"Jesteście na ulicy?"
Translation:Are you on the street?
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What about 'in the street'. I might say i live on the street, but people and things tend to be in the street when we mean location.
Forgive me but I have no idea what "are you on the street" means in English. Is it a euphemism for homeless people or for ladies (and gentlemen) of the night. Or perhaps a foreman asking, by phone, if a work crew have arrived to dig up a road. In 70 years I don't think I have ever hear this phrase.
Polish "Jesteście na ulicy?" could certainly be used when a family or friends went shopping and got separated, so one party is in a store and is calling the other party, wanting to confirm their current location: "I can't find you. Are you on the street?"
The same can happen if somebody is supposed to pick a group of people up and is approaching the landmark (say, a theatre), but cannot see them there.
A postal worker would ask "are you on the street" to a fellow employee, as it's their slang for "are you out delivering mail [on a route]?".
It really is not clear what you mean by this. The most likely meaning is 'are you homeless?' or, as previously mentioned, it could well be asking if the person is a sex-worker but it seems unlikely that either of these is your intention?
I guess it's kinda just "outside" but when this 'outside' is actually in the street (do not confuse it with Russian, where на улице would suit any context, I believe).
I suppose it's difficult to phrase in English without other unintended connotations. I must just accept the simple translation!
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Saying someone is on the street is a way of saying they are working in on the street as a prostitute in English. Don't mark it incorrect to say "in the street" which does not have the same connotations.
