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- "Czym jest miłość?"
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Heres a link to an amazing remix with free download link in the description. I've been listening to it for years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rp8oP7VCmU
KOCHANIE MNIE NIE RAŃ, MNIE NIE RAŃ, WIĘCEJ
doesn't roll off the tongue quite the same.
Well, it's not so easy to translate songs neither from English to Polish nor from Polish to English.
Agreed! Just the other day, a good friend was swearing up and down how The Weekend's lyrics are NOT corny, just the translations are. :)
Certainly, Disney songs have very good Polish versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4udfZegF4RM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BSY_bsfIvk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSIUYVvYnw8
Yes, however the "czym jest miłość" sounds a bit more natural to use, although both of them are completely correct
Why does co work less well here? What is the difference between co and czym?
Co is used for everything ambiguous and action related. "Co robisz?" Czym refers to things or concepts of which you are inquiring "Czym przyjedziesz?" (but not people, that's kim or kto) Just general observations in daily use.
I think "co" works less because love is abstract (feeling). More natural, and equally good with every noun as "czym jest X?" is "co to jest X?". "Czym jest krótkowzroczność" is as good as "Co to jest krótkowzroczność?"
To clarify, are you saying (among other things) that "Co to jest miłość?" sounds better than "Co to miłość"?
I would definitely agree. If I heard "Co to miłość?" it would probably take me a moment to understand what was meant, because it just seems to miss something.
In fact, I think you should make a pause before "miłość", and the sentence should be written as: Co to jest „miłość”? - given the fact that this way you're basically asking for a definition of this word.
"czym jest miłość" sounds like you're asking about the deeper meaning of love, whereas "co to miłość" sounds like you've never heard the term "love" before.
Plus it should be written as following: Co to "miłość"? - and prefarably I'd add "jest" as well.
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Can anyone explain the difference between 'Czym jest' and 'Jaki jest'? I could get why we say czym here.
"Czym jest" would be "what is", a simple question. "Jaki/jaka jest" is "what is it like". This question is asking about certain traits of character or specific properties of something.
