"The old bear eats tasty meat."

Translation: Stary niedźwiedź je smaczne mięso.

[dpmusic85]

The terrifying conclusion to the children's rhyme Stary niedźwiedź mocno śpi...

[JedenPolska]

Do Polish gay men also subdivide into types (bears, otters, etc.)?

[Joridiy]

I guess they do.

[Joridiy]

I guess they do. The bear movement is in most of Europe and Poland is near Germany.

[pablosuau]

Why can't I use 'ten' at the beginning?

ten stary niedźwiedż je smaczne mięso

That was marked as an error...

[VarHyid]

Because that would mean "THIS old bear eats tasty meat".

• This old bear = Ten stary niedźwiedź
• That old bear = Tamten stary niedźwiedź
• The/an old bear = Stary niedźwiedź

[Jellei]

Firstly, of course, VarHyid is right, technically there's nothing in the original sentence to mean "ten", as there's only "the".

However, while I personally don't love it, we do usually accept "ten" for "the" in such contexts. So I am going to add it. But please take a note that such usage is a bit of an interpretation, and it does in fact mean "this".

[pablosuau]

Thank you for your answers, to both of you. I got somehow confused and thought that you also used then/ta/to for "the".

[Tomy0567143]

Stary niedźwiedź mocno śpi