Topic: Polish

"Ona szuka męża."

Translation:She is looking for a husband.

January 2, 2016

10 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo

    That would mean something different in Czech and Slovak :)

    September 2, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/Daniel_Draskoczy

      Once I asked in Prague about a hotel "Szukam Hotel Villa" and I was lectured that I should learn that I'm not in Poland any more:D

      October 13, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/arminia11_web_de

        Do tell!

        June 13, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo

          Ona šuká muža would mean that she has intimate relations with a man.

          June 13, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/JoostVunde

            Funny sentence. Both "her husband" and "a husband" are correct.

            January 2, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/Gerardd88

              I would say the latter is the case here ;) This sentence suggests that she is looking for a husband, because she doesn't have one. If you want to say "She is looking for her husband" it would be "Ona szuka swojego męża".

              January 3, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/aschmi11

                Why "swojego"? I thought her was "jej"?

                January 6, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/jackheaton1994

                  Swój is "one's own" in English. Very few people use the pronoun 'one' in English, but it helps to remember. Ona szuka jej męża means "She is looking for her (someone else's) husband"

                  January 26, 2016
                  https://www.duolingo.com/Gerardd88

                    Swój is used because the person which the possesive is referring to is the same as the subject. I found some explanation, hope it helps:
                    http://blogs.transparent.com/polish/swoj-or-moj-possessive-pronouns-continued/

                    January 9, 2016
                    https://www.duolingo.com/arminia11_web_de

                      Me, too. Sadly, however many years go by, this probably still holds!

                      June 13, 2018

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