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"I am drinking that good wine."
Translation:Piję tamto dobre wino.
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Why doesn't tamto dobre wino decline? Is it because it's gender-neuter? Piję tamtą herbatę does decline, that's why I ask.
It's Accusative, and yes, this is because it's neuter. Accusative for neuter looks the same as Nominative.
I am drinking that good wine - Piję to dobre wino/Piję tamto dobre wino
Piję to wino (tamto wino), o którym rozmawialiśmy w ubiegłym tygodniu...
does polish not use "dobro" like macedonian? i thought it would in this example cause its male.
"dobro" - "good" as a noun. Like the notion of... good-ness? And "a good" as well.
If tamt ends o, Why does dobr end e? They both should agree with the noun wino, shouldn't they
It puzzles me why some people expect Polish to feature vowel harmony. It's not a Turkic language. The vowels don't have to agree with each other, it's the grammatical forms that do.
what's the difference between tamto and tamte? please explain in a less complicated way, I just need to know what they mean
"tamto" describes neuter nouns (so it translates to "that"), "tamte" describes plural nouns, so it translates to "those". It's not for all plural nouns, only for the 'not masculine-personal' ones (not the nouns for 'groups of people with at least one man').
without context, the use of 'that' is superflous and actually ambiguous. Technically, if you're drinking it then it should be 'this' wine. Just remove 'that'. Its obvious and sounds better
*Better according to you.
You can use this sentence when pointing to a bottle with a label and all the information about the wine, while holding a glass of said wine. It is not that uncommon, unless you are used to drink directly from the bottle.
Refer back to "without context". This is just a sentence on a screen. There is no bottle of wine to point to and no glass held in hand. In American English, when you use 'this' you must be referring to something totally unambiguous. Even in computing, 'this' refers to "the current object".
Try this: Put 2 glasses on wine on a table and say "This glass of wine is great!" and give no visual indication as to which. Alternatively, say "That glass of wine is great!". No one will know which you are referring to. Now, pick up a glass of wine and hold it high and say "This glass of wine is great!" Everyone will know which one you mean.
To use 'this' you must have unambiguous context. A random sentence on a page doesn't have any at all.
mate thats american english, i know atleast in australian english we use "that" for things close and immediate to us, also congratulations on starting a gar over wine in the comments
Nothing superfluous about it. It's a perfectly fine sentence, even with the ambiguity
