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Would "Where do you swim now?" also be correct? It is my understanding that these verbs can describe either a progressive (current) action or a frequent/repetitive action.
When we are asking about persons swimming "teraz" [now] in a pool - I would rather translate to Present Continous. But "płynąć" can translate also to "sail" and "cruise". if we were talking about a ship or yacht - Simple Present should be OK: "Where do you sail to, now?"
The original sentence is in Polish and does not mention any pool, so this may be in sea as well.
może to regionalizm ale moim zdaniem nie można płynąć w morzu, basenie, rzece, Warszawie, po rzece itd gdzieś w sensie dosłownym, można tylko płynąć dokądś, - do boi, na drugi brzeg, do łódki, do Szczecina, na koniec świata, przez morze
The sentence is "Gdzie teraz płyniecie?" - there is no "w", there is no "basen". The only problem that "gdzie" instead of "dokąd" in meaning of destination is colloquial, but it is however accepted in spoken language
płynąć is only current but it should be noted that "Gdzie teraz płyniecie?" describes an action of eiher swimming or going using boat/ship/ferry/motorbike etc and also well means "water equivalent" of where are you going, not where are you walking? the question is not about the place but destination. I think question should be dokąd płyniecie, it's more accurate.
Pływać is more complicated- as it can mean both now and freqentative, but now it's a movement witout a destination. Gdzie teraz pływacie - np which swimming pool you use this winter can be translated to Where do you swim now?- unless there is an English rule against it
It's not the same "now" though. Your "now" is a general "now" as opposed to something different before. "You used to work at the bank, where do you work now?". If "now" is about something ongoing, then it should be present continuous.
The module later asks you to translate into Polish "Where are you sailing now?" so I suppose that's the intended translation of "Gdzie teraz płyniecie?" My rule of thumb is: where = gdzie, to where = dokąd
- "Dokąd teraz płyniecie?" is correct.
- "Gdzie teraz płyniecie?" is colloquial, but "gdzie" is often used instead of "dokąd". However in this case it may also mean "Where are you sailing" (on which seas).
Does Polish make the difference between where and where to (like in German wo / wohin)? Can we understand it as where are you going by swimming as well as where are you currently swimming?
we do, but we are not as strict as Germans. "Dokąd" means "wohin", "gdzie" means both.
On the other hand "płynąć" means to swim right now, with a destination, while "pływać" means to swim usually, or without any destination (like in the pool).
This sentence is more likely to mean "Where are you swimming to".
This sentence is more likely to mean "Where are you swimming to".
Or "Where are you sailing to" - which probably would make a bit more sense.
i put where are you sailing s this was the only choice on computer multiple choice. Why was this marked wrong? swimming was not a choice
The current main English answer is "Where are you sailing" indeed, but "swimming" is starred as well.
I wrtote that I did not have the option to choose swim. I only had the option to choose sailing. So there is a problem that should be corrected. 3 months ago somebody wrote exactly the same !!
Well, the tiles don't allow you to put any correct answer, just one of the starred answers. In this case, "Where are you sailing now?".
No.
- General rules of adverb position: https://www.espressoenglish.net/position-of-adverbs-in-english-sentences/ , https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/adjective-and-adverb-phrases/adverb-phrases
- Placing of "now" in a phrase: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/adverbs-of-time-and-frequency/now
