"Jesteś kotem?"

Translation: Are you a cat?

[Pampelius]

Yes, I am

[NaokiTOMI]

What I wanted to say

[tuono_og_blixtar]

Miau.
(That's Polish cat for yes)

[dont_tread_on_me]

After this sentence, I fell like I'm on 9GAG right now...

[couronnedechine]

http://xkcd.com/231/

[MattBenet]

How do I give a lingot on the phone app!

[alex_tv80]

How to say "of course" in Polish? )))

[immery]

oczywiście

[KacperKraw16]

oczywiscie

[DrAtkinson]

Maybe it's a word to learn for the future. Who knows how evolution is going to pan out.

[sopo78]

Yup, I am a dirty cat! / Tak, jestem brudnym kotem. :))

[Webb.Paul]

Despite the fact that curiosity killed the cat I am nevertheless curious as to why "Are you the cat" is not acceptable!?

[Jellei]

Well, technically it's possible - added.

[Chris_Rzech]

Koty vs kotem?

[immery]

Kot- singular nominative ( subject of the sentence or in the "to" sentences)

Koty - plural nominative=accusative ( accusative- direct object for most verbs , and after some prepositions)

Kotem - singular instrumental, among other things, you use Instrumental after "jestem/jesteś/jest"

[Chris_Rzech]

Oh and kot

[chce_polski]

Where's Michelle Pfeiffer in leather when you need her?

[kirsch13]

Why not jestesz? Am i just having trouble hearing the difference between the sounds? Or would it not be kotem?

[Jellei]

There is no form like "jestesz". Yes, a lot of people have troubles not only differentiating between ś and sz, but even perceiving the difference. But from a point of view of a Polish person that doesn't have any contact with foreigners trying to speak Polish, the sounds are totally, obviously different...

Try here, section 2 has comparisons of sounds. If you listen to the whole alphabet, disregard the weird 'ch' (my opinion is that it's weird), it's the same sound as normal 'h'.

[der_Rabe]

Thanks for the page. It was bookmarked right away. And funny, but I hear a difference between ch (more like the German "ich"-sound) and the h (more like a rough h). Most of the differences really are very small. Polish people must have good ears.

[Jellei]

Yeah, I hear it as well and that's the problem - I don't think there should be any ;) In standard Polish h and ch are the same... although in some regions they may be different, true.

[dudeski123]

Asked no sane person ever.. xD

[h311yim0]

Shouldn't it be "czy jestes kotem"? An appropriate form for a question

[Yola448704]

Both are equally appropriate:
Jesteś kotem?/ Czy jesteś kotem?

[Olja.]

Wybuchnąłem śmiechem :))) Kocham to zdanie!

[Jellei]

That was very good Polish, apart from one small thing... judging by your photograph, the right form is "wybuchnęłam" :)

[Olja.]

Thank you very much!:)))

[C.G_to_fixed619]

Ludzie co chodzi

[Jellei]

The phrase is 'o co chodzi' :)

[Josh333442]

Tak! Jestem kotem

[Uniyou]

Do you use intrumental case with the verb byc? (to be) In order to help describe that "something" is "something?"

[h311yim0]

Yes, that's why it's "jestes kotEM"
I hope I got your question right

[Matt738512]

The audio on this one is misleading. If the tone of the voice at the end is raised the sentence would be ('Are you a cat?') However if the tone isn't raised it translates to ('You are a cat'). On this audio, the tone isn't raised at the end so it should translate to (You are a cat). My polish girlfriend made me aware of this

[Jellei]

Unfortunately, the intonation of the text-to-speech synthesizer audio is completely unreliable. You will find dozens of such problems, I'm afraid :(

[AndreyZhulanov]

Wait, how? They've told that in the internet no one knows you're a cat

[Jellei]

I think that was only about dogs ;)

[AndreyZhulanov]

Wow. I've just googled it in English and that's a real thing. In Russia we say the same about the cats. Today I've learnt a new meme in foreign language. Duo is educational