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The Case System - help? quick question

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JustanyaThreads: 2 Posts: 13 Joined: May 28, 09 ♀	May 10, 11, 19:24 #1
how do you say " by means of God's Holy Spirit" is it "przez swietym duchem bozego" ?? im confused whether to use accusative or genetive???

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	Edited by: gumishu May 10, 11, 20:50 #2
put some more context of the phrase - if it is a Bible quote I can find the translation in my Bible (if you provide the book,verse data)

gumishuThreads: 17 Posts: 3,943 Joined: Apr 6, 09 ♂	May 10, 11, 21:06 #3
Justanya: is it "przez swietym duchem bozego" ?? im confused whether to use accusative or genetive??? przez requires accusative case so it would be przez świętego ducha bożego - but it's not the exact translation of 'by means of God's Holy Spirit'

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Edited by: Antek_Stalich May 10, 11, 21:13 #4

First of all, the only allowed form of "God's Holy Spirit" in Polish is "Duch Święty", always with the right capitals and omitting the word "God's".

I would translate the phrase: "przez Ducha Świętego" or "z Ducha Świętego".

See the phrase from the Apostles' Creed:
"He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit"
or
"Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost"

The exact translation is:
'Który się począł z Ducha Świętego"

I see no need to re-translate prayers, when we are at it. These have been translated long time ago, and perfectly.

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