"I do not know this word, sorry."
Translation:Nie znam tego słowa, przepraszam.
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In the exercise, let's keep it to where it is in the sentence you're translating.
But generally it can easily be in the beginning as well. Seems more common, actually.
Yes there is. Although in this sentence it is not that clear.
I know this word- znam to słowo I know what this word means- wiem co znaczy to słowo
here is a longer explanation https://www.duolingo.com/comment/13865766
Thanks for the explanations and I'm still left confused that I was marked wrong to use the wiedzieć verb.
I think it's because like vegnir said
I feel that when you can (in Polish) immediately follow the verb for "know" with its object, you use "znać". If it would require a preposition or something, then use "wiedzieć"
I don't understand why you can move some words around and not others like --- Przepraszam, nie znam tego słowa.
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Duo does it all the time with prepositional phrases (move from the start of the sentence to the end or vice versa), seems weird it wouldn't allow it on this one as it arguably sounds nicer.
If we move "przepraszam" to the beginning, it will create ambiguity which it doesn't have right now, it will be quite likely to mean "excuse me".
"przepraszam, nie znam tego słowa" was rejected - does it mean that unlike English, the order of the words in the sentence matters?
As discussed above. But after another thought, let's accept it after all.
Follow-up question - while semantically and grammatically "sorry" can be either at the beginning or at the end of that sentence, in English you will sound rude or angry if you put it at the end. Is it the same in Polish?
Yet. 3 days may not be enough for the change to go live on user's side.
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Oh, there was no date on the mobile app from which I posted the comment. Thanks for clarifying that.