"Majtki i skarpety"
Translation:Underpants and socks
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To all learners: Note that majtki only has a plural form, just like spodnie (pants).
That intereseting Polish language. In Russian "майка" means "undershirt" )))
That's interesting.
I usually hear "podkoszulka" (literally, under/ beneath shirt) used to mean "undershirt."
My grandparents would call underpants gotki. Is this another name for them?
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I have relatives, of Polish ancestry, but American, who use gacie for longjohns or long underwear. for what that's worth (probably not much)
kalesony - long johns/long underwear
gacie - colloquial term for anything worn waist down, except skirts, and hosiery; often derogatory, associated
with too much comfort, laziness, sloppiness or neglect.
we used grube gatche for long underwear when I was a kid many moons ago. W zimie my noshily grube gatche w tym kraju na farmie.
Gacie. Sure, but it's totally colloquial ;) W zimie nosiliśmy grube gacie.
The coolest thing is that it accepted undies, for underpants. In australia we have a shirt word for just about everything! You are a legend Duo :)
I think "underwear" should be accepted. In England I would refer to them as underwear in the plural.
Why " an underpants and a socks" is not good? (Sorry but I do not know because I'm Polish)
Przedimek nieokreślony (a/an) jest używany tylko w liczbie pojedynczej. W liczbie mnogiej albo jest określone 'the', albo nic.
Those are two different word that are more or less synonymous.
The current team considers "skarpetka" to be a basic word for a sock, and "skarpeta" to rather be a thick, warm woolen sock. Both are accepted in the course.
So their plurals are "skarpety" and "skarpetki".