"Which men speak Polish?"

Translation: Którzy mężczyźni mówią po polsku?

[anothernobody]

is it "którzy" and not "który" because "men" is a plural word?

[karlr42]

More specifically, it's because mężczyżni is a masculine plural. If it were a group of kobiety(or of feminine noun), you would use które.

The declension table on https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kt%C3%B3ry might be useful too.

[PonyDesu]

Exactly!

[alik1989]

I wrote 'jacy' and it wasn't accepted. But it's ok, right?

[Emwue]

I once wrote a comment about it:

"Który is asking 'which one of the finite set of choices is the one' while Jaki is more like "what kind of":

• "Którego psa brakuje?" – Is asking which dog is missing; most logical context would be, I don't know, like aftermath of a flood in the kennel and the expected answer would be "Azora"(a dog name).

• "Jakiego psa brakuje?" – Is asking what kind of dog is missing; most logical context would be if you are preparing for a dog show and you have a list of dog breeds you want on that show, so you ask which breed is still missing; expected answer would be something like "Sznaucera"(A dog breed).

Obviously, there is certain overlap between the two, but generally they ask about somehow different things."

„Jacy mężczyźni” = 'What kind of men', which sort of works like 'Who are those weirdos that speak Polish?' here. ;) I don't know, possibly it's because it asks about the kind of human, but it gives me this disapproving vibe.

[alik1989]

Thank you for you explanation. I was more or less aware of this difference in meaning, but still felt that the English sentence could have been interpreted both ways. However, after reading your example I admit that którzy is indeed the better option here.

[Fuzbaul]

Why mówią and not mowisz?

[hydratedbirb]

mówią = they speak

mówisz = you speak

word ending changes who is speaking

[Mudkip20]

Mówisz is 2nd pers sing, and this is about a group of at least two men, and therefore 3rd pers pl. For declensions, conjugations... look here https://pl.m.wiktionary.org or here https://cooljugator.com/pl

[Mudkip20]

Dlaczego tu nie mogę używać "polskiego"?

[J_Rzesiewicz]

is there a list somewhere of when to use a different word for what, where, who, etc?

[Jellei]

what (as in "What is it?") = co

what (as in "What kind of...?") = jaki

where = gdzie

who = kto

Out of those, only "gdzie" doesn't undergo declension.

[creativedo]

When to use którzy instead of który?

[alik1989]

Którzy is masculine personal plural, który is masculine singular.

[Lulu_1029]

Which men = "Którzy mężczyźni" OR " Którzy LUDZIE" - both should be correct, but the second one somehow is wrong...

[Jellei]

Hmm, right. OK, added "ludzie".

[LauraELopez]

Why mężczyzni has the last z as 'ź' ? I have always see it as I write it first.

[Jellei]

Well, some forms of the noun "mężczyzna" are softened, which changes z to ź. I don't think I'm able to explain the 'why'.