"Ona jest dość dobra."

Translation: She is quite good.

[CichaWoda]

Both "She is quite good" and "She is good enough" are correct translations, but in English these two sentences have different meanings. Which is the correct translation?

[immery]

I think it has more with double meaning of "quite" ?

It is the "negative" meaning of quite, not very good, but quite good, good enough, relatively good, good-ish

[arminia11_web_de]

No, quite good gives emphasis to good. Not only is she good but she is QUITE good. Seriously, one would not know how to interpret this. I suppose it would be great as a waffle sentence for a job recommendation.

[Jellei]

I was told that it's a AmE/BrE difference... to quote: an American would probably think "very good" while in BE I think "more or less goodish".

[Jouni156580]

What way would polish person interpret dość dobra? Closer to very good or goodish?

[Jellei]

I'd personally say "goodish", I think.

[br0d4]

In fact, both should be acceptable. The strict meaning of "Ona jest dość dobra" is "She is quite good". But it is also a colloquial expression for "She is good enough", and it would be acceptable to say "Ona jest dość dobra na to stanowisko" - "She is good enough for this post", although it would be better to say "Ona jest wystarczająco dobra na to stanowisko".

[dj___]

I clearly hear “ona jest deutsch dobra”...

[gkouye]

Lol, yeah, at normal speed, the guy sounds like he's saying "Ona jest dojdź dobra" :D

[Jellei]

The old male voice does sound a bit like that, but I believe it will soon be gone.

[BaltoSlavic]

Dość = достаточно

[eannaoc]

Would "dość" and "raczej" be synonymous? Like i would think of "quite" and "rather" as synonymous in English

[Jellei]

Those are words that are hard to specify and define... I guess we can say that they're synonymous enough. Added now.

[S3V3R3]

How about "She is kind enough"?

[Jellei]

It sounds rather strange for this sentence...

[PatWheelho]

Is dość used often?

[Okcydent]

„dość często” :)

[Jellei]

It's really hard to say... it's a normal word, but sometimes it may be a bit problematic.

[Paraguayanpolka]

Is it really the same word as dosyć (enough)?

[Jellei]

Yeah, they seem basically identical.

[lviv_citizen]

is it ok to use "she is quite nice" here?

[Jellei]

No, "nice" is not a good translation here.

[khristinna17]

Why isn't 'kind' accepted for 'dobra'?

[Jellei]

Well, this sentence is kinda strange anyway, but... what would "quite kind" mean? It really sounds like a very weird phrase to my ear...

[OIsg08O4]

It's not too common but makes sense to me.

[Olexsa]

She is pretty good. Is it Ok?

[Jellei]

It is, it works.

[najwspanialszy]

Are całkiem and dość interchangable?

[br0d4]

In some contexts yes, in other - no. See

• https://sjp.pwn.pl/szukaj/ca%C5%82kiem ; https://wsjp.pl/index.php?szukaj=ca%C5%82kiem ;
• https://sjp.pwn.pl/sjp/dosyc-I;2453728.html ; https://wsjp.pl/index.php?szukaj=do%C5%9B%C4%87

[mpiersonsm]

I answered "She is very good" and this was marked incorrect. Should this be accepted?

[Jellei]

No, it means a very different thing.

Let's say that "quite good" is 60%, while "very good" is 90%...

[Ewa628291]

nice does not work only good

[Jellei]

Yeah, "nice" in such a sentence would mean a completely different thing, "Ona jest dość miła".

[RonaldChan14]

"She is quite well" was not accepted.

[Jellei]

That is definitely not what the Polish sentence means.