"Panie i panowie!"

Translation: Ladies and gentlemen!

[israellai]

And here we go, the most(?) irregular plurals of all!

[luless]

Nah, try year - rok, years - lata;

human - człowiek, humans - ludzie;

Friend/Friends - N -przyjaciel / przyjaciele

G - przyjaciela / przyjaciół

D - przyjacielowi / przyjaciołom

A - przyjaciela /przyjaciół

I - przyjacielem / przyjaciółmi

L - (o) przyjacielu / przyjaciołach

[rogozhizha]

It is similar to Russian language

[random8042]

Should this not be państwo for a mixed group?

[immery]

the speeches in Poland ussually start with "Szanowni Państwo, Panie i Panowie" ( unless of course there is not a litany of more distinguished guests. like prime minister, mayor, bishop, school director)

[BenYoung84]

No because it's specifically calling out the two segments of the group.

[v.ivanov]

In my Polish textbook I had a funny picture with tourists by a broken bus and the guide was calling: Zapraszamy panie na szpacerek a panów do pchania wozu (I am citing from memory). That was a good example for panie/panowie distinction.

[Jellei]

Everything's fine, apart from the fact that it had to be 'spacerek' (little walk, from 'spacer') :)

[andrewduo]

I guess it doesn't matter since the Nominative is the same, but I assume this is Vocative, since we're speaking to them?

[Jellei]

Yeah, technically it is. So there is some Vocative in this course after all :D

[Smurf934348]

And somehow my Ladies and gentlemen was wrong?

[Jellei]

Must have been a bug.

[BenYoung84]

I didn't have the courage for the more entertaining translation: You and you!

[Closureyes]

she reads 'panie' as 'pani'

[JamesTWils]

Is this not "gentlemen and ladies"?

[alik1989]

Well no, the ladies are definitely mentioned first, in both languages.

[JamesTWils]

Thank you. I get those particular plurals wrong all the time.

[alik1989]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Polish_pronouns#Formal_second-_and_third-person_pronouns

Click on "show" and you will get the declension tables for all formal pronouns. Note that panna is somewhat archaic nowadays.

[Arnoldpitt]

Is panie ladies or does Polish put the men first?

[alik1989]

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/12572980?comment_id=36362607