"Ten mężczyzna, ta kobieta, to dziecko"
Translation:This man, this woman, this child
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It's the same in Czech. Only in Russian you add prefix e- to turn "that" into "this", while Chechs do the same by adfing a suffix -to (tento, tato, toto). In Polish "this" is default, and we turn it into "that" by adding a prefix tam-.
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.
After having typing this exact phrase 2-3 times per lesson for 5 levels, %$#@? $0, how much do I hate this particular set of phonemes now
Thank you prokhd! For us, in Brazil, ryba is male. This is a big confusion!
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?
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
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And what makes you decide whether you use "this" or"that"? For me it means the same. Is there a difference in polish?
Most usages of "that" would probably translate into Polish ten/ta/to/etc.", exactly like "this". Polish "tamten/tamta/tamto/etc." are more like "that one over there". Still, the main translation of English "that" on Duolingo are "tamten/tamta/tamto/etc.".
In English 'this man , woman and child' is more normal than repeating this
Those are the determiners, the appropriate forms of the word "ten", meaning "this". Polish doesn't have articles.
I would like to thank Jellei for answering all our questions. The extra context is very helpful.