"The woman and the man are eating."
Translation:Kobieta i mężczyzna jedzą.
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I used "a" instead of "i" here as I wanted to see if it would be accepted. Because apparently, "a" also means "and" but it's only to be used when talking about opposite things, am I right? If so, why was it rejected? Just because I haven't yet gone through the lesson that teaches us what "a" means? Cheers
Hmmm. I think you could say that. Although not always it will be "happening".
"Paryż jest stolicą Francji, a nie Anglii" (Paris is the capital of France, (and) not England)
Well, but surely it won't show you just a contrast between subjects, there has to be something more. So okay, usually actions. Even if they are similar:
"Ona czyta gazetę, a ja książkę" (She is reading a newspaper, and I (am reading) a book".
Ah, okay, I see. Would I be safe to use "a" at all times even when talking about contrasting actions? Just for simplicity's sake until the point when I will start worrying about being completely fluent, or would it be a good idea to make sure I learn it now so that I know it and don't have to worry about it?
Sure. "ten kobieta" makes no grammatical sense. "kobieta" is feminine (obviously), so the right form of "this" is "ta".
"ta kobieta i ten mężczyzna".
Those are anyway just 'interpretations' of the article "the", because it doesn't really have any translation. It's just that often we can understand "the" as "this", and your version is such an interpretation.
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It would be nice if they would teach conjugation directly. I will look it up on my own
Hi, thanks Jellei for your awesome presence in this forum! There has to be a bias for spelling requests not to appear until exposure to the spellings has gone over a threshold. In the case of English->Polish a high threshold! I'm completely OK with spelling it now after a few more days of practice, so I guess my complaint is that it was too soon to be punishing the student when they have such a slim grasp of the sounds, let alone the new symbols! Identical issue with my previous question about jedzą really. Insufficient exposure to warrant punishment or reward guesswork