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Rozumiesz - I have a question on Polish language.


Sue5  1 | 1
4 Feb 2014   #1
DzieƄ dobry!
I'm new on here. I'm learning Polish and I'd like to ask a question.
I am not sure how to answer the following question. Am I correct?

***
Don't you understand? - Yes, I understand.
Don't you understand? - No, I don't understand.

And this is my choice.
Nie rozumiesz? - Nie, ja rozumiem. or Tak, ja rozumiem.
Nie rozumiesz? - Nie, nie rozumiem.

***

Could someone please explain to me?
Thank you in advance for the answer :)
gask7  - | 50
4 Feb 2014   #2
It should be like this:

Nie rozumiesz ? Nie, rozumiem,
Nie rozumiesz ? Tak, nie rozumiem.

My English teacher told me, they ( English speakers ) don't have double negations.
But in Polish we have.
Kowalski  7 | 621
4 Feb 2014   #3
Don't you understand? - Yes, I understand.
Don't you understand? - No, I don't understand.

And this is my choice.
Nie rozumiesz? - Nie, ja rozumiem. - this is fine. Probably it should be written: Nie. Ja rozumiem.
or Tak, ja rozumiem. It should only go as: Tak.(...) Ja rozumiem.

Nie rozumiesz? - Nie, nie rozumiem. - ok here
OP Sue5  1 | 1
4 Feb 2014   #4
I understood! Thank you very much :)
pawian  219 | 24635
6 Jan 2021   #5
Nie rozumiesz? - Nie, nie rozumiem.

Sometimes, to sound funny or ironic, people use Czech: Ne hozumim.
Alien
7 Jan 2021   #6
Rozumiesz? - rozumiem
Rozumiesz? - nie rozumiem
Nie rozumiesz? - nie, nie rozumiem / nie rozumiem
Nie rozumiesz? - rozumiem
But: nie nie, rozumiem means rozumiem
pawian  219 | 24635
7 Jan 2021   #7
But: nie nie, rozumiem means rozumiem

Yes, it looks funny in writing when one comma changes the meaning. But in speaking you use a different stress and pausing, so it is obvious what you want to convey.
Ron2
29 Aug 2024   #8
It could be funny and absolutely Polish could be confusing:
Rozumiesz, tak? Nie, nie rozumiem.
pawian  219 | 24635
29 Aug 2024   #9
Nie, nie rozumiem

That`s Anglisized Polish. In real Polish this part of the utterance would sound: Tak, nie rozumiem.
Ron2
29 Aug 2024   #10
I've been using "nie, nie rozumiem" thousands of times in Poland and I'm sure it's still being used this way. "Tak, nie rozumiem" may be even more confusing, even though logically correct. Anyway, native Poles would clearly understand both versions without dwelling on that.
pawian  219 | 24635
29 Aug 2024   #11
native Poles would clearly understand both versions

Exactly!! I only pointed to a prevailing tendency in the language which I use myself as a native Poless. :):):)


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