"Czerwony jak pomidor"

Translation: Red as a tomato

[tony73366]

In English we would say "As red as a tomato"

[Augustine2017]

I agree. I wrote "Red, like an apple", which was accepted, because with "as" I would have wanted to say "as ... as ..."

[IanBiddle]

why is "red like an apple" not correct here?

[immery]

because you are supposed to translate it. and tomato is pomidor, apple is jabłko.

[IanBiddle]

yes thanks: I did put another comment to say I realise this was my mistake. Apologies for eating your time

[zagadka314]

I have to admit, you made me laugh xD

[PVLSANS]

You may have had the same thought as I did. I do not know which language you take it but "pomidor" always makes me think at "pomum" (owoc) in Latin and at "pomme" (jabłko) in French.

[JanKLinde]

"Pomidor" is very close to the Italian word for tomato, "pomodoro", which literally means "apple of gold".

[PierreMDL]

pracuję jako aktor
Verb + jako + noun

czerwony jak pomidor
adjective + jak + noun

Is that correct?

[immery]

yes, but you missed crucial information (both nouns in nominative case)

[PierreMDL]

Ok, unless it takes the case the verb rules, right?

"kocham cię jako brat" : I love you like a brother (would love you)

"kocham cię jako brata" : I love you like (I would love) a brother

[immery]

It seems I answered wrong last lime.

"like" is always jak - after verb or after adjective.

what you wrote would be correct with "jak". It is weird wirh "jako".

"jako" is more "as" . "in position of". so what you wrote means

I love you as (because you are) my brother, I love you as (because I'm your) brother. But it sounds weird.

[PierreMDL]

Ok I think I got it now!
"jak" implies a comparison and "jako" an identity?

czerwony jak pomidor : red like a tomato (but it's not a tomato)

kocham cię jak brata : I love you like a brother (but you're not my brother)

kocham cię jako brata : I love you like a brother (and you are my brother)

pracuję jako model : I work as a model (and I am a model)

How does that sound?

[immery]

jak is comparison, but I'm not sure about identity- It's more about a position or a role.

[va-diim]

It sounds like czerwone jak pomidory even though it's the singular

[BruceAdams14]

"Red like tomato" was rejected which seems wrong.

[va-diim]

It's missing an article. "Red like a tomato" or "red like the tomato"