"Kupuję połowę jabłek."

Translation: I am buying half of the apples.

[arcword]

Why sometimes pół and sometimes połowa? Another sentence used "pół jabłka"

[Jellei]

Both are correct: "pół jabłka", "połowa jabłka". It's the difference between "half an apple" and "a half of an apple", I'd say.

You have something different here: "połowa jabłek" - "half of the apples" (half of the apples they had in the store, probably). "Pół jabłek" would be wrong.

[KornDog513]

Is połowa a different case or a different word with the same... root word?

[Jellei]

Different words, even different parts of speech. "połowa" is just a noun, but "pół" is a numeral.

[Glyn617152]

I think the English translation sounds a bit colloquial here by clipping the sentence and omitting the word 'of'. I would probably say 'I am buying half OF the apples' here. I know we readily omit small words and connectives in everyday speech but I probably wouldn't in this case.

[Jellei]

Your sentence is the main translation, actually.

[HelbentForleder]

I am relieved! I thought the sentence was: Kupuję pół jablka. And that seemed pretty twisted. Poor dude!

[samrooney]

Why not "i am buying half apples" as in i am buying apples that have already been cut in half?

[Jellei]

Then you would have to make the noun for "a half" plural as well, so "połowy" jabłek. Or "połówki" jabłek, this would sound better to me.

[ChiajkeWrzajk]

Why isn't "I am buying a half of the apples" accepted as a correct variant?

[Jellei]

I asked, and got the answer: "A half [implied: pint] of beer, yes, but not a half of something countable and plural."

[Henry990853]

Is it me, or does the narrator mispronounce the word "apple?"

[Jellei]

It sounds fine in my opinion, for both voices.

[SpiritRui]

how do you say "I am buying half of an apple." ?

[Jellei]

"pół jabłka" or "połowę jabłka".

[VFNjA]

Połowę to jakaś forma od połowa? Jak ona rozwija się?

[Jellei]

Jak ona się rozwija? O tak: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/po%C5%82owa#Declension :)

[xxab]

Dlaczego "the apples", a nie po prostu "apples"?

[Jellei]

Żebyśmy mogli 'kupić połowę jabłek', najpierw musi być dostępna jakaś konkretna ilość jabłek (a więc 'konkretne jabłka, o te, w tamtej skrzyni'), z której następnie kupimy połowę.

[xxab]

Dziękuję!