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Translation - Polish-English - nie wiem czy mogę odbierać ale spróbujęCurrent status Translation
| nie wiem czy mogę odbierać ale spróbuję | | Source language: Polish
nie wiem czy mogę odbierać ale spróbuję | Remarks about the translation | <diacritics and misspelings edited>
The way it was: nie iem czy moge odbierac ale sprobuje
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| I don't know if I am allowed to receive but I will give it a try | | Target language: English
I don't know if I am allowed to receive but I will give it a try | Remarks about the translation | "allowed" or "able"
spróbuję = prefix s- plus 1st singular present of próbować, "to try"; idiom American "to give it a try", British "to have a go" |
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Last validated or edited by Una Smith - 6 October 2008 09:19
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6 October 2008 06:26 | | | Original target: I don't know if I can recive but I'll try | | |
6 October 2008 06:50 | | | Hi Una.
The form 'spróbuję' is from "spróbować", a perfective verb, and this form indicates future tense. CC: Una Smith | | |
6 October 2008 09:18 | | | Oops! To me, given the context in this text, the verb should be aspect imperfective and tense present. I see your point, though, which is that the s- prefix makes it a perfective verb, in which case there can be no present, only future: "I will give it a try". That is idiomatic, and I will make the change.
The future perfective being identical in form to the present imperfective gives me fits. In English there can be a present perfective, so I can "break" this Polish rule, if it helps. In this case, it does not help. (I am soo tired!)
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6 October 2008 17:11 | | | |
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