"We are going to school."
Translation:My idziemy do szkoły.
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No. "We are going to school" describes an action that is happening now, or is about to happen. "Iść/Idziemy" is the word that describes walking(or going) now or in the close future, in the specific direction.
Chodzić/chodzimy, is the verb that describes the action (to walk/to go) that happens frequently, or the action happening right now, but direction less.
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Thankyou Immery for your earlier posting re the difference between iść and chodzić. It is the most comprehensuve thus far. I always struggle with choosing the correct verb.
The word 'szkolę
' is not a noun, it is a verb, 1-st person singular of the verb "szkolić".
You need to use the noun 'szkoła' here, and the preposition 'do' requires use of in Genitive. The declension is:
- Nominative (mianownik) : szkoł
a
- szkoły
- Genitive (dopełniacz) : szkoł
y
- szkół - Dative (celownik) : szkol
e
- szkołom
- Accusative (biernik) : szkoł
ę
- szkoły
- Instrumental (narzędnik) : szkoł
ą
- szkołami
- Locative (miejscownik) : szkol
e
- szkołach
- Vocative (wołacz) : szkoł
o
- szkoły
Pay attention to the letters ą
≠a
, ę
≠e
, ł
≠ l
and ó
≠o
- they are not the same. It is not a matter of accents - they are different letters. Please pay also attention that in Dative and Locative singular the stem of the word changes from 'szkoł
-' to 'szkol
-' and in Genitive plural it changes from 'szko
ł-' to 'szkó
ł-' (and then the inflected ending is ø
=none).
The verb "szkolić" means "to teach by a person who is not a teacher or by an institution that is not a school" - this is the case when a security officer gives the employees a training on safety procedures. Or when Tax Office invites accountants to give them explanations about the new regulations. The conjugation (in present tense) is:
- ja szkol
ę
- ty szkol
isz
- on/ona/ono szkol
i
- my szkol
imy
- wy szkol
icie
- oni/one szkol
ą
Chodzić can only be an ongoing action if the movement is non-directional. But here we have a clear destination, so "chodzimy do szkoły" would imply a habitual activity. "Idziemy do szkoły", on the other hand, is a one-time action.
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