"Piję wino, jednak nie jestem wesoły."
Translation:I am drinking wine, however I am not cheerful.
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Some people drink to become sentimental and open up about their feeling to their friends. My former best friend lost his brother very young and only ever talked about it after a few drinks.
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Really? Normal register for me and my family - native-speakers of a very wide range of educational background.
OK, "sounds like quite a high register to me" :) I obviously may be wrong, plus such things are kinda subjective.
When choosing the words in English to match the Polish, 'however' and 'but' are both present. 'But' is wrong and the correct sentence shows 'however'.
'however' is the main answer, but 'but' (:D) should have worked as well...
Could "Piję wino, jednak jestem niewesoła" work in the same way? I realise not for this question as it's audio, but generally?
Your sentence is correct, but the meaning is slightly different. "nie jestem wesoła" means exactly "I am not happy", but it doesn't have to mean that I am feeling sad. I'm just not happy, perhaps neutral. "niewesoła" is like "kinda sad" ("unhappy" seems too strong to me).
P.S. Thumbs up for writing "niewesoła" correctly :) Most learners don't know that "nie-" should be written together with an adjective.
Well, "ale" is "but" and "jednak" is "however", but in this sentence the meaning is so close that we accept both 'ale' and 'but' despite not being exactly the same word as in the sentence you are to translate.
