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Do you know what it is yet?

Polish translation: Czy wiesz już co to jest?

12:08 Mar 9, 2002
English to Polish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: Do you know what it is yet?
When trying to guess the content of an illustration.
Rachael worcester
Polish translation:Czy wiesz już co to jest?
Explanation:
już=yet
czy wiesz=doyou know
co to jest=what is it
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maciejm
Poland
Local time: 21:28
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2wiesz/wiecie juz co to jest?
Kasia Trzcińska-Draper (X)
4 +2Czy wiesz już co to jest?
maciejm
4 +1Czy teraz wiesz, co to jest?
Andrzej Lejman


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Czy wiesz już co to jest?


Explanation:
już=yet
czy wiesz=doyou know
co to jest=what is it

maciejm
Poland
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in pair: 3126
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hanna Burdon: With a comma: Czy wiesz juz, co to jest?
13 hrs
agree  kataryna
21 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wiesz/wiecie juz co to jest?


Explanation:
"Wiesz" for singular, "wiecie" for plural.
PS The "z" in "juz" should have a dot over it.

Kasia Trzcińska-Draper (X)
Local time: 20:28
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 236

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lota: Czy juz wiesz co to jest?
5 hrs
  -> You're absolutely right about "czy". I suppose it might just be skipped only in an informal conversation, or is my Polish getting too sloppy?
agree  Agnieszka Hayward (X): hm, no idea whether question asked to a single person or to a group of people
8 hrs
  -> Yep. "Wiesz" or "wiecie", accordingly.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Czy teraz wiesz, co to jest?


Explanation:
"yet" makes a little trouble.
It could be "do tej pory", "na razie", "dotad", "do tej pory".
I suppose, the child is guessing step-by-step, what it is.

Andrzej Lejman
Poland
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 8466

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  maciejm: Or "A teraz wiesz już co to jest?"
16 mins
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