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"I am a woman."
Translation:Ja jestem kobietą.
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Acutally, they are not entirely the same. Explicitly mentioning the subject pronoun implies emphasis or contrast.
Should this not be "Jestem kobieta"? I'm not sure about Polish, but in other European languages the object of the verb "to be" is still in the Nominative case.
It's a "declension". Polish have 7. I dont remember all those, because I'm a begginer also. It's used to answer some "questions" to the speaker. There's nothing similar in English, but it happens in almost all European languages.
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Why yes, of course there are cases in English too! Only there are not that many and the form of the noun only changes in genitive, but they exist just the same.
yes, also I'm very confused it. Jestem(I am) is nominative, so I think following noun should be nominative. but it is not. I'm trying to accept that each language has own rules. Polish is not English. It is not easy that Polish grammar in Polish way because I am a beginner.
"jestem" is not Nominative because verbs do not have cases.
The noun "kobietą" is in Instrumental because that's what is used in sentences like this. You can read more about it here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/16373167
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Both are correct. Ja is only needed for emphasis. Like in Italian. Io sono una donna = Sono una donna = I am a woman.
When you say "ja jestem", you emphasize that you are woman - "I am", for example answer for question: "Is hier some woman?" - "Yes, I am woman" (JA jestem kobietą). In daily speech not to use pronouns like I, you, she etc. You say only: jestem, robię, idę etc.
Ok how do I know when I have to put this little singn under the letter? (ą, ę...)
"kobieta" is Nominative, the basic, dictionary form.
"kobietą" is Instrumental, used in sentences like "I am a woman".
"kobietę" is Accusative, used for the direct object (I see a woman).
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/16296174 - see the posts about cases here.
Thanks Jellei, I am from India and I am trying my best to learn Polish...can you check my progress..how am I doing here ?
Anyone who lived in Poland in the 90s would understand it's impossible to simply read the phrase "Jestem kobietą". It must be sung. (Edyta Górniak)
I haven't actually listened to her until right now... I'm surprised to see (hear) that the original version is such a pop song. It's nice, but... I think I will stay with the cover version from a few months ago ;)
It's probably my favorite song from 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86wWz0bY9XE
Note to others, this is asking for all correct forms...took me about five tries to realize that lol
You use Jest for other people
You use Jestem when you are talking about urself
Well, not exactly for 'other people' but for 3rd person singular (he/she).
Could someone help me to clear the meaning difference between kobieta and kobietą?
"kobieta" - the basic, Nominative form, used mostly as the subject of the sentence.
"kobietą" - Instrumental form, used mostly for "with sth/sb" and sentences like "I am a woman".
Like, linguistic help, or were you kidnapped or something?
In case it's the latter, sorry, I did not mean to be insensitive.
This exercise is bugged I pick the correct option and not work correctly
That would be the case if the noun was "kobietak". Nouns ending in -a have the instrumental ending -ą.
Can anybody help me locate the accented letters on the keyboard please
You probably don't have those unless you actually change your keyboard to a Polish one. Are you using a computer or a phone?
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you have to choose polish keyboard from settings and then Alt+the letter does the trick. (except "ź" which is Alt+x). I do it with Italian lessons, you can switch between keyboards in a second.
I have added Polish keyboard but am still stuck as to how to put the accent on kobieta
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Because if you say in Polish:
“I am a XXX...”
“XXX” has to be in instrumental case, which for the noun “kobieta” would be “kobietą”
Some examples here:
kobieta ——> kobietą
mężczyzna ——> mężczyzną
pies ——> psem
kot ——> kotem
dziecko ——> dzieckiem
koń ——> koniem
