"Naprawiam starą golarkę."

Translation: I am repairing an old shaver.

[coffeyj]

We would definitely say shaver for an electric shaver here in Ireland as well, if that helps.

[Zauber32]

Why is "shaver" the first suggested response? Is there any major dialect of English that actually uses that term on a regular basis?

[JerryMcCarthy99]

Yes. I use a shaver. It's an electric shaver, but I would almost always just call it a "shaver". Brit. Eng. major enough?

[immery]

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)

[Zauber32]

Yes, but that doesn't really answer my question. I'm asking about their choice of English terms, not Polish terms.

[wiktorka234]

Czy można używać "naprawiać", na przykład: "I am correcting the test answers" albo coś takiego?

[Jellei]

Nie w tym zdaniu. "Naprawiać" to zasadniczo "to fix".

W Twoim zdaniu to będzie "poprawiać": Poprawiam odpowiedzi w testach.

[wiktorka234]

Dziękuję za odpowiedź

[Matthew_Phelps]

At least in my English dialect we say "razor".

[eannaoc]

A razor would be a manual, non-electric one, a shaver is generally electric

[Jellei]

Sure, it works. I would also go with 'razor' myself.

[HelbentForleder]

Shaver sounds like a kid word.

[obado]

No - my kids don't shave

[MarkKulka]

Dzieci są małe golarki.

[Jellei]

That would either be "Dzieci to małe golarki" or "Dzieci są małymi golarkami".

[pdamerval]

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?

[JerryMcCarthy99]

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.

[Thierry835984]

I just had to try, "I am putting the old shaver right". "To put right" would be a great mnemonic to equate with "Naprawić". But my answer was rejected.