"Herbata, nie kawa!"
Translation:Tea, not coffee!
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could the translation of "Herbata, nie kawa" also be: "Tea, NO coffee" or did I miss something?
Tea, not coffee! - I want tea and I do not want coffee!
Tea, no sugar - I want tea with no sugar/without sugar
I believe that "no coffee" would mean something like "without coffee" (We'll take only tea, without any coffee) and be translated as "bez kawy".
Someone's had their order messed up at starbucks a few too many times... Lol
Could this mean someone changing their mind whilst ordering? Tea, no, coffee! Now I see the punctuation would be different, but that's how interpreted it the first time...
It rather sounds like you didn't get what you ordered, but even in this case, this a quite rude way to say that.
Kawa is in the nominative here, but usually negation involves the genitive. Is this an exception?
What is it? It is (what? - Nominative) tea, not (what? - Nominative) coffee! -
Co to jest? (kto? co? Mianownik) Herbata, nie (kto? co? - Mianownik) kawa!
I have (what? - Accusative) coffee, not (what? - Accusative) tea! -
Mam (kogo? co? - Biernik) kawę, nie (kogo? co? - Biernik) herbatę!
I do not have (what? - Genitive) tea - Nie mam (czego? - Dopełniacz) herbaty
I do not have (what? - Genitive) coffee - Nie mam (czego? - Dopełniacz) kawy
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Whats the difference between herbata and herbatę ? I have the same question about kawa and kawę
Nouns ending in -a change their ending to -ę when they are the object in a sentence, or after certain prepositions. It's called the accusative case.
- Herbata jest smaczna. Tea is tasty. "Herbata" is the subject.
- Piję herbatę. I drink tea. "Herbatę" is the object.
