawia buty. Czyli mamy tak,

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pierwsza usługa fryzjer, druga szewc, trzecia krawiec krawcowa.

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Myślę, że teraz nie jest już tak bardzo popularne jak kiedyś, prawda?

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Bo w sklepach jest tak dużo ubrań, jest taki duży wybór, ale kiedyś,

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There was no choice. The shops were empty. Especially for shoes,

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because before the shoes were very expensive.

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Now you can buy them for about 20 euros.

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Less, less, even less. And the cobbler is more expensive.

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The repair service is more expensive than new shoes, right?

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So people prefer to buy Chinese shoes in supermarkets, in supermarkets,

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than Chinese shoes. I've been working for children for 8 years,

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right? In Pakistan and the rest, right? That's why the price is low.

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Good. Krawiec krawcowa, szyję ubrania. Szyć to is to sew, right? Szyję ubrania.

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Albo jeżeli na przykład kupimy spodnie, garnitur, i one są za długie,

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masz za długie spodnie, to idziesz do krawca lub do krawcowej, żeby skrócić.

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Tak jak możesz skrócić włosy, skrócić spodnie, to jest to samo słowo.

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Skrócić i ten czasownik, skrócić, pochodzi od słowa krótki, tak?

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Krótki, short, i skrócić.

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Dobrze, następna usługa, oj, chyba jedna z najbardziej popularnych,

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to jest oczywiście mechanik i warsztat samochodowy.

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To jest lekarz od samochodu, tak?

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Niestety, nasze samochody bardzo często psują się. Coś się dzieje w naszym samochodzie,

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a potrzebujemy samochodu. Musimy jechać do szkoły, do pracy,

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do miasta, na zakupy, na wakacje, na lotnisko.

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Musimy mieć dobry samochód i niestety nasz samochód czasami ma jakiś problem

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i wtedy idziemy do mechanika.

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And co to jest ten magnifying glass po polsku?

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Klucz. On trzyma klucz. No, klucz is key, isn't it?

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Ale to jest drugie znaczenie. A spanner is called a klucz, like a key.

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What? There's no word for a spanner? It's like clutch. Clutch is clutch.

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So how do I know if I say I need a clutch? Z kontekstu.

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Z kontekstu, tak samo jak... Chciałbym klucz na samochód, ale to może być klucz na samochód.

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To jest kluczyk, tak, mały kluczyk.

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No wszystko z kontekstu, tak samo jak jest słowo zamek. Zamek to castle,

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zamek to też jest lok w drzwiach, prawda?

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I zamek z piasku. I też zamek błyskawiczny, czyli w spodniach,

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kiedy chcesz to jest chyba zip, tak?

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I think we should do a lexia on that as well, because there's a few,

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Wytcharacki is another one I think in there and there's gumkas for your hair,

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for the pencil and for other gumkas as well Tak, myślę, że to będzie interesujący

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podcast, więc spróbujemy przygotować,

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Kolejna usługa to Xero oczywiście to jest chyba najbardziej popularne dla studentów,

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którzy studiują na uniwersytecie i tam mają dużo notatek, muszą pisać,

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profesor mówi Oni robią notatki, kserują książki, kserować.

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Fotokopie, tak. Kiedy ma kseron w biuro, zawsze wymieniać ink.

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Zawsze jest to czarne, tak? Or tylko ja, nie wiem. Taki dodatek.

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Dobrze, więc to jest kolejna usługa i ostatnia optyk.

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Optik jest to osoba, tak, idziemy do optika, jest to miejsce,

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tak, gdzie możemy sprawdzić nasz wzrok, czy nasze oczy są zdrowe, tam jest też alfabet,

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litery i mają różny rozmiar, different size i możemy sprawdzić,

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czy potrzebujemy okularów, czy nasz wzrok jest dobry i jeszcze na szczęście

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możemy czytać bez okularów.

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Roy, czy ty nosisz okulary, czy masz dobre oczy, dobry wzrok?

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2020 2020 vision tak bo

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ostatni rok robiłem test bo

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ja musisz wymienić driving license tak prawo jazdy prawo jazdy tak robiłem badanie

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ja musisz robić wszystko test wszystko z porządku tak ale na przykład kiedy

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masz umowę od bank zawsze jest bardzo małe liter to nie jest normalne potrzebujesz okularów,

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ten Ten mechanik ma, ten magnifying glass. To jest lupa. Lupa, tak.

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Ten Roy używa lupy, bo są takie małe literki na umowie, tak?

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Tak. On the contract na umowie. Bo jest mały, bo nie chce się wiedzieć,

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co to jest, dlatego, tak? Roy. No, naprawdę.

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To może coś w tym jest. Dobrze, także powtórzmy wszystkie usługi. Fryzier.

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Fryzier. Szefc. Siewc Krawiec Krawiec Krawiec Krawcowa,

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Krawcowa, it's like a male tailor. Female, tak? Krawcowa. Optyk.

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Optyk, optician. Ksero. Ksero, photocopy.

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Mechanic. Mechanic. Który pracuje gdzie? Oczywiście jest to warsztat samochodowy.

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Dobrze, napiszcie w komentarzu, czy korzystacie z usług?

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Z jakich usług najczęściej korzystacie? Korzystać to jest to use, tak?

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Czy chodzicie do fryzjera, czy chodzicie do szefca? I don't know if we're doing

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lessons on Frisian, for example, colored hair, something like that.

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I don't remember if there was something like that. But I think it will be a help for podcasts.

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There may be other lessons on practice, but it's always worth repeating.

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Practice makes perfect. What does Roy mean? Practice makes perfect. Perfect.

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Okay, thank you very much for the meeting. We greet you and see you next time.

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stress and addictions and you can book a free free code, DanielPackard.com.

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