"Ja kupuję ubrania."

Translation: I am buying clothes.

[94BlueLane]

I wonder if this word for "buy" is related to the Swedish "att köpa"...

[Jantek_Jantek]

No, it is not in fact. Scandinavian att köpa (å kjøpe) come from Germanic kaup which is often believed to come from Latin caupo (shopkeeper). Kupować and kupić come however from Proto-Slavic "kupovati" and "kupiti".

But in fact there are many Scandinavian words which sound very similar to Polish words because of their common Germanic etymology. As I master Norwegian much better than Swedish, I will write them in Norwegian, I'm pretty sure you'll get the point. For example: paret/para (the pair), rådet/rada (the council), å småke/smakować (to taste, to try, to taste good), å male/malować (to paint) etc.

I hope this' gonna cheer you up :-)

[94BlueLane]

It does indeed! :) Thank you!

[Khawnduan]

It cheers me up by not reading it

[foxxy1115]

Why is it not ubranię? It is a feminine direct object, no? shouldn't it follow the rules of the Accusative case?

[dpmusic85]

No, it is a plural neuter. The singular is ubranie, plural is ubrania. There is no difference in the nominative and accusative forms.

[Khawnduan]

Who made u the owner of the language

[Wahzuhbee]

I got rejected for entering "I am purchasing clothes" because it said the right answer was "I am puchasing clothes"

[Jellei]

Typo in the Incubator. Fixed now, thanks!

[Tetyana520488]

Why can't we say "I buy clothes"? Every day or as an occupation..