Topic: Polish

"Nosisz brązowe spodnie?"

Translation:Do you wear brown trousers?

December 23, 2015

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/MrOolong

    "you're wearing brown pants?" is not accepted?

    January 22, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/immery

      This comes form complicated nature of the word nosić/nieść = carry , among other meanings In this meaning niosę= i am carrying noszę = I carry

      You use noszę = I wear, but not I am wearing ,

      January 22, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/Imogendw

        So, that means that the question "Nosisz brazowe spodnie?" is asking if the person wears brown pants in a general sense, not if the person is currently wearing brown pants? (I'm just trying to wrap my head around whatever this nosic/niesc distinction is - I've seen aspect in other Slavic languages but this seems different.)

        March 2, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/Paul443872

          Spondie means trousers not pants. Pants is short for underpants in English.

          May 11, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/mkjirak
          • 1143

          In American English, pants is an informal term for trousers, not underpants.

          May 2, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/woa7dSD5
          • 290

          Most of the Engish speaking world says pants rather than trousers. Pants as underwear is a regionalism.

          April 13, 2019
          https://www.duolingo.com/JeiJeiR

            Pretty sure there's a Deadpool joke here

            April 14, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/markfive.36
            • 1096

            and the joke writes itself...

            June 18, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/LauraMicha18

              I have got wrong

              November 2, 2018
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