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- "Tuesday is not my day."
"Tuesday is not my day."
Translation:Wtorek to nie mój dzień.
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if you use "to", you can use nominative, if you use jest without "to", you need to use instrumental. Wtorek nie jest moim dniem.
Because it's Polish.
For when use instrumental in x is y sentence read "https://www.duolingo.com/comment/16373167"
negation - if a verb needs object in accusative, negated verb needs object in genitive. all other cases stay the same. accusative after preposition stays.
In this case "to" is used instead of "jest". You can use this words interchangeably. Your sentence has a tiny mistake. It should be " Wtorek nie jest moim dniem".
When you have "to" used like this, it kinda has a hidden "jest". "Wtorek to nie (jest) mój dzień".
And then you can see easier, that you in fact negate 'being my day' - so it's correct. In your sentence, it's hard to even say what you negate... but it doesn't work.
My answer, "Wtorek nie to mojdzien"--I didn't "use the worng word;" I used the wrong order.
Well, you also created a neologism "mójdzień" ;)
Maybe the algorithm isn't that great at spotting what exactly the mistake was...
After "jest" you would need Instrumental ("Wtorek jest nie moim dniem"), but that would be like "Tuesday is not my day but someone else's"). In general the negation should be before "jest" (you negate 'being X', not just 'X').
The most natural answer to me is "Wtorek to nie mój dzień" or "Wtorek to nie jest mój dzień" (This is actually not the 'jest' construction because it has 'to'), alternatively "Wtorek nie jest moim dniem".
