"Ten chłopiec lubi psy."

Translation: This boy likes dogs.

[Damo_0104]

You could also say 'Chłopak'

[Tim5602]

Yes, you can

[DorothyRoholt]

Chłopiec can also be translated as "little boy", correct? For "Ten chłopiec lubi psy"-my translation "This little boy likes dogs" was not accepted. Any reason for the rejection of my translation?

[Jellei]

Well, we added "(little) boy" to the hints to make it easier to distinguish from "chłopak". But yeah, it's acceptable. Added.

[Delfrador]

Oppa gangnam style

[Alex767988]

Nice

[HiMeCriss]

xD

[ArmenO7]

Is "Ten chłopiec lubi psów" also correct?

[alik1989]

No. Psów is genitive, but we need accusative here.

[DorothyRoholt]

So what is the difference between chłopak and chłopiec? How is each translated? I always thought that chłopak is boy and chłopiec is little boy.

[Jellei]

Generally yes, although it's not like you need to translate "chłopiec" to "little boy". We allow it, but we don't put it in the best translations.

But "chłopiec" is a younger boy, "chłopiec" is an older one. The age border is completely subjective, I'd place it somewhere between 8 and 13.

[DorothyRoholt]

You mean chłopiec might be used for ages 2-8 (approximately) and chłopak used for a teenager?

[Jellei]

Basically, yes.

[Simeon1969]

I heard the boy likes cheese but it's dogs.

[oldy1978]

I too heard 'ser'

[alik1989]

I've checked both voices. It says psy.

[ph.VZD4Dt]

It should be like dogs

[Jellei]

No, 'this boy' is singular, so the right form is "likes".