"Złe dziecko pije kawę."
Translation:The bad child is drinking coffee.
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It's terrible. It's not just their malice but the energy with which they spread it!
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The imagery of this sentence is funny, if you imagine an evil child's face while drinking coffee. :-D
In fact, it would be a better translation. The bad, naughty child is usually niegrzeczne or niedobre. Złe dziecko sounds like that child wanted to take control of the world, or something.
It's funny, the ":3" really doesn't look like a cat face in the Duolingo font.
My 4 year old asked me "How do you usurp the power in a country?". She was bored because of a long drive and her mind was wandering...
could not save the word "zły" in my head ... until this sentence! a toast to the contributors!
Evil, vicious, vile = "zły, diabelski, nikczemny, podły"
angry, mad, aggressive = "zły, wściekły, agresywny, zdenerwowany"
bad, no good, impolite, spoiled = "zły, zepsuty, niedobry, niegrzeczny, nieposłuszny"
wrong, erroneous, improper = "zły, błędny, nie ten, nieodpowiedni"
Ya what about "the wrong child is drinking coffee." shouldn't that work because złe could also mean the wrong one/child. Well maybe they would say "nie to dziecko pije kawę" see now I'm confused.
In english if you said "the wrong child is drinking coffee" It would be thought that the coffee was meant for a different child.
Evil, wrong, bad... - it's hilarious when you start hearing Ten posiłek jest zły (this meal is bad, assuming i got the case right) and imagine an evil meal instead. :P
I'm going to take the control of the word with the caffeine, muahahahahaha
Sound too harsh.. evil boy doesnt sound good in my ear. Bad is better.
Shouldn't "an angry child" be a more correct translation? (Or does it only seem like this to me as for a Russian speaker? "zloy=angry" in russian and sounds very alike "zły")
Attack of the killer evil children. They drink coffee and given the chance they would take over the world.
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It is the evil in the coffee which infects the child, and they are hooked forever. Muahaha
No, it's missing an article (in English). Polish doesn't have articles, so it's not missing anything in Polish.
Added "niedobre", but that sounds a bit weird to me. Not that "złe dziecko" is perfectly natural. Actually, "bad" is a difficult word to translate into Polish. And "zły" a difficult word to find examples of.
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"niedobry," "niedobra," "niedobre" = 'not good' or 'no good.'
I told this sentence to the native Polish speaker. If I got him right, he understood "złe" as "bad", not "evil". Also he offered another example: "Złe dziecko pali papierosa."
If "złe dziecko pije kawę" means "THE evil boy is drinking coffee" would it ve different if I wanted to say "AN evil boy is drinking coffee"?
Generally, not. Polish doesn't normally make the distinction between definite and indefinite nouns. Sometimes we can clarify that aspect by using words such as „ten” or „jakiś” (and their inflected words), but it's not required in normal sentences.
For example, if you want to avoid being asked "what child", you can say „Jakieś złe dziecko pije kawę”.
very interesting discussion for this small word! I am French and so I can say : this sentence could be found in a book of La comtesse de Ségur " The good little evil" !
I typed bad instead of evil and it was wrong. Even though bad is a proper translation too....
It's not only a proper translation, it's the main one. It should have worked...
What's the process in Duolingo? Do you consult with actual native spakers rather than textbook teachers? What's the word for naughty?
Yes, we currently have one native mod/contributor and one native consultant on our team.
I'd go with "niegrzeczne dziecko".
Surely an acceptable translation should be "The ANGRY child..." as in "Glodny mezczyna jest zly" (sorry no Polish keyboard)
Is angry and evil really exacts synonyms in Poland? That would be fascinating, if so
I wouldn't say that. Both concepts have different sets of synonymous words. For example, you could call someone who is evil "złowieszczy" and someone angry "zdenerwowany", but not the other way round. It just so happens that the most basic term is the same for both.
I almost mistook "kawa" for "kaczka" and thought...ha that's weird...why would a child drink a duck...?
There are other common ways to say someone is angry in Polish, but "zły" is the easiest one. You could say it's quite a versatile word.
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Why not accepted "The bad boy drinks coffee."??? Come on duo, accept all good answers, not only which somebody included!!! What kind of test is it where only answers are accepted which someone included and not all good ones? I do not find this kind of teaching method appropriate.
Your answer isn't 'good'. You gave the child gender ("boy"), while the original sentence does not mention that it's a boy at all. It's a child, of unspecified gender.