"Chcemy robić mniej."

Translation: We want to do less.

[tadjanow]

...i zarabiać więcej

[zagadka314]

Francuzka xD

[JerryMcCarthy99]

"Robić" cannot mean "to work" (even though "Robotnik" is a "worker") ?

[Jellei]

It would work in colloquial language as "We want to work less" (for physical work), but only in colloquial, so we cannot accept it here.

[va-diim]

At first I read this sentence as, "We want to do me."

:-O

[Jellei]

The sexual meaning of "to do someone" doesn't translate into Polish at all ;)

[va-diim]

Neither in Russian. It's the English that's funny.

[richard.birks]

Jaka szkoda! ;)

[richard.birks]

Audio version of this question is a bit off by the way - particularly the word "mniej"

[rchonak]

Yes, the "mniej" is really incomprehensible, even in the slow reading.

[JerryMcCarthy99]

Yes. There is a bit of a glitch between the "m" and the "n" of "mniej" it seems to me.

[Rimdus]

Queremos hacer menos?

[PsychoMad]

Quizá menos sandwiches, comida, o tareas...

[Marysia37]

Why is "We want less to do" not acceted

[AspiroFremor]

It would be "Chcemy mniej do zrobienia." with "to have" and "mieć" implied in both.

[orexan]

Ah yes, libertarianism.

[DelphineWa4]

How about "we want to be doing less"? Sounds a bit weird in English but isn't "robić" imperfective?

[JerryMcCarthy99]

It probably wasn't put in because, as you say, it's a "bit weird", but I don't think it so weird that it can't be added.

"Robić" is indeed imperfective; the perfective form is "zrobić".

[chce_polski]

Leniwe ludzie...

[Jellei]

"leniwi" ;) You need the virile (masculine personal plural) form of the adjective here because the noun "ludzie" implies at least one man among them.

"leniwi mężczyźni" (lazy men) / "leniwe kobiety" (lazy women) / "leniwi ludzie" (lazy people).

[va-diim]

I love Polish because in Russian it's also

ľeniwyje ľudi/ľeniwyje mużciny

"women" is different, ľeniwyje żensiny

Russian is probably easy for you