"Lubię dorosłych ludzi."

Translation: I like adult people.

[jwkrasow]

Is this the normal way to say "adults" in Polish? Its really awkward in english, unless you mean mature people maybe

[Jellei]

You can also treat "dorosły" as a noun and just say "dorosłych", which would be equivalent to "adults", I guess.

[ajmaeen]

Another question: What case is 'dorosły' and 'ludzi' in the above example? it should be accusative but the declension doesn't seem so?

Sorry for asking multiple questions on the same exercise.

[immery]

it is accusative, it is masculine personal so accusative=genitive
declension table for człowiek-ludzie
declension table for dorosły-adjective

[ajmaeen]

i always forget the masculine personal exception. Get's me every time. Thanks alot !! :)

[Jack.Elliot]

I like grown-ups

http://agrownup.blogspot.com/

[Jellei]

Works.

[Jack.Elliot]

you are welcome

[GkhanSolak]

'I like mature people' is not accepted.

[ajmaeen]

so the noun 'adult' is 'dorosły' or 'dorosły człowiek'?
is dorosły considered to be a adjective or a noun?

[br0d4]

Grammatically it is an adjective, but it is very often used in the function of noun. Or you may consider it, as if an accompanying noun was implied: dorosły (człowiek, mężczyzna), dorosła (kobieta), dorosłe (dziecko). See more here.

Just for the record, "dorosły" is also 2-nd form (i.e. less used, composite form) of past tense 1-st person plural feminine "dorosnąć" (to grow up): my już żeśmy dorosły (we already grew up). The 1-st form of past tense 1-st person plural feminine is "dorosłyśmy": my już dorosłyśmy. And dorosła is 2-nd form of past tense 1-st person singular feminine "dorosnąć" ja już żem dorosła (I already grew up), 1-st form past tense 1-st person singular feminine being "dorosłam": ja już dorosłam.

[Vengir]

„Dorosła” is also feminine 3rd person past singular.

[DPan76]

"Adult people" is a bit awkward in American English. "Adult" is generally used as a stand-alone noun, and using it adjectivally typically gives it an additional shade of meaning, e.g., emotionally mature - or pornographic.

[CostelloMusic98]

doroslych is accusative?

[immery]

yes, in this sentence it is.

In "Lubię dorosłych ludzi" - you need accusative after "lubię", and "ludzi" is masculine personal, so "dorosłych" (adjective) has to be masculine personal accusative.

In "Lubię drosłych" - you need accusative after lubię, and "dorosłych" (noun) is in accusative form.

[NickFleck]

I wrote: "I like adult folks" thinking that adults are folks or folks are adults. Next I will simply try adults.

[karaluh]

"I like adult men" is not accepted

[Jellei]

Normally we would accept "men" for "people", but in this sentence it sounds very much like contrasting "men" and "women".

[chce_polski]

Mature people?

[Jellei]

"dojrzali ludzie", so here: "dojrzałych ludzi". No one said that being an adult makes one automatically mature ;)