{"id":633,"date":"2009-10-30T23:59:24","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T03:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=633"},"modified":"2009-10-30T23:59:24","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T03:59:24","slug":"heading-into-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/heading-into-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Heading Into Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I was getting ready to go out and do some shopping, and because we live a bit outside the city center (ok, more than a bit, we live in the sticks) I said that I was going to town &#8211; <strong>do miasta. Id\u0119 do miasta<\/strong>. However, a friend who just happened to be visiting immediately corrected me that not \u201c<strong>id\u0119 do miasta<\/strong>\u201d but \u201c<strong>id\u0119 na miasto<\/strong>\u201d. Huh? And huh again?<\/p>\n<p>Apparently there is a difference between those two. And apparently, I have been always using the wrong form.<\/p>\n<p>But first things first. \u201c<strong>Do<\/strong>\u201d means \u201cto\u201d, and \u201c<strong>na<\/strong>\u201d means \u201con\u201d, more or less and most of the time anyway.<br \/>\nSo what\u2019s the deal with \u201c<strong>do miasta<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>na miasto<\/strong>\u201d? I asked my friend to explain it to me using simple and easy to understand words, but even though she was the one who pointed out my incorrect usage, she was unable to actually articulate the difference. But that\u2019s the Polish language for you. Nothing new here. We pride ourselves on being able to speak such a difficult language, but when it comes to explaining the finer points of this language we draw a blank.<\/p>\n<p>So, I started to google, because I was sure that some learned person (with a PhD in Polish, no doubt) out there would know how to explain the difference between \u201c<strong>do miasta<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>na miasto<\/strong>\u201d. And what did I find?<\/p>\n<p>The difference is there indeed, and it\u2019s really simple. (Oh yeah, if it\u2019s that simple how come I never figured it myself huh?)<\/p>\n<p>So, you say \u201c<strong>id\u0119 do miasta<\/strong>\u201d if you are out of town and actually heading into town.<br \/>\nAnd you say \u201c<strong>id\u0119 na miasto<\/strong>\u201d if you are actually in town (as in: you live there) and are leaving your house (apartment, hotel room, whatever) to wander around a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Simple? Maybe. If it were up to me, I\u2019d get rid of the \u201c<strong>na miasto<\/strong>\u201d version, because it just rubs me the wrong way. Or maybe I\u2019m simply jealous of people who actually live in the city and don\u2019t have to go into town?<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day I was getting ready to go out and do some shopping, and because we live a bit outside the city center (ok, more than a bit, we live in the sticks) I said that I was going to town &#8211; do miasta. Id\u0119 do miasta. However, a friend who just happened to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/heading-into-town\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66,7459],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-expressions","tag-language-questions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}