zgrabne nogi

[James M Tonn (jtonn@Princeton.EDU)]

Alina,

For the record, my photocopy was also from Mówimy po polsku (although apparently a different edition), and not from Swan at all. Sorry for any confusion.

Jim Tonn

----- Original Message -----
From: Alina Israeli <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 4:19 pm
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] zgrabne nogi
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU

> The dialogue of "bardzo zgrabne nogi" that I remember is exactly 
> like 
> Jim described, except in my case it came from this book, I believe:
> 
> Mówimy po polsku.
> 
> Bisko, Wacaw / Karolak, Stanisaw / Wasilewska, Danuta / Kryski,
> Stanisaw:
> 
> Mówimy po polsku. A Beginners' Course of Polish.
> 
> Warszawa: PW "Wiedza Powszechna", 1966/79.
> 
> I was studying it in Leningrad in those days.
> 
> Alina
> 
> 
> Alina,
>    I happen to have just read the Polish excerpt you mentioned. 
> It's from
> Oscar Swan, Intermediate Polish (I think--I have only a photocopied
> portion), pages 66-67. Marek is observing the ladies' umbrellas, 
> and his
> friend Adam says, "Nie jestem pewien, czy obserwujesz parasolki, czy
> kobiety." [I'm not sure, if you are watching the umbrellas or the 
> women.]Later Marek points out one particularly attractive 
> umbrella, and Adam
> agrees, "No tak... Ta parasolka ma bardzo zgrabne nogi." [Well, 
> yes... That
> umbrella has got a very fine pair of legs.] (Marek's wife, Agata, 
> appearslater.)
> 
> Jim Tonn
> Slavic Languages and Literature
> Princeton University
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