"They both work in school."
Translation:Oboje pracują w szkole.
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"Oni oboje pracują w szkole" - if I wrote "one" instead of "oni" how would be "both" translated then?
one obie/obydwie - two women
oni obaj/obydwaj - two men
oni oboje/obydwoje - a man and a woman
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thank you! btw, what if it's not about women?
Both tables were broken for example. Obydwa/oboje stoły były zepsute?
masculine not personal= oba/obydwa stoły
neuter not personal= oba/obydwa krzesła
feminine = obie/obydwie książki
children/babies (only personal neuter nouns I know)= oboje dzieci, oboje niemowląt (!!!)
(oboje always needs genitive)
I wanted to say "obadwa is not a word", but it seems that it used to be - after Googling it, already on the first page you have examples from the XVIIth century.
"oba" and "obydwa" are used for masculine nouns that do not denote people, so "oba kubki", "obydwa psy", etc. Also neuter nouns ('oba drzewa', 'obydwa pudełka'). But not with "dziecko", here you'd need 'oboje'.
"Oni obydwaj pracują w szkole" - this version didn't get accepted. I think it should have been.
I advice you to look at post of immery in this thread to find more detailed answer. But yes, two women should go with: „obie” or „obydwie”.
Either "Oni obaj" (they both are men), "One obie" (they both are women) or "Oni oboje" (one man, one woman).
I submitted: 'One oboje pracują w szkole.' It was counted wrong and 'Oni oboje pracują w szkole.' was said to be correct. I was thinking it didn't matter whether an 'e' or an 'i' was used. Am I right; or can someone explain how to know which should be used?
Generally translating "both" is difficult because there are many options.
Just to discuss Nominative, you have "obaj" (two men), "obie" (two feminine nouns - so in this sentence two women) or "oboje" (one man, one woman). Also "oba" for two masculine/neuter nouns that are not people, but it's not an option here.
Now, if you use "oboje" (one man, one woman), you can't use "one", because "one" can't include a man. So as I wrote above, in this sentence you can use:
Either "Oni obaj" (they both are men), "One obie" (they both are women) or "Oni oboje" (one man, one woman).
can you have 'obaj/obie pracuja w szkole'? because it doesn't state if the two people are a man and woman/two men/two women?
