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"Nigdy się nie goliłem, mam tylko dziesięć lat."
Translation:I have never shaved, I am only ten years old.
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This is incorrect punctuation, in English at least. There needs to be a coordinating conjunction or transitional expression between two independent clauses to use a comma. Alternativelty, the comma could be changed to a semicolon or the start of a new sentence. It should be changed to "...shaved, for I am..." or "...shaved; I am..." or "...shaved. I am..."
It is a completely fine sentence in everyday speech. We're not learning literature English or literature Polish.
It feels like it could be correct to me if it's in response to something, like, "How often do you shave?" A comma more accurately reflects how the sentence is likely to be spoken than a semi-colon.
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What about I have never shaved myself...? I noticed that sometimes reflexive pronoun is necessary to translate zaimek zwrotny.
Only if it's correct in English, and as I was told, this would be really strange in this sentence.
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Whereas in many languages words like "shave, wash, dress" are reflexive, this is not the case in English. Normally we simply "shave".
The only scenario where your suggestion would work is if someone has a servant to shave him, or goes to the barber every day, like in Western movies. But the rest of us just "shave".
Is it correct to have the comma in Polish? I ts definitely not right in English. It should be a full stop. Though it is a fairly common mistake to put a comma between two short sentences in English.
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Can the word order be different for the first statement? ....Can it be nigdy nie się goliłem. I just think it would be easier to remember if the się is near the verb.
You can't say that, no. It makes sense but it's a completely random order and is wrong. It's like saying "I shaved have never" or "I have shaved never". The word "nie" must always be before the verb in a negative statement.
