"Kochacie smaczne jedzenie?"

Translation: Do you love tasty food?

[Szparag]

I'm not sure if this sentence is all correct. I mean yes, English people "love" things when they like them very much. But I always feel like "kochać" in Polish is a strong feeling wich can refer only to a person (or a pet?) we love. (like in Russian, I guess)
It's a calque, which I don't personally like and I think it should be explained to the learners. :)

EDIT: Maybe "uwielbiać" would be a proper word here.

[DimaUKR]

In Ukrainian language we have two words for love: "кохати" and "любити". first is very similar to polish 'kochac' and in our language it is only for interpersonal relations (can not be used for pets) and second for liking something very much. I belive in Polish it has the same meaning and I'm also not sure that this sentence is correct.
Russians use world любить for anything and they don't have special world for interpersonal relations.

[Mr.Shackleford]

Very valuable information, thank you.
I don't think it's that similar in Russian though. I mean I'd easily use the word любить in a sentence like ours.

[Szparag]

The thing is these days it's pretty common in Polish too, especially among young people. English language has strong influence here. But I think you wouldn't hear any older people using it in this context.
I know language changes all the time and it's probably not considered a mistake, but still I would recommend "uwielbać" instead of "kochać".

[alexei.kondratov]

The same with its Ukrainian counterpart "кохати/kohaty". So for me the sentence also sounds a bit unnatural.

[alex_tv80]

In Russian "любить" can be used in this context

[verenkotka]

Hell no ! I prefer when it's disgusting enough that i'll throw up trying to eat my food man

[dont_tread_on_me]

just wanted to comment something similar haha

[YariMsika]

True this is a dumb question to ask because if it's tasty well then they like it by definition.

[KeithTheKeiser]

Maybe it's one of those marketing advertisements, like, "We have tasty food at our restaurant"

[idanlipin]

Tak, kochammmm smaczne jedzenie

[oldestguru]

No, I obviously love tasteless horrible food

[rkvance5]

Where does "czy" fit into all this (or not)?

[Szparag]

You can always add "czy" to this kind of question.
Czy kochacie smaczne jedzenie? = Kochacie smaczne jedzenie?

[Yola448704]

The question "Don't you love tasty food?" would probably make more sense...
But the Polish version could be a bit more complicated: Czy nie uwielbiacie
smacznego jedzenia?/ Czyżbyście nie uwielbiali smacznego jedzenia?

[Jellei]

Yeah, this is a weird sentence. I think it's time to remove it.

[TriggerSmooth]

No, thank you, I prefer disgusting food.

[JadynAmend]

yes i love tasty food