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Dzienki temu...... ?

krazy krawiecThreads: 17 Posts: 40 Joined: Jan 30, 08 ♀	Mar 2, 10, 20:11 #1
Cześć ludzie!!!! Mam pytanie!! I keep hearing something that, to me, sounds like.... dzienki temu...... Can anyone tell me what this means?? I keep trying to figure it out but each time I hear I can't see how it would fit into a sentence! Maybe I'm trying to place it in the wrong context?? Any help appreciated Krazy Krawiec

tonywobThreads: 7 Posts: 51 Joined: Jun 14, 09 ♂	Edited by: tonywob Mar 2, 10, 20:16 #2
It means "Thanks to that......", like you are thanking something for something Like thanks to that, I can now buy a house. Dzięki temu,

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,160 Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂	Edited by: Seanus Mar 2, 10, 20:18 #3
I'd say 'thanks to that' and not 'thanks for that'. Dzięki za coś is thanks for that. Ah yes, good old editing :)

krazy krawiecThreads: 17 Posts: 40 Joined: Jan 30, 08 ♀	Edited by: krazy krawiec Mar 2, 10, 20:21 #4
Oh I see!!!! Of course!!!!! :D I love it when something I can't quite see finally clicks in place!!! I know dzięki is thanks and temu I knew as "ago".. like sto lat temu.. Wouldn't dzięki za coś mean "thanks for something"..? Thanks for your help!!! Much appreciated!! :D x x

NikaThreads: 3 Posts: 651 Joined: Jul 21, 09 ♀	Mar 2, 10, 20:22 #5
Seanus: I'd say 'thanks to that' and not 'thanks for that'. Dzięki za coś is thanks for that. Yeah, I agree with Seanus.

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Mar 3, 10, 12:24 #6

krazy krawiec:

I know dzięki is thanks and temu I knew as "ago".. like sto lat temu..

Temu in "sto lat temu" is different than temu in "dzięki temu". In the latter, it is the dative case of the zaimek wskazujacy ten/ta/to: dzięki czemu? dzięki temu! In the former, temu is an idiomatic word equivalent to the English "ago", although it definitely takes its root in the zaimek ten/ta/to. See the following sentence: minęło sto lat od tego [czasu/wydarzenia] = zdarzyło się sto lat temu.