Lyzko 14 Apr 2012 #31....hence making Polish almost seem a pleasure by comparison (...well, uh-, not really) ^^
noreenb 7 | 548 14 Apr 2012 #32Is Lyżko nice or not?, Did I peel the potatoes. I yes, I did.Did I come back here, Yes, I did.Why I don't know becuase I like grammar soso without lol.i will start soon to write grammar poems.i blame you, Polish grammar, for a late dinner.
Nightglade 7 | 97 14 Apr 2012 #33i will start soon to write grammar poems.Now there's an idea for the class-room.
strzyga 2 | 990 14 Apr 2012 #34So, just to sum it all up:the Dative construction pertains to the feelings/sensation of the subject.Dziewczynce (Dat.) jest zimno - she feels cold.In a very convoluted attempt to translate it literally, that would be: To whom it feels cold? To the girl - dziewczynce - hence DativeThe Nominative construction pertains to the feelings/sensations of others, the point of reference is on the outside.Mężczyzna jest ciepły - feels warm to the touch.Dziewczyna jest zimna. (Note that the ending of the Adj. must be in agreement with the gender of the noun)."On jest Mężczyźna" - On jest mężczyzną"Ten mężczyźna jest nauczyciel" - Ten mężczyzna jest nauczycielem"Ten mężczyżna jest dobrym nauczycielem" - mężczyzna quote][quote=Nightglade]And does that only apply to animate nouns, or do you have to use instrumental for inanimate objects too?Usually animate nouns, as the subject must be able to feel anything :) unless you want to use personification and say, for example, "my wallet is sad... so empty" :)
Chleb 1 | 25 14 Apr 2012 #35I'm going to start learning Polish in the summer after my exams.It looks really confusing! lol
noreenb 7 | 548 14 Apr 2012 #36Strzyga: congrats, I wish at had I teacher like you. Perfect explanation. You can be a good candidate for studing Polish, or did you study it?
Lyzko 14 Apr 2012 #37Don't throw in the towel quite yet there, Chlebie, ol' man! It's a hurdle, but scarcely an insurmountable one. Remember, ONE step at a time!!! And the latter will be, resp. become your greatest ally of all; don't EVER rush with Polish. Every sound, word, ending.. is something new. As I said, I was already married with a family by the time I first started learning (..and probably will never stop!!!) and yet somehow, I MADE the time and allowed for almost monastic dedication when I wasn't juggling everything else in my life:-)Just hang in there!
strzyga 2 | 990 14 Apr 2012 #38Strzyga: congrats, I wish at had I teacher like you. Perfect explanation. You can be a good candidate for studing Polish, or did you study it?thanks, noreenb. I'm Polish :)
Lyzko 14 Apr 2012 #39?? NoreenB! Przepraszam, ale czy może znaczysz "...candidate for STUDYING Polish...." [or..... TEACHING..?], since, if I'm not totally mistaken, depending upon the context, "nauczyć"/"nauczyć się" can mean both "learn" as well as "teach", yes?
Chleb 1 | 25 14 Apr 2012 #40I will never throw in the towel, as long as bread remains chleb.I'm unable to really start yet due to my exams in a few weeks; but after that, I've got a whole summer of doing nothing! :) I'll make a journey to the book shop to buy a Polish learning book.
Nightglade 7 | 97 14 Apr 2012 #42?? NoreenB! Przepraszam, ale czy może znaczysz "...candidate for STUDYING Polish...." [or..... TEACHING..?], since, if I'm not totally mistaken, depending upon the context, "nauczyć"/"nauczyć się" can mean both "learn" as well as "teach", yes?Uczę się [języka] polskiego. - I'm learning PolishUczę [języka] angielskiego - I'm teaching EnglishJestem nauczycielem języka angielskiego - I am a teacher of EnglishMuszę nauczyć się języka angielskiego - I must learn EnglishMuszę uczyć się języka angielskiego - I must teach EnglishNot sure if it helps, but I think these are correct.
pgtx 29 | 3094 14 Apr 2012 #43"Muszę nauczyć się języka angielskiego - I must learn EnglishMuszę uczyć się języka angielskiego - I must teach English"Incorrect. Both sentences are with "learn".I must teach Enchlish - Musze uczyc angielskiego.
Nightglade 7 | 97 14 Apr 2012 #44pgtxYes sorry, I didn't mean to add the reflexive 'się' to "Muszę uczyć języka angislskiego" for I must teach ENglishBut it's not correct to say "Muszę nauczyć się języka angielskiego" for "I must learn English" ? It needs to also be "Muszę uczyć się angielskiego"? In this case 'nauczyć' is always 'learn' and never 'teach'?
noreenb 7 | 548 14 Apr 2012 #45Strzyga, you are I think a translator or teacher because your comments about Polish language were always amazingly good for me. Am I right?Candidate, I didn't mean to offend anybody, just somebody like Strzyga has a natural talent for explaining meanders of both fascinating and wonderful my native grammar.Lyzko I learn -Uczę się (ja). I learn myself.I teach somebody, so: Uczę kogoś.I teach who? what? Kogo?, co? (Biernik - B case) I teach Nancy. I teach her. i teach you. Uczę ciebie, and so on.After dinner, (I had a delicious fish) welcome Polish grammar.:)
a.k. 14 Apr 2012 #46I'd like to add that this problem was already talked over at least 2 times, in threads:'lubię, lubisz' - Infinitive (post #68)Need some Polish language help.....with a twist! (post # 27)In those threads I was talking about the construction jest mi zimno because it was the problematic sentence which some user had brought up, but of course the same applies here :)Mężczyźnie jest zimnoCzy jest mu zimno?Komu jest zimno?Jemu jest zimno.ryanb wrote:Mężczyźnie jest zimno.is plural ("(the) men are cold")wrong. It's singular. Plural form would be:Mężczyznom jest zimno.
