"Modlitwa pomaga mi w życiu."

Translation: Prayer helps me in life.

[Tom873317]

Does modlitwa mean both a particular prayer and prayer in general? I put "prayer" sans article and it was wrong

[Jellei]

Both, with 'prayer in general' being the more probable option here. So you'd use "Prayer" without an article for the general idea, and not "Praying"?

[Tom873317]

Sure, praying probably works better - should that also be accepted here? I didn't know if there was a different word for that. But prayer seems more abstract, not necessarily saying prayers, but thinking/meditating on a prayer or prayers, being in a state of prayer.

[Jellei]

Well, technically its a gerund so it should be translated to "modlenie się" - the question is how grammatically strict we want to be, plus I really think that 'modlitwa' is better for many contexts, including this one.