"Gdzie są dowody?"
Translation:Where is the evidence?
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Evidence itself can be plural, depending on the context. Evidences is rarely used, possibly in technical writing. Language learning would be helpful if phrases and words in common usage are concentrated on. While that phrase may be acceptable in Polish, it is one of those not commonly used in English. However, I know it is a tricky thing to ask because the degree of fluency in both languages may vary and it may be difficult to figure out how to present the tests.
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I'm a native GB English speaker and concede that this is difficult. Generally evidence is treated as a body of information and therefore takes a singular verb. However, were it to be the case that rather different items were considered separately then evidences or proofs would be a possibility - though I would use neither myself. My advice to English learners is to stick with evidence and proof and regard plural forms as eccentricities.
Well, I'm afraid this is not a correct English sentence...
If you meant "Where are their proofs" (and I'm not even sure if 'proofs' is used in plural in English, than it's "Gdzie są ich dowody?". Also "Gdzie mają dowody" would make a lot of sense if you suggest that they don't have any.
Proofs can be plural especially in mathematical situations.
Examples: Their teacher is grading the students proofs. The teacher is going over how to write proofs today.
No, 'dowody' are plural. 'dowód' is singular.
The acceptability of English 'evidences' itself is a different matter.
Let's check... I'd say 'none', but closer to 'Yanny'. I'd say it's something between 'Yari' and "Yeri'.
I actually only ever hear 'Laurel'. I never hear anything remotely close to Yanny. So to my ears it says hear 'dawody', but to yours it's 'dowody'. Oh well.
There are many times when the learner says they hear something else and I agree with that. Because the TTS technology is still not very good... However, this seems fine to me.
the translation of this sentence should be "where are the evidences" since "dowody" is plural. "daj mi choć jeden dowód na to, że jesteś niewinny"-> "give me at least one evidence that you are innocent"; "dowody wskazują na to, że jest pan winny"-> "the evidences indicate that you are guilty"
So it is always best to use the plural in Polish unless you mean identity card?
No, actually no, one "dowód" (one piece of evidence) makes perfect sense in Polish. If you just need one thing to prove something.
W języku polskim "dowody" są policzalne, w angielskim nie. Myślę, że częściej mamy na coś wiele dowodów, więc samo w sobie "Gdzie są dowody?" jest bardziej prawdopodobne. W angielskim to i tak będzie "Where is the evidence?".
Akceptujemy liczbę pojedynczą, "Gdzie jest dowód?".