noreenb 7 | 548 14 Apr 2012 #47We can also go into specific questions like:Dlaczego jest im zimno?Kiedy mężczyznom jest zimno?Od kiedy mężczyznom jest zimno.Gdzie jest im zimno?Kiedy będzie im ciepło?
a.k. 14 Apr 2012 #48But it's not correct to say "Muszę nauczyć się języka angielskiego" for "I must learn English" ?It's correct.In this case 'nauczyć' is always 'learn' and never 'teach'?No, no. It's not about that.Uczyć się - learn (myself)Nauczyć się - learn (myself)Uczyć (kogoś) - teach (somebody)Nauczyć (kogoś) - teach (somebody)To learn what is the difference between uczyć and nauczyć you must read a bit about czasowniki dokonane (verbs of finished action = perfective) and niedokonane (verbs of unfinished action = imperfective)There was already an extensive thread about it:Help me understand Polish imperfective vs perfective verbs?I also recommend to read the wikipedia entries about imperfective and perfective aspects of verbs.
strzyga 2 | 990 14 Apr 2012 #49Am I right?yes you are... still, expressions like "predicative sentence" or "zdanie orzecznikowe" make me scared. A bit of simple logic goes a long way though.I'd like to add that this problem was already talked over at least 2 times, in threads:Indeed it was. But, as they say, there's never too much of a good thing...
NorthMancPolak 4 | 642 14 Apr 2012 #50wrong. It's singular.Correct/corrected :((reminds self to not read translation threads when I've just woken up :( ).
Lyzko 14 Apr 2012 #51"I learn BY myself""You learn BY yourself" etc..I presume this is what was meant, am I right?
Lyzko 14 Apr 2012 #52... or even "I TEACH myself..", meaning "I'm learning.......by myself/on my own"???Not trying to be intentionally difficult, only that sometimes when native Polish speakers translate from Polish (depsite their often excellent English explanations, i.e. Strzyga's, occasionally something gets lost! On the other hand, were I to translate my English-language explanations INTO Polish, I'm sure things might be off as well:-)
a.k. 14 Apr 2012 #53... or even "I TEACH myself..", meaning "I'm learning.......by myself/on my own"???"I learn BY myself""You learn BY yourself" etc..learn (myself)Does it really matter?
Zorro 15 Apr 2012 #54"Uczyc" puts you in the role of a teacher, whereas "uczyć się" will always put you in the role of a learner. "Uczę się angielskiego" may both mean that I learn English by myself or that I attend English language classes as a learner.Isn't there a little, subtle difference between "I learn English myself" and "I learn English by myself"?Marry: - You don't even know how difficult English is!Paul: - But I do! I learn English myself! [And he doesn't necessarily learn by himself, he attends English language classes to learn the language.]
Lyzko 15 Apr 2012 #55a.k., Zorro's A-number one right on!!! Naturally it makes a "difference" and a BIG one:-)How come WE all must be sooooo precise when speaking any one of a number of European languages, but YOU (not "you a.k., but "you" generically) can be as imprecise and downright sloppy as you wish when speaking the language of Shakespeare??Do I sense a bit of a double standard here?
musicwriter 5 | 87 16 Apr 2012 #56Another aspect of English that raises eyebrows is the pronunciation of vowels the American Way or the British Way. When I was a tourist in Poland in 1999 our group stopped for a couple hours at Biskupin which has a re-constructed fort that mimics the one built by the Lusatians ca 550 BC. By coincidence, Biskupin village was the birthplace of my paternal grandmother in 1869.At the fort, I met an archaeologist that was on the faculty of Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza in Poznań. He showed me some examples of native Polish flint. One in particular, krzemionki opatówskie, is banded (has grey and white bands running through it). He pronounced it like "bonded", which is probably the way the Brits say it. Maybe he studied English in the UK, I'm not sure. Here in America, "band" rhymes with "sand" , "hand", command". But the word "bond" means to stick with or adhere to something (like glue),
OP ryanb 24 | 23 16 Apr 2012 #57Wow- leave a thread alone for a few days and watch it grow to astronomical proportions!Thanks for the discussion. I think this pretty well answered my question:Dziewczyna jest zimna. (Note that the ending of the Adj. must be in agreement with the gender of the noun).It turns out I didn't recognize it because dative is not one of the cases I have studied so far. Now I know. Thank you.
Zorro 17 Apr 2012 #58Without making the thread grow to astronomical proportions, I can only add that the case of Dative is well known to the native English speakers.I gave him (komu? - mu/jemu) the bookI gave them (komu? - im) the book.
Lyzko 18 Apr 2012 #59Only in Modern English anyway, we no longer have inflectional indications used as case markers the way there are in Polish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic and the like:-) In English, "him" NEVER changes through morphological permutations such as "mu", "niego", "nim" etc....
rozumiemnic 8 | 3841 18 Apr 2012 #60In English, "him" NEVER changes through morphological permutations such as "mu", "niego", "nim" etc....umm...unless it is HE, HIS, or HIMSELF?really Lyzko for someone who claims to be a linguist you have remarkably little language awareness.....