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This is a strange english translation, people in english don't describe "time periods" as "periods" especially in present tense.
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"With politicians and the rest of the country still divided over Brexit, this is not a good period for British politics."
Yes but in this example the term 'period' is qualified with 'of British politics'. It js not normally by itself - the only example I can think of is in a school environment where the day may be broken into periods, but that is pretty specific
It wouldn't make sense in the Polish school environment, it isn't used like that.
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"With politicians and the rest of the country still divided over Brexit, this is not a good period for British politics."
I don't think so, it sounds strange in my opinion. "dobry czas" to me sounds like someone's good result in a 200 metres sprint.
Period just means season in polish? Because 'this is not a good season' doesn't work and I'm not sure what okres entails
As I understand season in polish is "pora roku" which is something like "a period of the year". I think okres refers mostly to a span of time in a more general sense. "Pora" also means period. Now, what is the difference between "pora" and "okres"? is a pytanie I do not have an odpowiedz for :(
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True, but trying to figure out all the options for all sentences must be difficult.
Shoudn't "it's not the right period" work as well? i know it's not the literal translation, but in my opinion it means the same. It depends on the context.
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Would this make sense as "it's not a good time" if somebody wants your attention but you're already busy?
I used time and it was accepted. I think you have to think of time in English being the same, while it's different in Polish.
Could you describe more specifically the nuances of how okres is used? I am completely unfamiliar with this word.
Also, could this be translated, "This is not a good time period"? Like, I don't like the 1800's. This is not a good time period.
I also have to agree with everyone else and say that period is not used alone like this to describe a period of time in English.
