"A society is a group of people."

Translation: Społeczeństwo to grupa ludzi.

[RosieDiane]

Osób was not accepted. How is it different from ludzi? Thanks.

[Jellei]

Well, 'osób' would be 'persons'. As "społeczeństwo" is a very large group (it's 'a society' in this dictionary meaning: A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects [...]), it's hard to talk about specific persons here. Osób is... too specific, it would be about some individuals.

My view on those words: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/19428542

[deactivated user]

As the beta can't understand the Polish characters yet; would "grupa" be in the nominative or instrumental here? (it accepts both A and Ą as correct.)

[Latcarf]

After such to (which means "is") it’s always the nominative

[Yola448704]

A society is a group of people - Społeczeństwo to (jest)
grupa ludzi/ Społeczeństwo jest grupą ludzi

to (jest) grupa ludzi (kto? co?) - Mianownik (Nominative)/
jest grupą ludzi (kim? czym?) - Narzędnik (Instrumental)

[Vengir]

Nominative

[Firehorse1966]

Czy ,,society,, to tylko społeczeństwo,czy również społeczność?

[Jellei]

"społeczność" to raczej "community".

"society" to może czasami być też "towarzystwo", ale nie w sensie np. "obracać się w dobrym towarzystwie" lub "lubić czyjeś towarzystwo", tylko raczej "Towarzystwo National Geographic" i tym podobne organizacje.

[Ash473779]

Is 'ludzi' the same in nominative as it is in genitive?

[Gerardd88]

The nominative is ludzie. The genitive is ludzi. Here's the full declension.

[KSingh439021]

Which case are grupa and ludzi here?

[Vengir]

grupa is nominative, and ludzi is genitive

[Jellei]

Genitive is used basically every time when English uses "of".

[lifeofcarrot]

what's the difference between "społeczeństwo" and "społeczność"?

[Jellei]

I'd say it's simply "society" vs "community".

To be precise, it's "society" in the cultural sense, not "The National Geographic Society" or something like that.

[GrzegorzW1987]

As I learned in my sociology classes, the difference between "społeczność" and "społeczeństwo" is best explained in Max Weber's theory (German: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft). I looked it up on wikipedia, and it seems the English version is "community" and "society" (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinschaft_and_Gesellschaft). However, oddly enough, when I accessed the Polish version of that article, the words used were "wspólnota" and "zrzeszenie".

[DorotaJarosz]

Society = zrzeszenie is a valid translation but not in this context. Anybody can edit Wikipedia articles, you are welcome to try. After somebody reviews it, the change should get accepted.

[Jellei]

Well, but the work has probably an 'official' Polish translation, if it's a well known work in the field.

[MaryCarson15]

what is difference between ludzi and ludzie please?

[DorotaJarosz]

You can easily check the cases on Wiktionary.org, e.g.:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ludzi

ludzie is people in the nominative case.

ludzi is the genitive and the accusative.

[ClausAgers]

isn't jest instead of to technically correct as well?

[Jellei]

It is, but you need the Instrumental case after it, so "Społeczeństwo jest grupą ludzi".