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arnaud   
31 May 2008
Language / The usage of: oboje, obaj, oba, obie [16]

I understand when to use obaj, oba, obie but I have trouble with oboje. The Słownik PWN claims oboje is only used for persons ("używany wyłącznie w odniesieniu do dwu osób różnej płci i do dwojga dzieci"), but then again one says "oboje drzwi" and not "obie/oba drzwi". What's the rule?

Thanks,
Arnaud
arnaud   
1 Jun 2008
Language / The usage of: oboje, obaj, oba, obie [16]

Well yes, that's what the dictionary says, but in the "drzwi" case, there are neither a man and a woman, nor children.
arnaud   
8 May 2011
Language / Państwo macie ..., pan masz ... [5]

Hi,

I've heard native speakers use the second person together with pan/państwo, which sounds very odd to me. My impression is that using państwo together with a verb in the second person (plural) is an acceptable semi-formal form of address (I often heard it in PRL-era movies), whereas using pan/pani with the second person (singular) is really wrong and evokes poor education. However, both usages seem grammatically wrong to me.

Could some native speaker clarify this?

Thanks,
Arnaud
arnaud   
23 Mar 2013
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1033]

[Moved from]: How to say "both"

To the question "Czy mówię za cicho czy niewyraźnie?", I would like to answer "both". Is there any way to say that in Polish?