"Herbata, nie kawa!"

Translation: Tea, not coffee!

[ActualGoat]

I agree

[EmmkaD]

Me too :)

[DogChewedOpals]

Me three :-)

[gitaarfreak]

could the translation of "Herbata, nie kawa" also be: "Tea, NO coffee" or did I miss something?

[Yola448704]

Tea, not coffee! - I want tea and I do not want coffee!
Tea, no sugar - I want tea with no sugar/without sugar

[Jellei]

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".

[MajuVeskesky]

Both

[Kashakot]

Someone's had their order messed up at starbucks a few too many times... Lol

[JacobMartin]

Kawa is in the nominative here, but usually negation involves the genitive. Is this an exception?

[Yola448704]

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

[Aydin766459]

Whats the difference between herbata and herbatę ? I have the same question about kawa and kawę

[alik1989]

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.