"Nie jestem psem, jestem kotem."

Translation: I am not a dog, I am a cat.

[DalmoMendonca]

[RobertLech3]

Nice try, Duo dog

[Adhordal]

I laughed so much, thanks man.

[mskycc3]

(Lolcat speech) I arz catz, c? I iz NOT weareeng costyoom. I can haz cheezberger plz?

(English) I'm a cat, see? I am NOT wearing a costume. Can I have a cheeseburger please?

[ImaPollyGlot]

I'm glad Duolingo teaches us practical sentences.

[KristineKruszer]

Juat wait until you get to the later lessons where you'll learn how to tell everyone that you have new underpants! :P

[dudeski123]

Now there's a line that'll come in handy...

..In the asylum.

[Matthew_Phelps]

Phew, I had doubts there.

[Matthew_Phelps]

Say, does "nie" always come before its respective verb?

[doro.tab]

Yes. A sentence like this is also correct: "Jestem nie psem, ale kotem", but then the noun is negated and the meaning is slightly different ("It's not a dog who I am, but a cat").

[p8c]

like the movie milo and otis.

[mskycc3]

"Deep down inside, we're all cat, right?"

[tryingveryhard]

this thread is gonna make me cry if we keep on going

[R.V.10]

A carnival?
XD

[Denise763738]

Thanks Duo, for keeping things light!

[Uniyou]

When do I use "kotem" instead of "kot"? or "psem" instead of "psa" or pies? Or does another lesson describe that in notes? If not which one?

[doro.tab]

"Kot" and "pies" are in Nominative case and "kotem" and "psem" are in Instrumental. "Psa" is Genitive. Although it might seem bit strange for a non-native speaker, we use Instrumental case with verb być (to be) talking for example about your/someone else's job/nationality/identity. There is some explanation about Instrumental case here: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/pl/Defining.

[Seilioun]

I wrote "No, I am not a dog, I am a cat." Why was that not accepted?

[Jellei]

Well, you added another "No" to your translation. "Nie, nie jestem psem, jestem kotem".

[JoannKowalski]

The audio is missing completely. Can it be fixed?

[Jellei]

It should be there, the audio exercises are on, must be some bug.

[KristineKruszer]

I just did the chapter on negations where the presence of nie changes the entire case of the sentence into a different case. Why doesn't that seem to be happening here? Both psem And kotem seem to be in the same case.

[Jellei]

The only situation when negation changes the case (but a very common situation), is when a verb that took a direct object in Accusative gets negated - it takes Genitive instead.

Other cases (like here you have Instrumental) stay unchanged.

You can read more about it here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28545847