TAK, ABY

Mala_Elf 13 | 17

18 Jan 2009 / #1

Here is a sentence in Polish

"żyj tak, aby był to twój ostatni dzień".

I thought that it should be, "tak jakby" instead of "tak, aby"

Could anyone please tell me, if "tak, aby" can mean the same as "tak jakby"?

JustysiaS 13 | 2235

18 Jan 2009 / #2

i'm pretty sure that there should be 'tak jakby' in there instead of 'tak aby'. let me explain what the difference is:

zyj tak, aby byl to twoj ostatni dzien - live [your life] so that it's your last day = no sense
zyj tak, jakby byl to twoj ostatni dzien - live [your life] as if it was your last day

they are two different things.

tak aby - so that
tak jakby - as if, kind of, like etc.

peter_olsztyn 6 | 1082

18 Jan 2009 / #3

I thought that it should be, "tak jakby" instead of "tak, aby"

You're right

Could anyone please tell me, if "tak, aby" can mean the same as "tak jakby"?

It doesn't mean the same.

Grzegorz_ 51 | 6138

18 Jan 2009 / #4

I thought that it should be, "tak jakby"

Yep. Most probably It should be tak jakby.