"A big dog"

Translation: Duży pies

[ShomariHen]

Why duży?

[immery]

duży = big for masculine nouns. (pies is "on" in Polish)

on(he)-duży
ona(she)- duża
ono- duże

[Denise763738]

AHA! Is this where the English word "doozy" came from? As in "watch that first step, it's a doozy!"?

[KristineKruszer]

That's a helpful way to remember the word!

[miklos.nem]

Why not wielki?

[Jellei]

Well, "wielki" is not exactly "big", it's more. I don't know if it has a really good translation... we translate it as "huge", but then it seems too much. So I'd say big < wielki < huge ;)

[kasias.3]

Why not "wielki"?
In Polish "Big brother" is "Wielki brat"

[Jellei]

Yes, but that's not an exact translation. "wielki" doesn't have a good equivalent in English, it seems more than "big" but less than "huge"... this course treats it as closer to "huge".

[fHZ7BLoL]

What about large?

[samvel_ayvazian]

BTW, większy - also big, how about this word?

[Jellei]

"większy" doesn't mean "big", it means "bigger".