"They are eating a meal."
Translation:Oni jedzą posiłek.
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oni- a group of people that contains at least one male person
one- a group of female people, also for any plural not personal noun
Why is one wrong? There is no context to know whether it is an all-female group or a group with at least one male, right?
They refers to plural (either "oni" or "one")
Jedzą refers to plural (either "oni" or "one"):
They are eating a meal - Jedzą posiłek/
One jedzą posiłek/ Oni jedzą posiłek
I mean, as long as you conjugated it correctly, it's wrong if it won't accept both.
Just like it accepts both singular in plural when translating from English "you," which doesn't specify, it should accept both...
"Oni jedzą jedzenie" that's mean " they are eating a meal" is wrong? I thought that "jedzenie" is the same meaning "posiłek".
"jedzenie" just means "food", and "a meal" is usually one of those: breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper. They're not the same.
Besides, while there's technically nothing wrong on its own with "Oni jedzą jedzenie", that sounds rather funny ;)
It might be a somwhat strange question, but can anyone explain why the "s" in the word posiłek is pronounced like the English "sh"? I mean, there is no sort of apostrophe above it, so I was just wondering if there was somewhat like a rule to distinguish between pronouncing the "s" like (English) "s" or "sh"...
"si" is generally the same sound (plus a short 'i' sound) as "ś", so it's a palatalized "s".
"sz" is a different sound, and at least simplifying, people usually say that this is similar to English "sh".
If someone more phonology-oriented has something to add, please be my guest ;)
"Posiłkiem" is in the instrumental case. In this sentence, it's a direct object of the verb "jeść", so you need accusative.
Accusative??? What part of speech is that? It does not exist in English.
A grammatical case is not a part of speech. That should probably solve the mystery for you.
Food is: meat, sandwiches, vegetables, fruits, spaghetti, etc.
Meals are: breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper, etc.
Why is "oni są jedzą posiłek" wrong? I thought "oni są" means "they are". I really thought that would be right.
It's a relatively common mistake. Yes, "oni są" means exactly "they are". But you don't really have "they are" in the English sentence. You have the Present Continuous construction "they are eating". You shouldn't think of it as something that has two verbs to translate ("to be" and "to eat"). There's only one verb, "are eating" is a form of "to eat". You only translate that.
"Oni są jedzą" is equivalent to "they are they eat", it's quite nonsensical.
Ahh ok, no that makes sense. Thanks again. I'm sure one day all this will finally stick in my brain, but your advice really helps, so nice one