"Jem chleb."

Translation:I eat bread.

December 13, 2015

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/2cut34u

Lol I accidentally said I am bread

No one shall know my secret Identity!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sandorr96

Shouldnt it be "I am eating" instead of "I eat"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jellei

No, almost all Polish verbs (apart from verbs of motion) work perfectly well for both Present Simple and Present Continuous.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/niffun

Why doesn't the basics section show the verb in its irregular form? Otherwise beginner speakers will have no clue.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/2cut34u

What does accusative and nominative mean?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jellei

These are 2 out of 7 cases in Polish language. Nominative is the basic form of the word, the one that you will find in a dictionary.

To learn more, I would advise checking this topic for posts about cases.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ArturBrzos

Życzę powodzenia tym co uczą sie Polskiego z tak fatalnym lektoro-transalotem. Nawet ja, Polak, nie wiem co on w ogóle mówi ... Dopiero w zwolniobym tempie cos tam słychać w


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jobstealer_

Hahha, ten Duolingo nawet nie umie Polskiego, ale my mamy trudny język hahahhah


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DorotaJarosz

Duolingo can only be as good as their third-party Text-To_Speech technology providers.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/netstar_98

Is chleb accusative or nominitive in this instance? Are those proper case names?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Pia.M.

In this case, it's accusative. Chleb remais the same either in nominative and in accusative.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/gabe81
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You can take as a rule that masculine nonanimate singular nouns have the accusative=nominative, and masculine animate singular accusative=genitive


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jobstealer_

'Jem chleb' doesn't mean 'I eat bread' it infact means I'm eating bread although it is slightly in informal.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Jellei

Yeah? How would you say "I eat bread" in Polish then? Also, what's informal about it?

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