"Jesteś kotem?"

Translation: Are you a cat?

[Pampelius]

Yes, I am

[NaokiTOMI]

What I wanted to say

[Bsienkart]

Exactly what I came here for too! These sentences are nonsensical! Ha

[_The_Professor_]

I am not a cat, but i like the stock.

[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

[DrAtkinson]

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

[RhuanPerei15]

In Portuguese "gato" (cat) is also used to reffer to handsome men. And the female is "gata".

[STEFFIFI0902]

In French, it is a little bit different :) chat (cat) is a dear word "mon chat" (my cat) is a nickname for children or partner but "chatte" (female cat) means both the luck but it is pretty vulgar, and the first sense in argot, and which is not more polite, means the s*x of women...

[Jellei]

"kotek" (little cat) and especially its Vocative form "kotku" is a common term of endearment for one's partner in Poland. I think it could work for a child as well.

[RhuanPerei15]

Good to know!

[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.

[ChrisRzech]

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"

[ChrisRzech]

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.

[Przemek246]

Zgadzam się!

[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_fixe619]

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

[Celine134914]

Well, yes. I am.

[STEFFIFI0902]

Meow!!!

[indiramondschein]

Tak, jestem kotem

[RhuanPerei15]

Em português, sou...