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I play guitar and bass


Crazy ToadThreads: 9
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Czesc,
This is my first time on a polish forum. Im learning polish a little each day and soon Il post a bit about myself. I was just wondering how I would say "I play guitar and bass" in Polish. Im trying to build up my vocabulary of things to say about myself.
Dziekuje Bardzo!
Jamie
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Crazy Toad:
I play guitar and bass"

Gram na gitarze i basie.
axidThreads: -
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Joined: Jun 28, 09 		Edited by: axid   Jun 29, 09, 00:15 /  #
Gram na gitarze i na basie.
if you are asked to help somebody,
at least use proper grammar structures, please.
if you say gram na gitarze i basie
that would suggest that you do that simultaneously
or that the name of the instrument is gitara i bas.

Jamie, just to let you know -
"bas" is a colloquial, spoken language, just like "bass".
the full name would be gitara basowa = bass guitar.
so the formal translation would be
gram na gitarze i/oraz na gitarze basowej.
you can use "bass" though.

good luck with Polish ;]
Crazy ToadThreads: 9
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Ah,thanks for the reply.
Can I just ask why "i na",or would you be able to give me a rough translation? I apologize my grammar is poor. Ive learnt a lot of nouns,verbs,phrases etc.... but not much grammar
Dzieki :)
axidThreads: -
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Joined: Jun 28, 09 		Edited by: axid   Jun 29, 09, 01:28 /  #
because in English You play the guitar
and in Polish You play on the guitar = na gitarze .
when You use the verb "to play", you have to say na ( = on) in Polish
if it refers to an instrument.
You don't use na when talking about games (You should use in [ = w] instead :)
so
I play the guitar = gram na gitarze
I play football = gram w piłkę (nożną)
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