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"Is a tomato a vegetable?"
Translation:Czy pomidor to warzywo?
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so what's the difference between saying "Czy pomidor jest warzywem" and "Czy pomidor jest jarzyną"? What does Jarzyną translate as exactly?
So, if I even understand it correctly, technically "jarzyna" is an edible part of a root crop and it can be eaten raw. So only some vegetables would undergo this definition. But this difference in meaning is vanishing, so "jarzyna" is often considered a synonym.
We accept "jarzyna", but personally I'd advise to just keep to "warzywo". It's good to know what "jarzyna" means, but you don't have to use it.
jerzyna means a berry like blackberry or raspberry at least thats what i think, speaking polish my whole life and being born in poland so i dont understand how using jeszyna would be used in this situation
Why is the trasnlation of vegetable - warzywo not accepted? On the one hand, it suggests that translation, on the other hand it doesn|t accept it in the end. Bug?
In the "solution" it told me that "jarzyną" would have been correct. Didn't misspell "warzywo" too. Pretty sure it's a bug, given that in the remaining seesion vegetable was always translated with warzywo and not jarzyna :)
Yes, "jarzyna" is just an acceptable option, it isn't common and most people use it to denote sth a bit more specific than the general notion of "a vegetable". Weird.
to => Nominative, like in the sentece above ( czy pomidor to jest warzywo - I dont know if it is correct, sounds weird )
jest => Instrumental. Czy pomidor jest warzywem?
Do "Pomidor to warzywo" and "Pomidor jest warzywem" mean the same? Can I say "Pomidor to jest warzywo"?
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Yes. "to" is a bit like "=" and "jest" is more descriptive, but generally they mean the same.
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Well, it's not the most natural and most common construction, but technically there's nothing wrong with it.
What does "to" mean in this context? I thought it was a type of article like "this" so I just skipped the articles and went for czy pomidor warzywo? I guess it's supposed to be a verb like jest in this case. But it does mean "this" sometimes?
Yes. "To" has many uses, one of which is "this" as an adjective for neuter nouns, another as a sort of noun substitute meaning "this thing here", and finally as a verb substitute meaning "is".
Unlike "jest" (which requires Instrumental), "to" takes the Nominative.
Accepted, assuming you are doing a 'translate from Polish to English" exercise.
So I've been told not to use "to" when using pronouns, and that it can sound weird sometimes. But "Czy pomidor jest warzywem" is not accepted here. So I'm confused. Which sounds more natural in this situation: "jest" or "to" ?
