"Czy ja panów znam?"

Translation: Do I know you?

[NiallFinn1]

The solution offered is not natural English. You could say "Do I know you gentlemen?"

[Mrs.Mop]

Agreed. Formal but polite. And do I know you ladies?, for group of women.

[pz3j15]

Its perfectly correct English.

[JanKLinde]

I think that comment referred to an older version...

[psifish]

Is panów the accusative here?

[BenYoung84]

Yes, accusative plural (and because it's animate, it's the same as the genitive).

[Mirko903131]

I think the "formal you" section makes little sense the way it is set up. Almost everything you need to know here translates to "you", so when translating into English you might tap the right answer but still are wrong whether it is a man, a woman, several women etc. they are talking about.

[OIsg08O4]

I have to agree. I don't think straight translations (because it's awkward to translate to English as English doesn't really have a formal you) are the best way to teach this skill.

[KlaraDahlb]

Does panów only relate to a group of males?

[Kabi90]

Yes indeed.
For mixed group it would be "Czy ja Państwa znam?"
and for group of females: "Czy ja Panie znam?"

[forcealpine]

Did you achieve 100,000 combined xp in 170 days?

[TwinTip]

Could I ask "Znam cię?" As well?

[idanlipin]

Yes, but this way it is not formal

[Rimdus]

Is this question for a man or a woman?

[MeganKunze1]

They're both questions.. I think if you wanted to ask the Duolingo question informally (ie. 'Znam cię?), you'd have to phrase it 'Czy ja cię znam?'. But I could be wrong :)

[idanlipin]

The position of the words may vary, and 'czy' and 'ja' are optional. Znam cię? is completely natural.

[tczek]

Why are we using genetive here with panów?

[BenYoung84]

It's not genitive, it's accusative (but because the noun is animate they are the same).

[PenGwen1401]

How would the sentence have to phrased in order to mean "Do I know the gentlemen?" I know that doesn't make much sense but I always type that in instead of the correct solutions. I think that would help my brain to come to terms with this exercise

[Matthew62991]

I thought pan was mr bot you?

[Jellei]

"mr bot you"???

"pan" is a noun meaning something between "a gentleman" and a simple "a man".

It is also a formal pronoun meaning "you, sir".

[DebbyTeresa]

Is the ja optional in this sentence? Could I say Czy panów znam?

[JanKLinde]

I think you can omit 'ja', but then you have to change the word order: "Czy znam panów?" The sentence cannot be started with the object ('czy' doesn't change anything).

[ankbhatnagar]

What does panów mean here – male, plural?

[alik1989]

Yes. I believe that a lot of your questions can be answered by reading the Tips&Notes for this course. In case you don't have access to them on your device, here's a link:

https://duome.eu/tips/en/pl#Formal-You

[ankbhatnagar]

Thank you. That's a super useful page!

[Barzhikev]

"Do I know the gentlemen?" should be accepted.

[alik1989]

It shouldn't. "Do I know the gentlemen?" is not a way to address someone in English.

[NormanCarl]

Is it also possible to simply say: Czy znam panów? Or is the ja in this case required?

[Jellei]

I'd vote for either "Znam panów?" (not exactly that formal) or "Czy ja panów znam?" (more formal and I think that suggests that I think that I don't), but I guess "Czy znam panów?" isn't wrong.