"Ten mężczyzna, ta kobieta, to dziecko"
Translation:This man, this woman, this child
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How do we distinguish between this and that? It accepts "This man, that woman and this child". But surely there needs to be a way to distinguish this and that?
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I'm a native polish speaker. I am not sure, but if i were to say"that man, that woman, that child" i would say "tamten mężczyzna, tamta kobieta, tamto dziecko". Ten/ta/to generally means this.
Our interpretation of to/tamto and English view of this/that are different.
Polish see distance: to, to, tamto
English see distance :this, that, that
Which leads to the course accepting translation to=that in most sentences
In English 'this man , woman and child' is more normal than repeating this
Thank you prokhd! For us, in Brazil, ryba is male. This is a big confusion!
Is there a difference on how you use ten, ta, and to? If there isn't, why not just say Ten...ten...ten, or ta...ta...ta?
Of course there is. "ten" is for describing masculine nouns, "ta" for feminine ones, and "to" for neuter.
