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"Are you a girl?"
Translation:Jesteś dziewczynką?
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Nothing? It is a question word. It means it is a yes/no question. We often skip it in informal speach, but it is necessary in more formal situations or in writing. It is important to use when you can't rely on intonation to be heard.
"Czy" is that context would sort of be like the word "are" in "Are you...".
I always used to tranlsate the equivalent word c^u in Esperanto as "tell me whether" for beginners This may be useful trick for Polish czy
not. because in English those sentences are incorrect, and in Polish they are a little more emphasised or less informal.
I think Вадик is correct. The direct/literal/word-for-word translation is often improper across languages, but it's still the exact translation.
It is like the rest. It's in the instrumental case, dziewczynką. The "-em" ending is for gender-masculine nouns. "Dziewczynka" is a gender-feminine noun.
If you don't read the comment thread but ask a question, will you read the answer? This question has already been repeatedly asked and answered here in this comment thread.
;-) "wait, so why is -em wrong?" (Joseph runs from the room, hands covering his head, trying to dodge the tomatoes that va-diim is about to throw...)
LOOOOOL!!! :-D
Dziewczynka is a gender-feminine noun. "-em" ending is for gender-masculine nouns.
You have to learn noun cases in Polish. Dziewczynka is in the nominative case, and dziewczynką is in the instrumental case. After the verb "is/are," the noun takes the instrumental case in Polish.
So "are you..." is jesteś, but "you are..." is jesteş? Is the difference because one is a question and the other a statement? Or have I missed something?
So I thought "czy" indicated a yes/no question because it means "are", and it marked me incorrect for placing the "cyz". So like what?
you must have made some mistake. Possible mistakes: 1) it's spelled "czy" 2) czy does not really mean "are", or "do", or any other word you put at the beginning of English question. It is a yes/no question word, you add it at the beginning of the sentence, but you still need the verb.
so "czy jesteś dziewczynką?" or "czy ty jesteś dziewczynką?"
So is "Czy ty jestes" putting emphasis on the fact you're asking that person?
Czy (ty) jestes... You must have Czy because it's a yes/no question. Ty is optional as the verb conjugation indicates the subject.
You don't have to have "czy". It is very useful, especially for a learner, but it is not obligatory.
Do you mean pronunciation? Because there is no "jestesz."
Ś = /ɕ/
Sz = /ʂ/
The Ś is more palatalized than English "sh" /ʃ/, and the Polish "sz" is less palatalized than the English "sh." For the "sz" sound, the tongue is in the same position as English "r," but blows air like "sh"
Because you wouldn't speak to a child formally in Polish. A little girl is not Pani.
The given Polish sentence is confirmed to be incorrect. Very sloppy, even kids wouldn't use it.
