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The word KOLEGA


TO JEST SUSAN  1 | -  
15 Oct 2007 /  #1
The word KOLEGA (friend). Can it only be changed 2 ways? KOLEGA male and KOLEGI general ?

Thanks in advance
saddened  - | 63  
15 Oct 2007 /  #2
KOLEZANKA girlfriend
glowa  1 | 291  
15 Oct 2007 /  #3
koledzy - frends (guys, boys)
znajomi - friends, people you know, general both sexes (znajomy (m), znajoma (f))
koleżanki - friends (girls)
koleżanka - girlfriend indeed but in the sense of a friend who is a girl (not a girl you go out with)
diewczyna - this means girlfriend as in one who you go out with, or it also simply means 'a girl' (context plays a role)

i guess it's more than enough.
Marek  4 | 867  
15 Oct 2007 /  #4
"Kolega" is a masculine animate noun in Polish with a feminine "a" ending, which takes irregular article declensional endings; feminine noun endings, masculine adjective endings, e.g. "Widze tego innego kolegi." = I see that other colleague/co-worker/friend from work etc. It can be a little complicated in the beginning, so I'll spare you the whole dog and pony show here.

"Kolezanka" is female colleague, declined as all feminine nouns of that class, e.g. ksiazka, matka, siatka etc..

Marek
glowa  1 | 291  
15 Oct 2007 /  #5
"Widze tego innego kolegi." = I see that other

widzę innego kolegę
nie widzę innego kolegi
Marek  4 | 867  
15 Oct 2007 /  #6
Dzieki, Glowo!!
Marek
saddened  - | 63  
15 Oct 2007 /  #7
kolezenstwo would be a comradeship
Michal  - | 1865  
16 Oct 2007 /  #8
male and KOLEGI general ?

kolegi also exists, na przyklad, prezent od mojego kolegi, therefore kolegi would be the genitive masculine singular case. You can not say widze innego kolegi but I suppose you could say nie widze innego kolegi in the negative or mam tylko jednego kolegi.
saddened  - | 63  
16 Oct 2007 /  #9
kolendnicy carrol singers alittle out of place maybe?

oh boy thats terrible i cant believe i said that?
blyskawiczy  
10 Nov 2007 /  #10
mam tylko jednego kolegę
gruba ryba  
10 Nov 2007 /  #11
blyskawiczny jeżeli chcesz pisać prawdę proszę ciebie zebyś zmieniał twój username

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