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It reminds me of the Polish phrasing "masz racje", literally "you have right", as compared to the English "you are right".
by Sosh101 5y ago
It reminds me of the Polish phrasing "masz racje", literally "you have right", as compared to the English "you are right".
- ithinkso 5y agoOn the other hand, 'you have right' translated literally to polish is 'masz prawo' which is exactly what 'you have right' means. I think 'masz racje' -> 'you have correct' -> 'you are correct' would be a better way to show the difference. And the longer I think about the word 'racja' the less I'm confident I'm able to explain precisely what it means using english. I guess that's part of the fun of learning other languages, I will never understand articles in english and I made peace with it. Now I'm also learning spanish and subjuntivos drives me nuts but spanish and polish grammar are surprisingly similar (waaay closer than both are to english)
- mid 5y agoTo me 'masz racje' is somewhat between 'you are correct' and 'makes sense'
- ggambetta 5y agoThe Spanish version, literally translated, is "you have reason" :)