New member trying Rosetta. Having trouble differentiating when to use swoją/swoje as opposed to swoim/swoimi? Can anyone help? Thanks!
Swoje/Swoja versus Swoim/swoimi
It's difficult to explain just in few words. They are different cases of 'swój' and the ordinary rules of noun/adjective declination apply to them.
You must learn about polish grammar cases system to understand it properly.
Cinek
You must learn about polish grammar cases system to understand it properly.
Cinek
Lyzko
8 Jun 2013 / #3
Ona idzie na spacer ze SWOIM synem. = She's taking a walk with HER son.
Ona idzie na spacer z jej synem. = She's taking walk with her, i.e some other woman's, son.
Pan ma SWOJE gazety w biurze, nieprawda? = You have YOUR (own) newspapers in the office, isn't that so?
Ewa przyniósła SWOJĄ książkę.....= Eve brought HER book........ (as opposed to somebody else's!)
Ojciec idzie na spacer ze SWOIMI córkami. = The father is taking a walk with HIS daughters.
In Polish, "swój-" usually refers to one's own.
Ona idzie na spacer z jej synem. = She's taking walk with her, i.e some other woman's, son.
Pan ma SWOJE gazety w biurze, nieprawda? = You have YOUR (own) newspapers in the office, isn't that so?
Ewa przyniósła SWOJĄ książkę.....= Eve brought HER book........ (as opposed to somebody else's!)
Ojciec idzie na spacer ze SWOIMI córkami. = The father is taking a walk with HIS daughters.
In Polish, "swój-" usually refers to one's own.
Lyzko
9 Jun 2013 / #4
Widzę PANA gazetę. = I see your (singular polite!) paper. "SWOJĄ" would be wrong in this sentence, as the use of "your" is not reflexive here:-) In the above example, "Pan ma.....", the subject "pan" is referring to "his own", whereas in "Widzę pana.....", I'm an outsider looking inside, not the other way round.
Understand now?
PS
A number of other languages have this idea of "someone's" (else's) vs. "someone's OWN"! Danish and Swedish as well as Russian make this distinction also.
Understand now?
PS
A number of other languages have this idea of "someone's" (else's) vs. "someone's OWN"! Danish and Swedish as well as Russian make this distinction also.