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Annę stać na samochód - Anny nie stać na samochód



Kenji75018Threads: 7
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  Dec 19, 09, 14:43 /  #
Hi everybody

I'm sure that those two sentences mean something for several persons here.
Unfortunately I need someone's help.

At first can someone translate those two sentences?

If we use ONA, would it be JĄ stać na samochód - Jej nie stać na samochód?

I imagine we can use other forms like, mnie, nas, itd...

Thanks for your help

SeanusThreads: 22
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  Dec 19, 09, 14:51 /  #
Ania has enough cash to buy the car. Ania doesn't have enough cash to buy the car
SzwedwPolsceThreads: 13
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  Dec 19, 09, 15:22 /  #
The question is why Anna is the direct object, and not the subject, of the sentence?
Kenji75018Threads: 7
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Edited by: Kenji75018   Dec 19, 09, 16:22 /  #
No, the questions are what does it mean?
And if we don't use a first name, what will be the used pronoun?

I add something...
What would it be with the future, the past and conditionnal.

Thanks
ZiemowitThreads: 10
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  Dec 19, 09, 21:55 /  #
Kenji75018:
And if we don't use a first name, what will be the used pronoun?

It is the pronoun which you've indicated: ją - jej (jego, nas, mnie, ich, ciebie, was).

Kenji75018:
What would it be with the future, the past and conditionnal.

Ją będzie stać na samochód / Jej nie będzie stać na samochód [future]
Ją było ... / Jej nie było ... [past]
Ją byłoby ... / Jej nie byłoby ... [conditional]

The above sentences explain it all: the most important verb here is być, so the full form of your sentence in the present tense will be:
Ją jest stać na samochód / Jej nie jest stać na samochód,
but the "być (jest)" is commonly ommited in the present tense of this type of sentence; it reveals itself when we turn to the past, future or conditional where we can't ommit the verb "być".
Kenji75018Threads: 7
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  Dec 20, 09, 00:43 /  #
Thank you very much for this very clear answer.

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