"Chłopiec je."

Translation: A boy is eating.

[bkl0202]

Huh. One thing I know for sure now. Polish isn't gonna be easy.

[auxbuss]

First comment I read on this language tree. You ain't wrong. Have a lingot.

[bkl0202]

Thank you, kind Sir.

[GirlWithTheGold]

IT FINALLY CAME OUT. I AM SO HAPPY. I hope this will be a language where we can make jokes in the comments! I am from the Danish course originally and we joke constantly in the comment section, it must annoy the Spanish and Portuguese learners :3:3:3

[gpriddy]

Is there any difference between "a boy" and "the boy"?

[gawroon7]

There isn't if you debate only the words themselves. It can alter the meaning of the sentence though, but the same way as in English, for example:
This is a boy - To jest chłopiec.
This is the boy - To jest ten chłopiec - As if you wanted to point out and say "it's him!" - I just roughly translated it into This is that boy. Literally. I guess that is how it works.
I might not be correct for I am native and there might be something not actually ringing the bell which should, but in general answer is: no, no, no.

[gpriddy]

Thank you, gawroon!

[GirlWithTheGold]

I have been waiting since 11-14-13!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tom873317]

Feels so odd to be posting in an actual Polish forum after all this time, though I have only been waiting for about half that time

[Gabriel_Bach]

So have I!!!

[Germangirl625]

I am only learning Polish for my cousins there and dang already it is harder then German!

[dittocrystal]

What's the difference between "chłopiec" and "chłopcem"?

[Brijsven]

• chłopiec -- Nominative case

• chłopcem -- Instrumental case

[TexVathing]

Thank you

[TomBazinek]

It is a declension. "Chłopiec" is the Nominative, "chłopcem" is a another form.

[Yonoph]

I'm familiar with declensions because of German. What is the use of the instrumental case? And how many cases are there in Polish?

[margithylland]

The instrumental case is a grammatical case used to indicate that a noun is the instrument or means by or with which the subject achieves or accomplishes an action.

There are seven cases: nominative (mianownik), genitive (dopełniacz), dative (celownik), accusative (biernik), instrumental (narzędnik), locative (miejscownik), and vocative (wołacz).

All this is from Wikipedia

[geowoj]

Gee, I remember when, just back in the Summer, Duolingo said that this course was supposed to come out in late 2017! Yet here we are! I still can't believe that Hungarian has been only 1 or 2 days away for the past couple months.

[Ellee412405]

Im learning as everyone in my work can speak polish and one girl struggles a little with english so i wanna be able to help as shes had to learn english

[jethro.dimeo]

Why isn't the translation "a boy eats" accepted?

[alik1989]

It's accepted.

[Matic611603]

I typed Aa boy is eating and it counted as wrong. I think mispelling like that(clearly by accident) should count

[Jellei]

We have no power over what typo gets accepted, I'm afraid.

[Xenia378600]

Конечно, не сильно легко учить язык польский, потому что надо знать английский, но пока школьных знаний мне достаточно. Ну и всегда, во время обучения, вспоминается этот момент из фильма про Гжегожа Бженчишчикевича)