"I do not see the girl."
Translation:Nie widzę dziewczynki.
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It should absolutely accept "dziewczyny" too. The diminitive "dziewczynka" should NOT be considered the only possible translation for girl.
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Why would it be dziewczynki? Isnt the i ending for if it's plural? Why doesnt it end with an a?
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And the genitive of singular is the same as the nominative of plural: "dziewczynki" (see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dziewczynka).
For most feminine nouns, but not all.
Also quite often for neuter nouns, I guess.
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I always write this one wrong, because the genitve and the plural is the same here...
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Before a war starts here:
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wiszę and widzę are two different verbs. dz is apprximatelly Endlish ds, and sz is English sh. Both follow the same conjugation pattern so what I will write is relevent to both. (wisieć=hang/be hanging, widzieć = see)
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there is not such a word as "widze" and "wisze"
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TTS that duolingo uses always pronounces final ę as e
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From what I read about it, Polish dictionaries and other language authorioties (written for Polish people) have one of two ideas about proper proonounciation of final ę:
1 You should pronounce final ę with slight nasality, but it is "acceptable" if you say just "e".
2 You should pronounce final ę as e, but it is OK to use slight nasality, especially in words like gotuje/gotuję, where this nasality is the only thing that distinguishes one word from another.
3.All books say that overpronouncing "ę" or or using some equivalents (em, eł) are wrong.
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in real Polish language it depends on a person, a region, a situation, how much are they paying attention, if they are reading aloud, speaking what they were prepared for or just talking without thinking.
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line between slight ę and eł is thin , especially when you start learning Polish, so many resources recommend teaching foreigners to say final ę as e.
/Disclaimer: I am not a linguist or a Polish teacher. All I know comes from being Polish and spending last few months on this forum/
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Just about the most useful Duolingo comment I've ever read ^^ have several lingots for your time!
