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- "Sorry, I am eating an apple."
"Sorry, I am eating an apple."
Translation:Przepraszam, jem jabłko.
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Well, not really, it's not an apology for eating an apple (Przepraszam, że jem jabłko), it's rather more in the direction of "Sorry, can't ralk right now, I have my mouth full because I'm eating an apple".
Canadian English: "kanadyjski", just like "amerykański",
"australijski", "nowozelandzki" :)
Polish for Canadians - Język polski dla Kanadyjczyków
Most of Canadians are very polite, as they should be.
They are perceived as overly polite, because they tend to say "I'm sorry"
even before the start of an argument if one steps on their foot.
I really wish this Polish course was a little more tolerant of minor typos, especially considering that Polish orthography is a bit of a new thing for most people starting out in the language.
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What if I want to use the pronoun meaning "I"? It's "ja", right? So the sentence could read: Przeprazam, ja jem jabłko. right?
*przepraszam, and yes, it could be like that if you want to go through the effort of adding what's implied ^^
Przepraszam is such a difficult word to learn the spelling for! Any tips or strategies for learning Polish way of spelling?
spelling - reading, reading, reading,reading, reading, reading
pronunciation - listening to and repeating, repeating, repeating
im guessing you never sound the "pr" in the start of the word , so its like in english "chepraszam" , i think , not sure by the way
You could count silent sounds in Polish on your fingers, so if you don't hear any letter it's almost certainly one of those:
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The audio is bad
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Your hearing is not used to the Polish sounds
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You don't realize that a letter is a part of a diphthong.
For example here 'rz' is a dipthong, one sound.
Well my hearing is not used to the polish sounds, you right. Thanks , didnt knew about "rz" but yea it sounds exactly like that.
"Sorry, jem jabłko" should be accepted. We use "sorry" all the time, it's the less formal version of przepraszam for minor stuff
In Polish there seems to be correct the omission of the pronoun because I answer "Przepraszam, ja jem jabłko" and it was accepted.
Yes, that is correct because I am a beginner so I try to write complete sentences and eventually will explore further options to test my learning but for now, I will try to learn without ommiting words to get as much vocabulary as possible. Is it common for Slavic languages the ommision of certain elements? I remember Romanian also has that particularity. Cheers and thanks for your reply.
The only two things I can think of right now are possessive pronouns and subject pronouns.
Possessive pronouns which refer to family members or personal belongings are often omitted:
- Weź ze sobą plecak! - Take your backpack with you!
- Idę z mamą na zakupy - I'm going shopping with my mother.
And here's a post about subject pronoun omission:
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If I understood correctly, the first letters are not silent. you have P + "RZ" and according to the prononciation table "RZ" = more or "s" in treasure. hope this is clear --"
True, but rz is devoiced after p, therefore it's pronounced sz. As a result, we have two sz sounds in przepraszam :)
It's pronounced 'Pshehprasham' from a native English speaker's point of view. So the 'r' is silent, not the 'p' :-)
