"This student works as a model."
Translation:Ta studentka pracuje jako modelka.
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No, that sounds as if you mixed Polish and Russian constructions for this.
"jako" actually takes Nominative, so it's "jako model".
Why isn't it "jako modelką"? I thought that if there were two subject-like nouns in a sentence, the non-subject one had to change to .... whatever that case is called.
Nominative is used mostly for the subject of the sentence (here: "This student"), but there are some other usages, and one of them is after "jako", used exactly like here.
I answered "Ta studentka pracuje jaka modelka" and it said I should use jako - is that correct?
This isn't any form of "jaki" pronoun, it's a preposition meaning 'as', especially in contexts like that one here.
Yes, sorry, I realised that after I posted - thought I had deleted this comment but I guess it didn't go through. Thanks though.
I actually 'undeleted' it myself in order to have this question answered anyway (as it's not a surprising question) so the others could read it later :)
"student" is masculine, so the right determiner is "ten". "this student" = "ten student". "to" is a neuter determiner.
If you put a comma, then your sentence would make sense, but "to" would serve the role of a dummy pronoun then: "To student, pracuje jako model." = "This is a student, he works as a model".
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Thanks Jellei, very helpful. As you probably guessed I mixed up "to" and "ten" - somehow I seem to have got into the bad habit of seeing "to" and "ta" as masculine and feminine; must change.
The word "to" is so versatile that it can actually work in your sentence as well. However, the meaning would be quite different.
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/26090996
Jellei already mentioned that your to doesn't match the gender of the noun. This means that it disqualifies as a determiner (demonstrative pronoun) and becomes a replacement for "it is" (part 2. in the link).
So "to student pracuje jako model" (without a comma) translates to "It's the student who works a as model (as opposed to someone else)".
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Thanks Alik; as I replied to Jellei, I wrongy identified "to" as the masculine determiner corresponding to "ta". I think that I've got it now.
ten student pracuje jako modelem?
shouldn't this work considering that a male can be a student and work as a model xD (or am i completely wrong maybe)
The only problem with your sentence is that "jako" takes nominative, so it should be "model".
"Ta studentka pracuje jako model." I think this should be accepted, but I'm not sure on this. Or does it have to be "modelka" at the end?
when I answered this the first time, I said the student was male and it was marked wrong. Ten student pracuje jako modelem should be acceptable. Is this sexism?
Yes, it's sexism. I strongly believe that men should be raising the children and take care of all household chores, while women strive for self-actualization in their careers.
No, but seriously, jako doesn't affect noun inflection, so you must use the nominative case here.
And btw, your exact question has already been answered a few comments above.
So, I wrote "ten student prajuce jako model" and it was marked wrong. What part of the original statement indicated that it was a female student?
Actually, that comment has a mistake ('prajuce' should be 'pracuje'), so if TeresaPemb1 wrote exactly the same thing earlier, it would be rejected.