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- "Złe dziecko pije kawę."
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It's terrible. It's not just their malice but the energy with which they spread it!
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...
The imagery of this sentence is funny, if you imagine an evil child's face while drinking coffee. :-D
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.
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Polish wiktionary has:
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(1.1) agresywny, zdenerwowany (w danej chwili)
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(1.2) niemiły, nieprzyjemny (z charakteru)
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(1.3) niepasujący, nieodpowiedni
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(1.4) niewygodny, nieprzyjemny, nieudany
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(1.5) niegrzeczny, nieposłuszny
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(1.6) niesmaczny
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(1.7) kiepski, nieznający się
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(1.8) o zdrowiu, zmysłach słaby
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(1.9) niekorzystny
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(1.10) błędny, niepoprawny
Fairly versatile adjective, this one. ;-)
So, I have a question...are there more distinct words for evil and wrong that we can use?
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
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No, it's missing an article (in English). Polish doesn't have articles, so it's not missing anything in Polish.
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".
First of all this is incorrect translation. Native English speakers dont use the term evil boy, they use bad boy hence all the mocking in this thread. Even more they would say naughty.
Nevermind t was small keyboard. Typed cold instead of child using swipe.
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With the many millions of native English speakers in the world, I think it's rather hard to make such a broad statement as "no native speaker would call a child evil". If I, for example, a native English speaker and long-time English teacher found a child I considered evil I would call them an "evil child".
I might also use "bad' or "naughty" or even "cheeky".
Btw I use "them" as gender-neutral. It is not a mistake or a typo.
Good catch. I've made the mistake of confusing dziecko and chłopiec many times now in these exercises because in Castillian they're one and the same and because when I learned it originally in Babbel they use the example of a boy to describe dziecko so my subconscious associates dziecko with a picture of a boy.
"naughty" is rather "niegrzeczny". But in general, I personally believe that "zły" has been taught too early (even if it seems to be such a basic word) and the sentences with it aren't really natural. "złe dziecko" really is as weird as "evil child".
Unless we interpret it as "angry", then it makes more sense.
Surely an acceptable translation should be "The ANGRY child..." as in "Glodny mezczyna jest zly" (sorry no Polish keyboard)
It's rather "niegrzeczne dziecko". And it makes more sense than "złe dziecko", but well, what can we do.
