"Chodzimy do tego mężczyzny."
Translation:We go to this man.
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Because "chodzimy" is used for Present Simple forms, not Present Continous. It means that you generally, regularly 'go' or 'walk' to him.
"Cały dzień chodzimy po plaży" sounds like Present Continuous to me ;]
Yeah, but even "Chodzimy po plaży" itself is already Present Continuous. It's the multidirectional aspect - we are walking right now, but without any specific direction, just walking around. That's an exception to the general PS/PC rule.
we go to this man - makes absolutely no sense in English. in fact it is very poor English- we are going is very simple present form - it states what is happening in the present.
I think it works, at least in the context of a reply -- for example: "Where do you go (for fruit)?" "We go to this man."
Totally my thought. It's not a common sentence in English at all. Yes, you could stage a very specific set of circumstances in which it could be used, but it just sounds wrong on its own with no prior set up. You naturally want to translate it as 'we are going to this man'
That"s not true at all.
"Why is your car always so shiny. Must take you long time to clean"
"No, we go to this man"
Works with all similar phrases... Haircut, injury, buying fruit, repairing upholstery, sourcing football match tickets, etc etc
In this case "we are going to this man" makes no sense. (Infact it's a common mistake that Polish speakers make when they first start to speak English)
As for your observation about 'requiring prior set up'..... Even the phrase "we are going to this man" would require a set up. You can't exactly come up to someone and say that phrase. It would have no meaning
Agree, although it does work if you get creative and make up a scenario within the context of a conversation, almost like slang. It could mean: He’s our go-to guy (when we need concert tickets).
It says that chodzimy is habitual....then it proceeds to give me the meaning "We are going.." I typed this answer, and got it incorrect......
We are walking is not correct? Strange how tenses are sometimes ok to mix, and sometimes not
I'm not sure I quite understand. Would you care to expand upon this? For example, how would you say "we are walking" instead of chodzimy?
I think I understand better now, thanks. :) Chodzić is the "repetitive" form of iść, like how jeździć is to jechać? By repetitive form I mean the form you use when you regularly do an action, like on a schedule or often.
a) mężczyzny is Genitive from mężczyzna.
b) mężczyzna is one of specific nouns that is masculine but ends with "a". those nouns have the same declination as female -a ending nouns, including different Accusative and Genitive. (but heve male pronouns, numerals, adjectives, verbs)
c) we use Genitive after " do"
tata = dad
poeta, turysta, artysta (a poet, a tourist, an artist) and several similar words - their female variants end with -tka instead of -ta.
It seems D.L. uses iść and chodzić interchangeably. Is there a rule for which one is more generally accepted.
They are not interchangeable at all. The problem is that the sentences in this skill have almost no context at all.
Check the Tips&Notes for "Present 2" (the lightbulb button after you click on the skill, at least in the web version) or this article: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/polish-verbs-of-motion/
From "Type what you hear" exercise, "Chodzimy do tego mężczyzni" was accepted and did not even correct the 'i' for a 'y'. Am I missing something?
It's a known bug that the 'type what you hear' exercises currently don't inform you that you had a typo. I hope it will finally get fixed soon...
Where do get your therapy sessions? We go to this man (that we know, down by the river, every week, etc.)
I see all the comments about the use of these two verbs. But as an American i can say that the sentence clearly implies a one time motion
You'd use "we go" in "We go to this man every week", not in "We go to this man now", that does not really seem like a correct sentence... so how does it imply a one time motion?
I wish in polish simple present tense and present cotinous tense are different. It is easy to learn in englsh but not in polish. Polish is difficult and anaceptable. I love english but not polish. But unfortunatelly I have to learn Polish..
I think we need a screenshot, because it really should have been there...