"Jestem na wschodzie a moje dzieci są na zachodzie."

Translation: I am in the east and my children are in the west.

[emmacuvox.]

This is what a mother in the DDR said before 1998

[Tanja-m92]

98? I guess you switched the digits? But true, it's sad

[madisonasbury12]

throwback to pre-1989 germany

[joruki]

why is and "a" instead of "i" here?

[Jellei]

"a" is the "and" that shows contrast.

[eannaoc]

"I am to the east while my children are to the west"

[Jellei]

OK, I think that can work, added.

[GP62HE]

I go to the east, or I am in the east. Or you could be to the east of somewhere.

[Jellei]

We decided that it can be known in the context what I am referring to, to the east of what I am.

[Joe19902]

"I am in the east whereas my children are in the west" was not accepted. In my opinion, "whereas" conveys the true meaning of the sentence far more accurately than "and".

[alik1989]

A very unfortunate oversight. Added now.

[Krzysztof102]

Why is this already completed?

[Jellei]

You got an exercise on the app where you didn't have to do anything? Geez, again? It happens every few months, they usually fix it quickly.

[EmmaEmmusia]

I wrote - I'm at East and my children are at West - why isn't that correct?

[alik1989]

Pownieważ tak się nie mówi po angielsku.

[deactivated user]

I tried 'I am in the east while my children are in the west'. This was marked as wrong because I used 'while' to translate 'a'. Is this wrong?

[Jellei]

Makes perfect sense to me, added.

[DorothyRoholt]

"Na" was translated as "on", but when I wrote "I am on the east and my children are on the west:, which is a common way of speaking about location. I think it should also be added to the correct responses. My response was said to be wrong.

[BenYoung84]

We do not say "on the east" or "on the west" in English.

[Henry300549]

Why wschodzie and zachodzie instead of wschod zachod

[Jellei]

Because the preposition "na" takes Locative.

[Henry300549]

Dzieki

[Jacob_Hiscock]

What about "I am east and my children are west."

[Jellei]

I don't believe it's okay to just say "east" and "west" without any prepositions and articles.

[Jacob_Hiscock]

I looked it up, and while that sentence is technically valid (using "east" and "west" as adverbs) it implies something different in standard English. Unfortunately for me, I do not speak a standard English dialect, but for consideration on the majority of users it is probably better to leave that one out. So never mind.

[SergejStar3]

I know how is this possible and the children are near their parents: their house is on the Pacific ocean
On an island wich on a map is east and west