Topic: Polish

"Nikt nie lubi poniedziałków."

Translation:Nobody likes Mondays.

December 31, 2015

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Why does the plural end in -ów, in the accusative when it is not a person noun?

December 31, 2015
https://www.duolingo.com/schmidzy

    Also keep in mind that this is genitive, not accusative, because it is a negative statement.

    January 3, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/Bartosh_J

      It's ended with ''K'' so it has "ów" ;)

      December 31, 2015
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      how come you didn't put ;) in this comment

      December 31, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/Bartosh_J

        Oh my God, I have to repair that ;)

        December 31, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/israellai

          Negative, genitive, plural, voilà!

          January 6, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/romain111518

            i don't agreed with the correction .Nikt =nobody nie lubi =doesn't like it's negativ . You should write 'Nikt lubi poniedzialkow it's positif . Nie lubi is negativ .so i wrote Nobody doesn't like mondays . What do you think . Thanks for your answer .

            September 6, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/Jellei
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              Polish uses double negative. English does not. That's why the Polish and English translations seem so different. But the only correct way to say this in Polish is "Nikt nie lubi poniedziałków" - despite the fact that in English it sounds like "Nobody doesn't like Mondays".

              "Nikt lubi poniedziałków" may seem like the literal translation of the English phrase, but it just doesn't make any sense.

              September 7, 2017

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