"Jestem kotem."

Translation: I am a cat.

[Matthew_Phelps]

Cześć! Jestem psem.

[FCuzy]

THIS IS THE GREATEST SENTENCE ON DUO!

[Fayrefedora]

Honestly, I think it was The crab likes cookies. That was the best.

[Pietro460054]

Meh, esperanto has got some great sentences:
Alone alone alone.
We dont have forniture, so we sit down on the floor.
Defeat the babies!
The whatchamacallit doesnt work.

[Joona960016]

A fish is not a vegetable.

[krygyz]

Tbh, "ik ben een appel" in the dutch course is best :D

[Denise763738]

Or Hallo schoenen! That's my personal favorite.

[teslorien]

On the internet, nobody knows you're a cat

[MattBenet]

Why is it kotem here, but kot in "lev to kot"?

[MatSedlk]

It is "Instrumental" . like "with a cat" - "s kotem"

[MattBenet]

I'm sorry, i still don't understand. Lev to kot is a lion is a cat, but jestem kotem is i am a cat. Why is one instrumental but the other not?

[Ravelien]

The instrumental case is used in several situations, one of these being when the verb być - to be is used. But when 'to' is used the word stays in the nominative case.

So it's lev to kot, but lev jest kotem.

[SolomonPierce]

Damn these Slavic languages! I love them, but I'm so used to predicate nominatives!!

[WarsawWill]

Like "Hi, it"s I", or "It was he, Miss", perhaps?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/15/steven-pinker-10-grammar-rules-break

[James844856]

What does instrumental mean?

[immery]

There are 7 cases in Polish language, and you are going to meet them all.

Instrumental is named like this because it idicates what is used to do something, like cot with knife= ciąć nożem.

But this case is also used in other situations, one is after verb być=be, zostać=become
Other is after some prepositions.

[MrsLolliepop]

Ive come to thw concluaion that when they use "to" its "kot" or "zwierzę" or "człowiek"
And when they use "jest(eś, em)" its "kotem" and "zwierzęciem" and "człowiekiem"

I can't help you with tue grammar behind it but this seems to work.

I hope this helps :)

[Jellei]

Well... yeah, basically.

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/16373167

[claire_resurgent]

> I am a cat, but as yet, I am without a name.

[Michal-Mourek]

Meow.

[mskycc3]

Miau! Miaou! Miao! Nyan! ...How do you say meow in Polish?

[immery]

miau.

[Michal-Mourek]

It is "Mňáu" in Czech :D

[teslorien]

мяу! In russian.

[PerunBolt]

'Мяв' in Ukrainian. :)

[Helena768340]

Mjau in Swedish.

[mayagadek]

I think miau

[jen0vacore]

Miau miau, ale nie jestem kotem...

[_NinNaz_]

W Internecie nikt nie wie, że jesteś kotem :)

[AndresOsunaa]

Is this Skyrim?

[TheSenate8]

On every level, except physically, jestem kotem

[John51200]

When is Duolingo going to write some grammar lessons? Polish is too hit and miss:-0

[Ramy88023]

Jestem lewem hahaha

[Jellei]

A lion? Actually the vowel vanishes: lew -> lwem. "Jestem lwem" :)