"Dziadek pamięta tamte drzwi."
Translation:Grandpa remembers that door.
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It's pluralia tantum. So one door is "jedne drzwi" - however weird it is to make a plural form of the numeral "one".
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We have the same thing in Russian, for the word sutki, which means 24-hour period (a full day). The singular form is odni sutki, seemingly plural, similar to Polish jedne drzwi, there's no such thing as odna sutka.
Russian "door" dwierʲ is singular and dwieri plural "doors," that's why I asked.
By the way I heard more than once "Двери" applied to a single door. Like "Закрой двери" (shut the door). At least in places I lived.
Wiktionary says that soski are rubber nipples - but in Polish sutki are actually human nipples ;)
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Singular soska /'SOS-kə/, plural соски /'SOS-ki/ are rubber nipples
Singular sosok /sɐ-'SOK/, plural соски /sɐ-'SKI/ are biological nipples
:-)
I first wrote "My grandfather..." and it didn't accept. I thought when there are no specifications the family members would be from the person who speaks. The correct was "the grandfather..." but I don't think in english we should put the article in that case (just a feeling, as english is not my language). It is funny how polish people, when speaking other languages, put the articles all the time! Because they don't have it, so it is not natural. As for me, I'm crazy with the declensions!!! I may sound really crazy! Because in portuguese we don't have them either.
How, then, would you say "those doors". I am thinking of double doors. Thanks.
Would "my grandfather remembers that door" be correct as well? Duo did not like it.
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I think "my grandfather" is better than Duolingo's translation. "The grandfather" is just weird in English.
Thanks Va-diim. I needed that affirmation! (and I agree "the grandfather" sounds a bit weird)
Let's change the main answer to "Grandpa". This at least works easily in English without an article as well.
"My grandpa remembers that door." was incorrect. I expected to have "my" since AFAIK in polish we can refer to relatives without mentioning "my"...
It's mostly about "grandpa of the subject of the sentence" and here he is the subject, but still, "my" (or "our") is the most likely interpretation. Added now.