"Jeden cukierek, dwa cukierki"

Translation: One candy, two candies

[smartpupa]

candy = lolly ?? (in Australia anyway)

[immery]

I don't know how it works in Australia, but what google image shows me is not "cukierek" but "lizak" ( a kind of sweets that is on the stick)

[mihxal]

Look at synonyms: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/candy

[Euhan1]

Yes. That is what they say in Australia as can be heard in their national anthem "Do You ❤❤❤❤ on First Dates?"

[BenYoung84]

I've reported it. Clearly it should be accepted.

[zagadka314]

"One piece of candy, two pieces of candy" should be accepted because candy is an uncountable noun in that case. Though this could also be interpreted in the countable form, in which case the suggested translation also works and means: One kind of candy and two kinds of candy.

(edited slightly to add some detail)

[mihxal]

But it is countable:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/candy

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/candy

[Jellei]

OK, added.

[KornDog513]

I don't like to agree with Randall but I would never say "candies."

[bergbever]

Is sweeties a good translation? (UK)

[Deesun7376]

Sweeties is what a child would say or maybe an adult addressing a child.

[Jellei]

I don't really like it, because it seems too wide, but on the other hand, 'sweets' was accepted already, so okay.

[veridiandrade]

Is 'cukierka' a declension of cukierek?

[Jellei]

Yes, Genitive or Accusative singular.

[OldManSteve]

Lolly is the same as candy here in new Zealand. Only children growing up watching American TV would say candy.

[va-diim]

In Ukrainian: odna cukerka, dwi cukerky

[Tim62192]

In another exercise it was "jedna gęś, dwie gęsi". What makes it "jedna/dwie" sometimes and "jeden/dwa" another?

[Jellei]

The numerals 1 and 2 actually undergo declension trough grammatical gender. "cukierek" is a masculine noun so it takes the basic forms "jeden" and "dwa", "gęś" is a feminine noun so it takes the feminine forms "jedna" and "dwie".

See here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jeden#Numeral_3 and here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dwa#Polish

[Tim62192]

aaaaaah! Thank you!

[CameronSne5]

You cannot have a single candy - in English, "candy" is a mass noun and already describes a group of sweets (hence why you can't have "candies"). You can have a piece of candy, or three pieces of candy.