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SeanusThreads: 22
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Joined: Dec 25, 07 ♂ 		 Jun 14, 11, 19:35    #181
Not archaic, no. Just used in limited contexts like the one I said or when families are describing their son or the son of another family.
JimmuThreads: 2
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Joined: Aug 26, 11 ♂ 		 Mar 10, 12, 13:31    #182
Seanus:
He is a most intelligent boy.

"He was a most peculiar man."
I think in these cases "most" is used as "very".
"He was a most intelligent boy." = "He was a very intelligent boy."
whereas:
"He was the most intelligent boy." = "He was more intelligent than the other boys."


And please don't ask me to talk about "parts of speech". My English was learned by trial and error, not study and analysis. :->
JonnyMThreads: 16
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Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂ 		 Mar 10, 12, 17:25    #183
Jimmu:
I think in these cases "most" is used as "very".

Yes. It is largely a literary form.
musicwriterThreads: 7
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Joined: Jan 7, 10 ♂ 		 Mar 24, 12, 03:50    #184
If some one asked you if you have any pets, you reply "Yes, I have a cat".
If some one else asked you how many cats you have, you reply "I have one cat". or, "I have one".
catsoldierThreads: 90
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Joined: Sep 27, 09 ♂ 		Edited by: catsoldier  Mar 24, 12, 12:49    #185
musicwriter:
If some one asked you if you have any pets, you reply "Yes, I have a cat".

Tak, mam kota.

If some one else asked you how many cats you have, you reply "I have one cat". or, "I have one".

Ile kotów masz?
Mam jeden kot. And it is just as well! :-)

http://www.polishforums.com/grammar-usage-18/plural-forms-cztery-kubki -czternascie-kubkow-52737/#msg1149468
Zman  Mar 24, 12, 12:52    #186
Ile kotów masz?
Mam jeden kot. And it is just as well! :-)


Rather..... : Mam jednego kota. Just as well :-)
catsoldierThreads: 90
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Joined: Sep 27, 09 ♂ 		Edited by: catsoldier  Mar 24, 12, 13:06    #187
Zman:
Rather..... : Mam jednego kota. Just as well :-)


Because it is a male animal and not a mug?! :-( Next time I will get it right hopefully. Some say there that you learn from your mistakes! :-)

What would you say if I had 2, 3, 4 or 5 cats?
Zman  Mar 24, 12, 13:21    #188
Numbers are tricky.

Mam jednego kota....
Mam dwa koty
Mam trzy koty
Mam cztery koty
Mam pięć kotów
Mam sześć kotów, etc.

but....

Mam czterdzieści jeden kotów
Mam czterdzieści dwa koty (3 & 4 = the same form applies)
Mam czterdzieści pięć kotów, etc


Let's just assume you will not have more than five cats in any case. :-) However, even then 3 different declension patterns apply.
catsoldierThreads: 90
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Joined: Sep 27, 09 ♂ 		 Mar 24, 12, 13:59    #189
Zman:
However, even then 3 different declension patterns apply.


Many thanks, that was a great help.

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