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człowiek-ludzie
rok-lata (year)
are the best pairs. other "irregulars" are just unusual endings.
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Same in Russian: (Spelled in Polish:)
Cielowiek, liudi = person/people
God/liet = year/years
'Ludzie' and 'Leute' ('people' in German) - coincidence or could it be from the same Indo-European root?
Jon Abelli, I answer YES: Ludzie, ludi (Russian), Leute (German), liudi (Bosnian), but cilveki (Latvian) = cheloveki...
Still true, but sad. Did you know that animal husbandry destroys the environment more than any other human activity?
Possible, if he's young. More often "facet". Sometimes "gość". Anyway, we don't like accepting colloquialisms, neither in Polish nor in English.
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?
Człowiek [nominative] je [verb] mięso [accusative].
Mięso is gender-neuter, so in this case, accusative is the same as nominative.
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Какого хрена? "A man" instead of "a human" is ok, " a woman" instead of "human" - isn't ok????
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.
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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.
Hi, Jellei! Undoubtedly if you are sure that you see a woman you won't say человек, but quite the opposite - я вижу жунщину.
