"She is a bad person."
Translation:Ona jest złym człowiekiem.
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Why is "człowiekiem" used for "person" and not "osobą"? If "człowiekiem" is usually used for 'human", and "osobą" is usually used for "person", how does one know when to use the other?
Well, they do mean exactly what you wrote, but the issue is more complicated. Generally, "osoba" seems to be used a lot less often in Polish than "person" is in English. I wrote everything that came to my mind about this issue here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/19428542
But actually, it suits this sentence perfectly okay and is accepted: "Ona jest złą osobą".
That's really strange, it's definitely on our list of accepted answers.
Even the suggestion when you mouse over the word gives "osobą."
I changed the hints a bit, so "złym człowiekiem" (and "zły człowiek") will show on top, as there is no 1:1 equivalence between the translations. However, "złą osobą" is also a correct, accepted answer.
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I'm not answering your question, but człowiek is a masculine noun, so it would be zły człowiek if your sentence works.
True. Thanks. I feminized the adjective thinking of "Ona" when the adjective is for "człowiek".
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I'm curious about the answer to your question as well. The Russian version of this, "Ona eto plochoj cielowiek," sounds bad even if it's not necessarily wrong.
It's the same in Polish. It may be grammatical, but hardly anyone would say that. "Pronoun + to" is not accepted anywhere in this course.
Well, if you read my comment from a week ago, you will see that "pronoun + to" isn't accepted anywhere.
And "mała" means little, small.
