"On jest mężczyzną, a ja jestem chłopcem."

Translation: He is a man and I am a boy.

[iamZemmi]

What is the difference between "i" and "a"? They both mean "and", right?

[tadjanow]

"a" is used to contrast two different informations - there is nothing in common between "he is a man" and "I am a boy".
In contrast, you could say for example "On jest mężczyzną i ja jestem mężczyzną".

[iamZemmi]

Thanks!

[Dirack]

Great, I was wondering about the same thing. It sounds like something a writer could play with :)

Any thoughts on the other conjunctions that mean and in English; zaś and oraz [http://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-polish/and]?

[KemotS]

"Zaś" might be used here instead of "a" But there is a little bit different words order in the second part of the sentence. Examples:
On jest mężczyzną, a ja jestem chłopcem.
On jest mężczyzną, ja zaś jestem chłopcem.

"Oraz" might be used instead of "i". Samples:
On jest mężczyzną i ja jestem mężczyzną.
On jest mężczyzną oraz ja jestem mężczyzną.
"Oraz" here is similar to English "also". In Polish you can use here also words "także" , "również".

[ariestar]

When you click on "a", it only defines it as the letter. There is no indication that it means "and"--thankfully, "and" was the only conjuction I could select from the buttons.

[kiddo-depido]

1-syllable mania

[Glen624972]

Nie! Ja jestem mężczyzna, ty jesteś chłopcem.

[BenYoung84]

I draw no parallels between this sentence and those earlier in the lesson.

[ViniciusPr798378]

Call me by your name

[Jellei]

And in Polish: "Tamte dni, tamte noce" (those days, those nights).

[BenYoung84]

Stay away from the peaches!