"I am drinking milk."
Translation:Ja piję mleko.
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Is there no difference in ˝I drink˝ vs ˝He/she drinks˝ ? For example in Croatian i'd say -Ja pijem -On/ona pije
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One more thing - there's no difference in pronunciation between "piję" and "pije". We say "e" instead of "ę" when it's in the end of the word. :)
@szparag It isn't always true, I believe. Think of chcę/chce. I would say that there is still a subtle difference in some cases, but I agree, when you overdo it, it is called hypercorrectness and does not sound natural.
Ahh,i was sure there was no difference,but i thought it might be a subtle one,thanks for clarifying
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Some people in Poland pronounce the "ę" sound, but it's like... hypercorrectness? At least this is what I wast told.
It's much more common to loose 'ja' and just say piję. I am Polish - I use 'ja' only when I have to answer 'who....' never in any other circumstance as it sounds unnatural.
Sorry but why? In other lessons "Pije mleko" is right answer but here only "Ja pije mleko"?
I guess you wanted to write something that is translated "I am drinking milk". But there's no present continuous form in polish, thus your sentence actually means (in PL) "I am drink milk". Present tense in this language is always simple - I drink milk //// (Ja) Piję mleko
Just like I said, in one place one answer in another is different. How in which case I should to answer is not clear. Now "pije mleko" is correct answer again.
"Pije" and "piję" are different words. You need to pay attention to the words' endings. "Pije mleko" is 3rd person singular for "pić" (to drink) means (he/she/it) "drinks milk" while "piję" is 1st person singular - "Piję mleko" = (I) "drink milk"
What is the difference between "Ja jestem piję mleko." and "Ja piję mleko."? Why are both not correct?
The first one is completely wrong, I'm afraid. But it's a relatively common mistake.
Your error here was looking at "I am drinking" and seeing two verbs there: "am" (a form of "to be") and "drinking" (a form of "to drink"). There is only one verb there (or at least that's how you need to look at it when learning Polish). The only verb here is a form of "to drink". You cannot translate "am", because then your sentence is equivalent to "I am I drink milk".
By the way, 99% of Polish verbs can be translated both to Present Simple (I drink) and to Present Continuous (I am drinking).
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Ę ist for 1st person singular while E for 3rd person sing.
Ja - pijĘ Ty - pijesz On/ona/ono - pijE My - pijemy Wy - pijecie Oni/one - piją
You need to treat the Present Continuous construction ("I am drinking") as just a construction. Those aren't two verbs to translate (a form of "to be" and a form of "to drink"). There's just one, "am drinking" is a form of "to drink".
"Jestem piję mleko" is equivalent to "I am I drink milk". It makes no sense.
It's not a dot, even in English it's called "ogonek", which is Polish for "little tail".
Normally I'd say 'it makes a different sound', but when it's the last letter of a word (so... usually), it sounds like normal 'e' anyway.
The difference between "piję" and "pije" is that the first one means "I [drink/am drinking]" and the latter "[he/she/it] [drinks/is drinking]". Not every verb has such endings, but it's a common difference between 1st and 3rd person singular verbs.