"Wy macie dzieci."

Translation: You have children.

[KrazyKoala06]

So why is it "Wy macie dzieci" instead of "Wy masz dzieci"?

[immery]

In Polish verb changes with person.

In English it is only I/you/we/they have vs she/he/it has

In Polish:

Ja mam
Ty masz
on/ona/ono ma
my mamy
wy macie
oni/one mają

[KrazyKoala06]

Thanks for the response. Do you know what the difference is between 'ty' and 'wy'? They both mean 'you'. Is 'ty' singular and 'wy' plural like 'thou' and 'you' used to be in English?

[immery]

yes. Ty is one person only, wy is more than one person.

[RedViperMartell]

Should "You guys have children" be accepted? I find it's helpful to include it for practice so I get used to the differences between singular and plural "you".

[malcolm7777777]

Y'all works hahah

[arcword]

The vowels in dzieci sound different between clicking the word and having her repeat the whole sentence. Is it just casual vs. careful pronunciation?

[JACOBhH]

Children is quite tricky for me in polish

[ataltane]

Children are generally tricky.

[5teveO]

Keep reading wy as we in english and putting wrong verb ending. There do seem to be so many You verb endings, singular and plural and more? Or am i just confused?

[nicodemus13b]

There are loads of endings, wait til you get to numbers used as adjectives with people (e.g. 2 men, 5 children), it gets insane to the point where many Polish people get it wrong ;) For verbs, there are endings for singular 'you' and plural 'you', but mostly these should follow a pattern

[2cut34u]

I am so confused

[no.name.42]

Thanks for reminding me; I had forgotten.

[AlexeyShah]

Correct me if I am wrong ci->ć , zi->ź

[Robbadob]

Yes, that's correct. ć, dź, ś, ź and ń become ci, dzi, si, zi and ni before any vowel other than i.

[dont_tread_on_me]

When to use dziecko and when to use dzieci?

[Hippopigamus]

I think dziecko is singular (one child) and dzieci is plural (children)

[ddziaduch]

Yeap, you are right.

[dont_tread_on_me]

yea, sorry i messed up, i meant to write something else, but i cant find that word right now. i'll write it here when i found it...