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Do you mean, as in "he has doubts about whether I'm a policeman"? I don't think so.
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I guess it could be inferred that way. But the actual words “asks”, “questions” and “inquires “ are synonyms. So I thought maybe it would work here.
Not really synonyms. To question has two meanings:
- 1) To ask questions, to interrogate
- 2) To raise doubts about sth.
In your sentence the verb is intransitive (not referring to a direct object), thus it can only have the meaning 2). And this meaning isn't covered by the verb ask.
That sentence is not grammatical, because a conjunction is missing. I also believe that such a statement would be unintelligible without strong contextual support.
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I have 2 different dictionaries that have pytać meaning to question or to ask, so wouldn't "He is questioning if I am a policeman" be correct?
As far as I understand, that would mean that "He doubts that I am a policeman", which is quite a different sentence.
No, the rule is: if you can substitute if with whether, then it's always czy.
Would "On pyta jeśli jestem policjantem" technically be correct too?
If the audio had accurately rendered "pyta czy" so that it was clear, I would have written it into my answer. Instead, I am forced to write "On [unintelligible] jestem policjantem." Not all audio questions are this bad, but it is frustrating when it happens, and it happens all too often.
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Been wondering about this for some time now, so it's time to ask.
Is there any reason why I shouldn't use 'police officer' instead of 'policeman' or 'policewoman'?
It's always accepted, so it's not a problem, but is it somehow less correct regardless?
I'm confused about the nature of the problem, because if it is accepted... then what's the problem? It's just not the main answer, because it doesn't show the gender of the person, while Polish does.
