"There is no man here."
Translation:Nie ma tu żadnego mężczyzny.
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Why is "Tu nie ma żadnego mężczyzny" wrong? Word order is always making trouble for me.
Why is " nie ma nikogo mężczyzny tutaj " wrong? The difference i see from the correct answer is only of nikogo and zadnego.
because nikogo= nobody/no one. (works like noun)
żadnego= no- works like adjective.
"Nikogo" is used alone or before adjective, "żadnego" is used before a noun.
Can you say "Tu nie ma mężczyzny"? Do you need żadnego, and must tu be after nie ma?
It's hard to specify when 'żadnego' is needed and when it's okay to omit it. Currently the only word order where we accept it is "Nie ma tu[taj/] [żadnego/] [człowieka/mężczyzny].", but that doesn't sound great to my ear. I think it's better to use it even here.
With your word order, giving an unusual emphasis on 'here', it really seems necessary to use 'żadnego' because then you'd need to give another emphasis to "NO". Like: Here? No no no, there is ABSOLUTELY NO man here.
"żadnych" is Genitive plural, so for "There are no men here."
"Nie ma tu żadnych mężczyzn".
Well, you missed the "man part". Your sentence is "There is no one here".
No, I'm afraid that makes no sense. We should treat "nie ma" as a whole in such a sentence.
