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- "Edukacja powinna być tania."
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Well, that's more of an interpretation rather than what the sentence really says.
The sentence "Education should be cheap" is... unfortunate.
It does not convey the true meaning of the Polish sentence.
Edukacja powinna być tania - Education should be affordable Edukacja powinna być tandetna - Education should be cheap
While 'cheap' is not the most precise translation in this context (the main one will now be 'inexpensive'), 'affordable' is definitely too far off.
Education should be affordable (to everyone) - Każdego powinno być stać na edukację. / Edukacja powinna być przystępna dla każdego/wszystkich.
Yeah, but people vastly prefer "inexpensive" to "cheap" since cheap, in English, often denotes inferior quality, and the idea of word for word conversions across the languages is long gone
I agree that 'inexpensive' is a better translation in this context. I've just changed the main English translation.
Is powinna pronounced correctly by the digital voice? It sounds like "powinana". It should just sound like "powina," right?
It is still powinna not powinana or powina. One should hear both n's. Check here: https://forvo.com/search/powinna/
Or here, different word wanna but also has double n.
It's still confusing. The first pronunciation of the three links pronounces it with the two Ns separate, like poWInyna, and the other two pronounce the double N as one, elongated N sound. Then, with wanna, two of the pronunciations separate the two Ns, sounding like WAnyna, and the other ones pronounce it like one, elongated N sound.
In Russian we also have ванна ("wanna") but the two Ns are never separated into ванына
Yes, the first "powinna" sounds strange. It should always be a double sound without any schwa or any other vowel in-between. As far as I know, identical to Russian.
I'd personally consider "wykształcenie" to be rather the effect of all the learning you do when in school and university, while "edukacja" to me is more like the process.
"edukacja" also doesn't have to refer to the school system, it can be also what you learn on your own, while "wykształcenie" is something more... official.
That's how I see it, at least.
