"Oni są źli."
Translation:They are evil.
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This makes me wonder what Polish people would consider evil rather than just bad, if both words are synonymous......
Bad could be translated as 'niedobry', literally not good. So there is a spectrum of 'evilness' when bad<<evil, so niedobry<<zły. This is important when you talk about people.
Also zły can mean 'incorrect', i.e. incorrect answer - zła odpowiedź.
Damn my lesson escalated quickly, from "Children like animals!" to they are evil
Mine went from "pld people are eating cookies" to this, which is even worse... XD
Is the 'l' in źli pronounced like 'ł'? The recording is pretty bad and I can't tell if it's an 'n' 'l' or 'ł' sound
Well, if it's not written with Ł, it is not pronounced as one. It's the normal L.
I suppose you could also have "Oni są złe" if oni didn't contain any personal masculine entities, for example a pack of bad dogs or even a batch of bad cheeses (ser) or robots etc.
no you cannot.
the gender of adjective needs to match gender of pronoun. But of course, women, children, animals and inanimate objects, can be evil too .
Oni są źli, (masculine persons, or a group that contains at least one person and one masculine noun)
or
one są złe (no men allowed)
we are = (my) jesteśmy
you (plural) are = (wy) jesteście
they are = (oni/one) są