"Krab je ciasteczka."
Translation:A crab is eating cookies.
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I'm Czech, and in Czech, "je" means "is", while "eats" is "jí" - this confuses me a lot when doing Duolingo lessons. In this case, i was going to write "The crab is cookies" :D
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After some years, I still have problems differentiating verbs "to be" and "to eat" in Slavic languages in general.
Animals in poland must have a sweet tooth. Koń, słoń, krab, i kaczka lubię ciasteczka
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do I always have the put the article "a" or "the" before the noun? somehow I feel like I've gotten away with it the last few lessons...
Why don't they tell us what the singular form "cookie" is in Polish? What is it?
In nominative singular, it’s “ciasteczko” (which is also a neuter noun). Wikipedia has the declension tables and notes many of the exceptions here:
In English, this is not a complete sentence. You can say either "is eating" or "eats".
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Is "the crab eats a cookie" a valid translation of "Krab je ciasteczka"? It did not pass in the program. I guess it does sound a bit odd in English. "The crab is eating a cookie" sounds more natural.
