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It's quite common to write in asexual form, like 'Wygrana!'. Also there are a lot more pitfalls regarding slavic languages, for example in polish, there are fe

It's quite common to write in asexual form, like 'Wygrana!'. Also there are a lot more pitfalls regarding slavic languages, for example in polish, there are few plural forms (2 users, 8 users = 2 użytkownicy, 8 użytkowników, etc).

mootothemax 14y ago
It's quite common to write in asexual form, like 'Wygrana!'. Isn't "Wygrana" just the noun, rather than a verb? So the nearest equivalent in English would be "Win!" rather than "You Won"? When you first mentioned "asexual form," I was thinking something like "Wygrało," but "It Won!" sounds a bit impersonal to me. Not sure whether that's better or worse than assuming the reader's male. Also there are a lot more pitfalls regarding slavic languages, for example in polish, there are few plural forms That's an incredibly fun one. If it ends in 2, 3 or 4 and isn't 12, 13 or 14, you use the nominative plural ending, otherwise the genitive plural ending. At least... I think that's for nouns in nominative and accusative cases, right? My head quickly starts spinning when I think about these.
- ajuc 14y ago
  "Wygrało" would be incorrect (it should be "Wygrałoś" in this case, and even then it's only grammaticaly correct if you communicate with small kid, and sounds very weird even then). You can also say this using "person" - "Osobo używająca ten program - wygrałaś" ("To person, who is using this software - you have won"), "Osoba" is always female, and can mean anybody. But this is very formal and weird, too.
  - mootothemax 14y ago
    Wygrałoś Wow, that's a completely new form to me! Do you know any examples of where I can find it - or even a description - as my usual online sources are failing me :) I like your word-hack using Osoba! I'm loving learning Polish, it's a real eye-opener about how languages can work.
    - ajuc 14y ago
      "Wygrałoś" (You-neutral have won) is made from "wygrało" (It have won) in the same way "wygrałaś"(You-female have won) is made from "wygrała"(She have won), or "Wygrałeś"(You-male have won) is made from "wygrał"(he have won). In Polish kid is neutral gender, so you theorethically could use "wygrałoś" when speaking with a kid. But nobody uses that, so it sounds strange ven for native speakers. I don't remember ever hearing it.
      - mootothemax 14y ago
        But nobody uses that, so it sounds strange ven for native speakers. I don't remember ever hearing it. Heh, I was just curious as I hadn't seen that form anywhere :) That said, the Polish Wiktionary wygrać entry (http://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/wygra%C4%87 http://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/wygra%C4%87) lists it and a couple of other new-to-me ones as "forma potencjalna", so I guess it's possible in theory, but as you say, just not used.
  - ajuc 14y ago
    And obviously I declined "program" wrong, should be: "Osobo używająca tego programu - wygrałaś".

mootothemax 14y ago

It's quite common to write in asexual form, like 'Wygrana!'. Isn't "Wygrana" just the noun, rather than a verb? So the nearest equivalent in English would be "Win!" rather than "You Won"? When you first mentioned "asexual form," I was thinking something like "Wygrało," but "It Won!" sounds a bit impersonal to me. Not sure whether that's better or worse than assuming the reader's male. Also there are a lot more pitfalls regarding slavic languages, for example in polish, there are few plural forms That's an incredibly fun one. If it ends in 2, 3 or 4 and isn't 12, 13 or 14, you use the nominative plural ending, otherwise the genitive plural ending. At least... I think that's for nouns in nominative and accusative cases, right? My head quickly starts spinning when I think about these.

ajuc 14y ago
"Wygrało" would be incorrect (it should be "Wygrałoś" in this case, and even then it's only grammaticaly correct if you communicate with small kid, and sounds very weird even then). You can also say this using "person" - "Osobo używająca ten program - wygrałaś" ("To person, who is using this software - you have won"), "Osoba" is always female, and can mean anybody. But this is very formal and weird, too.
- mootothemax 14y ago
  Wygrałoś Wow, that's a completely new form to me! Do you know any examples of where I can find it - or even a description - as my usual online sources are failing me :) I like your word-hack using Osoba! I'm loving learning Polish, it's a real eye-opener about how languages can work.
  - ajuc 14y ago
    "Wygrałoś" (You-neutral have won) is made from "wygrało" (It have won) in the same way "wygrałaś"(You-female have won) is made from "wygrała"(She have won), or "Wygrałeś"(You-male have won) is made from "wygrał"(he have won). In Polish kid is neutral gender, so you theorethically could use "wygrałoś" when speaking with a kid. But nobody uses that, so it sounds strange ven for native speakers. I don't remember ever hearing it.
    - mootothemax 14y ago
      But nobody uses that, so it sounds strange ven for native speakers. I don't remember ever hearing it. Heh, I was just curious as I hadn't seen that form anywhere :) That said, the Polish Wiktionary wygrać entry (http://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/wygra%C4%87 http://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/wygra%C4%87) lists it and a couple of other new-to-me ones as "forma potencjalna", so I guess it's possible in theory, but as you say, just not used.
- ajuc 14y ago
  And obviously I declined "program" wrong, should be: "Osobo używająca tego programu - wygrałaś".