"On jest wspaniałą osobą."
Translation:He is a wonderful person.
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You can say "On jest wspaniałą osobą" as well as "On jest wspaniałym człowiekiem".
It seem to indicate on the tooltip that wspaniałą is feminine. Or is it the same in masc?
Yes, because "osoba" is a gramatically feminine noun what doesn't mean that the person is a female. Similarly, "człowiek" (masculine noun) can refer to a human being of any gender.
I was recently wondering something similar. I said "Jesteś najmilszą kobietą" to a woman because it seemed weird to say "Jesteś najmilczym człowiekiem". This was after she complimented me for attempting to learn Polish (true story :-)). Was i right?
Typo, najmilszym, but you spelled it correctly a moment earlier :)
Yes, I think that was right. Maybe "osobą" (person) would be a bit better.
Am i the only one having a hard time pronouncing three consonants together? " t w s" is quite a mouthful. Will people still understand me if I remove "w" from the sentence?
Probably yes, as it wouldn't resemble anything else anyway. But maybe it's better to make an a bit bigger stop between "jest" and "wspaniałą"? Also it may help to think of 'w' as devoiced and make it 'fspaniałą' in pronunciation.
the audio really sounds like "oni jest...", which tricked me twice when writing without processing it first!
You're hearing the beginning of the word "jest". The way "jest" is pronounced can sound a slightly prolonged "i" sound after "on". It's tripped me up a couple times too.