"just" and "either" in Polish

Hello,

I wanted to know how to express the concepts of "just" and "either" in phrases like these ones, for example:

"I just came back home"
"I just wanted to say [...]"

"It didn't rain but there was no sun either"

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Nie padał deszcz ani nie świeciło słońce

Ja tylko przybywać do domu


Ono nie jest deszcz ale nie jest słońce albo.
I think its something like that.
Why cant you use albo in the last sentence?
Was my translations bad?

because albo means or


yes unfortunately they were not good.

Ok, but my dictionary says either: either....or....albo, so thats where I got that from.
But thank you for correcting me.

when it's either this or that then either can be albo, as in albo to albo tamto. but either itself is ani.

i can tell you used a dictionary to translate these sentences, people should realise that translating things word by word is hardly ever a good idea...

Thank you Justysia


I can appreciate this but Im only learning the last few months, There are certain things I can say and translate when I see a sentence but theres so many ambigious words in Polish that Im going to need it for a while yet.

True, Poor Edward is making an effort, which is to be commended. Ed, are you taking lessons?

I dont get lessons as such, I study books and work on my conversational skills in work then I come home and practice my writing and reading, anything I dont understand from work I ask here and anything I dont understand here I ask in work. I was called a polophile last night which I was rather happy with. Its such an interesting and challenging language its all I do lately.

i'm not telling you to stop using the dictionary lol, please use it by all means. but you must know that it's not all about finding the right translation for words, it's about knowing how to put a correct sentence together. that's where knowledge of the lovely Polish grammar comes handy ;)

It certainly is... keep up the good work.

I wish I did know but there's only 24 hours in a day, I can have a conversation but when I use new words I get a little mixed up in the grammer.

But like I said thanks for the constructive critisism.

that's okay :). are you learning Polish just so chatting up Polish girls gets that little bit easier? lol

Please, if I wanted to go down that road Id just ask someone how to say stuff, thats is where I got an interest in it Im not going to lie, but its just something that I have to do now Im in too far, learnt too much and had a crazy time the last few months. And Im also looking down the road to the advantages of having a second language. Why do you learn it? Or are you Polish?

i'm Polish. i only learn English swear words now lol... if you ask the folk around here, i'm pretty good at it already haha.

Good for you, it shouldn't matter what drives you to learn a new language once you learn a bit everyday, and have fun, at least thats my thesis. :)

Thank you for your replies ;-)