Topic: Polish

"Granica jest za wieżą."

Translation:The border is behind the tower.

December 23, 2015

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/mdunn4

    Can someone explain why 'za' means behind here? I was under the impression it meant too much and 'z tyłu' meant meant. Thanks!!

    December 23, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/luless

      https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/za It has several different meanings (like many short words in Polish) i.e behind, after some time, instead, while, too much.

      December 23, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/RadhaTereska

        can i say the border is past the tower?

        February 21, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/immery

          I have been informed here, that past the tower means "go this road and you will pass the tower and then there will be a border", while behind means, go this road there is a tower and in it's backyard there is a border.

          Both translate to "Granica jest za wieżą."

          February 23, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/mattpetryk

            Why not the boundary is behind the tower?

            November 6, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/Jellei
            Mod

              I thought that boundary cannot be a physical border, but Wiktionary proves otherwise - so added.

              November 7, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/AlexG71

                I translated this as 'the border is at the back of the tower', this would mean the same thing in English but is it a poor translation from Polish?

                November 26, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/Jellei
                Mod

                  Well, I think that's a bit too much of an interpretation, adds too much. "Granica jest z tyłu wieży" would be a translation of that.

                  November 26, 2016

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