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- "They have bread."
"They have bread."
Translation:One mają chleb.
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In english we don't have two forms to say "they" to man and woman, just one form, then in polish, "oni" and "one" means the same thing in english... Why it won't be right?
Hello, Jellei! The exercise says to match "all" right items, but it doesn't accept the item with "oni", just the item with "one", like if the item with "oni" was wrong.
Well, the variants change, so we don't know what variants you got. But as "oni" is definitely accepted, then surely something else must have been incorrect in that answer.
Hey, you right! In the exercise is "Oni lubie" and "One maja", the verb (lubie) is wrong... Thanks! ^^
What changes "oni" to "one" or vise versa? Both words mean "they" correct?
What does "Pieczywo" mean? Is suggests that it also translates as "bread", but in what instance?
In Polish we generally do not differentiate countable and uncountable nouns the way that they are differentiated in English, but there are some special cases. In Polish "chleb" means the substance as in English "bread" (uncountable), and it also means the English "a loaf of bread" (countable). But the Polish noun "pieczywo" is used only as a mass noun, so it is - in a way - only uncountable. It means "all types of bread that are available", "all the amount of bread that one was expected to buy" (which may be also just a loaf, actually), "all kinds of bread that a bakery bakes", etc. It is also a variant of typical name for shops selling bread: "Piekarnia" / "Pieczywo" = "Bakrey" / "Baked goods".
So just saying "Mają cleb" will never be used or correct because it needs either "Oni" or "One" to identify is if it is 2 or more males or females?
Specifying the gender is not always necessary, especially if you have context.
'Mają chleb' is correct and accepted.
