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"I have one apple" = "Mam jedno jabłko" vs "I don't have apple" = "Nie mam jednego jabłka" Heh, this one of my favourite rules to show off with, as it appears
by mootothemax 14y ago
"I have one apple" = "Mam jedno jabłko" vs "I don't have apple" = "Nie mam jednego jabłka"
Heh, this one of my favourite rules to show off with, as it appears more complicated than it is. If you're negating a sentence with this structure, you always use the genitive case, hence jednego jabłka. Or, as I was briefly annoyed to be told this lunchtime, nie ma żadnego makaronu. (Although maybe my memory's already failing me - would it be żadnych makaronów?)
Nobody expects software to get it right.
But it'd feel so good to get it right! :)
(one of these days, I will manage to decline a sentence of more than five words correctly!)
- dhucerbin 14y agoIt depends on the meaning of makaron ;) "Spaghetti with meatballs, please" -> nie ma (już) makaronu, because makaron is uncountable here. "Do you have spaghetti or farfalle?" -> nie ma żadnego makaronu. Here makaron is countable as types of pasta. I'would be glad to answer any questions about Polish language. My Polish is far better than my English, as you see.