"Naprawiam starą golarkę."
Translation:I am repairing an old shaver.
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Why is "shaver" the first suggested response? Is there any major dialect of English that actually uses that term on a regular basis?
Yes. I use a shaver. It's an electric shaver, but I would almost always just call it a "shaver". Brit. Eng. major enough?
Stright razor= brzytwa https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzytwa
safety razor= maszynka do golenia, (sometimes golarka) https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maszynka_do_golenia
electric razor/shaver = golarka https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golarka
razor blade=żyletka
(this comes from 1 minute google images and wikipedia reaserch)
Yes, but that doesn't really answer my question. I'm asking about their choice of English terms, not Polish terms.
We would definitely say shaver for an electric shaver here in Ireland as well, if that helps.
Czy można używać "naprawiać", na przykład: "I am correcting the test answers" albo coś takiego?
Nie w tym zdaniu. "Naprawiać" to zasadniczo "to fix".
W Twoim zdaniu to będzie "poprawiać": Poprawiam odpowiedzi w testach.
I say razor and I say fixing rather than repairing. That term seems quite formal. Im an East coast natuve english speaking American
That would either be "Dzieci to małe golarki" or "Dzieci są małymi golarkami".
I initially wrote "I repair old shavers" (as if it was a profession or a hobby) and it was rejected in favor of the -ing form. Would the Polish be different if the intent was to express a habitual activity?
The problem here is that you used "shavers" rather than "shaver". The Polish "golarkę" definitely refers to one shaver; "shavers" would be "golarki".
You were then shown the "-ing" form as it is top of the list of correct answers.
It does not work because your "shavers" is plural, but the original sentence uses the singular.