"Ten obiad został ugotowany wczoraj."

Translation: This lunch was cooked yesterday.

[AnCatDubh]

A good sentence to know if you’re talking to Polish volunteers in a kibbutz.

[Okcydent]

In Polish kibbutz is: kibuc.

[DiegoVasquez348]

Objad ugotowany wczoraj nazywa sie czulent ))

[Joe19902]

Is "Ten obiad był ugotowany wczoraj" possible? Thanks.

[alik1989]

It's accepted, but when using the passive voice, I recommend pairing 'zostać' with perfective and 'być' with imperfective verbs, at least in writing.

[Joe19902]

Thanks for the tip Alik. So, if using 'być' it would be better to say "Ten obiad był gotowany wczoraj" — is that correct? Dzięki.

[alik1989]

Perhaps not in this particular sentence. I mean, it's not wrong, but it puts a weird emphasis on the task itself instead of the result, like 'this lunch was being prepared yesterday'. It could work in some specific contexts, but it's perhaps safer not to accept it here.

[Joe19902]

Thanks for the clarification, Alik. Pa!

[THVBH]

"This dinner was cooked yesterday" is not accepted

[Jellei]

That's strange, because it is accepted and it should have worked.

[Fernando414504]

I understand why it was not accepted: 'obiad' means 'lunch', not dinner !

[Jellei]

It means both, depending on the way you call different meals. But our main translation is indeed "lunch".