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kgoessThreads: 8
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Joined: Mar 11, 11 ♂ 		Edited by: kgoess  Mar 11, 11, 05:19    #1
Hi, we have a question about a rosetta stone sentence:

On ma jajko i je je.

What are the two "je"s there? We figure one is "he eats", but what's the other one? Some form of "it"?

This other thread "Tego/Jego" is really helpful, but while it gives details for "I", "you", "he" and "she", it doesn't give details for "it".

Thanks for the help.
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kgoess:
On ma jajko i je je.

he has an egg and he's eating it...
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first "je" is some permutation of "it" and second "je" is some permutation of "eating".
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kgoess:
Some form of "it"?


Exactly:

it = ono

M ono
D jego/go/niego
C jemu/mu/niemu
B je <- here's yours (on old language it was also 'ono' like in the popular carol ("...I Józef święty ono pielęgnuje...")
N nim
Mc nim

Cinek
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kgoess:
On ma jajko i je je.

One of the je is 3rd person singular of the verb 'eat' (jeść). The other je is personal pronoun, in accusative gender, of 'ono' (neutral gender singular).
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Joined: Mar 11, 11 ♂ 		 Mar 12, 11, 06:48    #6
That's all very helpful, thank you!
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pgtx:
he's eating it...

Then it would be "je zjada"
Proper translation is "eats it"
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pgtx:
he has an egg and he's eating it...


??? .. followed by a translation of "he's single too".


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