Topic: Polish

"Zatrudniasz kelnerów?"

Translation:Do you employ waiters?

December 29, 2015

18 Comments

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  • 513

Zatrudniasz also means hire?

February 7, 2016
https://www.duolingo.com/CostelloMusic98

    ''No, I employ ingeneers''.

    August 15, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/idanlipin

      Engineers? (Inżynierów)

      August 11, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/IE99

        Why is genative used and not accusative?

        December 29, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/ngfio

          The case used in this sentence is the accusative. But the genitive form of "kelnerzy" is the same (i.e. "kelnerów"), e.g. "Zatrudniasz kelnerów" (accusative), "Nie ma kelnerów" (genitive). See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kelner#Polish.

          December 29, 2015
          https://www.duolingo.com/IE99

            Thanks for clearing that up, I thought is was genative because of the hint.

            December 29, 2015
            https://www.duolingo.com/Julie141120

              So did I. Sometimes the hints are confusing.

              February 6, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/immery

                I think you could memorise that all male people have accusative=genitive, it may help. (or all singular male animated and all plural male personal)

                February 6, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/C.Amaro1981

                  Now I'm confused in my grammar books I have nominative=accusative for masc pers nouns, not gen=acc

                  March 10, 2017
                  https://www.duolingo.com/luless

                    ACC is used. GEN and ACC of kelnerzy look the same.

                    December 29, 2015
                    https://www.duolingo.com/DankNohr

                      I remember I've seen the word "recruit" more often in books when talking about getting people for an specific job. Is there a word in Polish related to "recruit" ?

                      June 23, 2016
                      https://www.duolingo.com/Jellei
                      Mod

                        Sure, 'rekrutować'. But I guess first they are recruited, and then they are employed :)

                        June 24, 2016
                        https://www.duolingo.com/DankNohr

                          hahaha true that; was really tired at the moment to realize it

                          June 25, 2016
                          https://www.duolingo.com/Smurf934348

                            Too hard?

                            July 1, 2017
                            https://www.duolingo.com/LICA98
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                            you employ waiters?

                            May 31, 2018
                            https://www.duolingo.com/Jellei
                            Mod

                              ok

                              May 31, 2018
                              https://www.duolingo.com/mehak506457

                                Please help me can you please find me a site where every THING about cases is explained because I don't know about the cases please

                                August 12, 2018
                                https://www.duolingo.com/Jellei
                                Mod

                                  I sent you an e-mail.

                                  August 13, 2018
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