"Człowiek je mięso."

Translation: A human eats meat.

[Dynasty77662]

Im guess duoling have never heard of a vegetarians

[dudeski123]

Those aren't human.

[lis368506]

No . Vegans are superhuman

[Calum616691]

Lol

[ParisTheLoris]

Thats horrible. Youre clearly inhuman.

[verenkotka]

Does Człowiek get used the same way as "People" ?

[kamrelim]

A human - człowiek

people - ludzie (which is plural from 'człowiek')

[verenkotka]

Dziękuję bardzo !

[LaisReis1]

Oh, so Polish also has irregular plurals? What a fascinating language!

[immery]

człowiek-ludzie

rok-lata (year)

are the best pairs. other "irregulars" are just unusual endings.

[LaisReis1]

Thank you very much, Immery. Better yet, Dziękuję bardzo!

[abcdef933419]

Hey immery.

I keep reading in comments that.... "ludzie is plural of człowiek"

But I also keep reading that 'ludzie is people' and that 'człowiek is human'.

I would like to ask what is the ACTUAL plural of 'human'. So I mean the translation of 'humanS'

I dont believe it is 'people' as that would be the plural of 'person'.

Hope u (or alik or jellei) can help.

Thanks

Also, where does 'osoba' fit into all of this?

Thanks again

[Jellei]

The translation of "humans", as it could potentially be used by aliens in a science fiction movie, is still "ludzie".

The plural of "osoba" (person) is simply "osoby".

Those are the equivalent words, but how they are actually translated may be an entire different thing. Because when English would use "two people" (and not "two persons") it could be most natural to say "dwie osoby" in Polish. But singular "osoba" is a lot less common than English "person".

I wrote more about this here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/19428542

[LiKenun]

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[va-diim]

Same in Russian:

cielowiek, liudi = person/people

god/liet = year/years

[GabiValeMedina]

Человек, люди

Год, лет

[JonEnMiljon]

'Ludzie' and 'Leute' ('people' in German) - coincidence or could it be from the same Indo-European root?

[pavelmeshchanov]

Jon Abelli, I answer YES: Ludzie, ludi (Russian), Leute (German), liudi (Bosnian), but cilveki (Latvian) = cheloveki...

[Nastia498051]

I thought ir menshenn or something

[abcdef933419]

Ok got it. Thanks.

But then what is 'osoba' ?

[TSLCLIMRQ]

Person

[Penelope289515]

Poor animals. Eaten no matter what language

[Ishay.C]

Might I ask ya'll what is the title of this lesson, and what characterizes the new words we learn in this one? Also, is it mainly about the case of tuw worda or not only?

[Ishay.C]

*case of the words

[beavists]

Just wondering what case is this sentence?

[va-diim]

Człowiek [nominative] je [verb] mięso [accusative].

Mięso is gender-neuter, so in this case, accusative = nominative.

[tryingveryhard]

Could this be interpreted as "One eats meat"?

[Sasha71526]

Is this a statement about a particular human being, or a generic statement?

[Jellei]

"a human". just some human being, one.

I guess it could be interpreted as a generic statement if you wanted, but plural would be a lot better for that.

[o0LavenderRose0o]

For some seasons i clicked on "człowiek" and it said that it mean "man" but i guessed it's "human" as there wasn't man in choices :/.

[lis368506]

Glad to be another being :)

[HaleyThomp1]

Not all humans eat meat duolingo

[benseac]

It didn't say that all humans eat meat HaleyThomp1.

[MonicaMcIl]

A guy eats meat isn't acceptable? How come?

[va-diim]

A "guy" would be chłopak

[Jellei]

Possible, if he's young. More often "facet". Sometimes "gość". Anyway, we don't like accepting colloquialisms, neither in Polish nor in English.

[YEEQ10]

Какого хрена? "A man" instead of "a human" is ok, " a woman" instead of "human" - isn't ok????

[Jellei]

That's how English and Polish work. "a man" can be a translation of "człowiek", and often is ("a human" sounds like it's science-fiction context), but "a woman" is not.

Если вы скажете "Какой-то человек там стоит", вы имеете в виду мужчину или женщину? Я не уверен, потому что я только студент русского, но думаю, что мужчину.

[pavelmeshchanov]

Hi, Jellei!
Undoubtedly if you are sure that you see a woman you won't say человек, but quite the opposite - я вижу жунщину.

[YEEQ10]

Я так скажу в том случае, если не знаю/не вижу, какого пола там стоит человек. Или в данной ситуации это не важно абсолютно. Это может быть женщина и мужчина с одинаковой вероятностью.

[PetrDiblik]

Still true, but sad. Did you know that animal husbandry destroys the environment more than any other human activity?

[LivingLifeform]

Nie

[marekpolacek]

Człowiek jest wegetarianinem ; )

[dudeski123]

You have the ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ communist hammer and sickle as your picture. Nie indeed.

[Kjetil755807]

As a vegan, I am saddened by this sentence.

[benseac]

As an omnivore, I'm saddened that you're saddened.

[Anna-Claire-89]

I agree!