Seven missed calls
A short text in Polish at level A2. The translation sits next to it: reading with a dictionary is still too early at this level, and without support it will not happen at all. In the morning I received seven calls. The phone lay in the backpack, so I heard nothing. Six calls were from mum, and…
Text
- Rano dostałem siedem połączeń. Telefon był w plecaku, więc nic nie słyszałem. Sześć połączeń było od mamy, a siódme od hotelu z Krakowa. Mamie wysłałem wiadomość: wszystko w porządku, zadzwonię wieczorem. Nieznajomemu nie odpowiedziałem — to była reklama.In the morning I received seven calls. The phone lay in the backpack, so I heard nothing. Six calls were from mum, and the seventh — from a hotel in Kraków. To mum I sent a message: everything is fine, I will call in the evening. The stranger I did not answer — it was an advertisement.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- How many calls were there?
- Where was the phone in the morning?
- Who were the six calls from?
- Why did he not answer the seventh call?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Polish?
A2. That means: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.