gvergara
Senior Member
Castellano (variedad chilensis)
Hi,
As far as collective numbers go, they are used to refer to a group of males and females. So
W klasie jest czworo studentów
would mean that there are four people/students in the classroom, disregarding how this group is composed in terms of its members' gender/sex. But if I just want to say that there are students, disregarding the group's gender composition, could I just omit the number and use the noun in its genitive plural form to refer to a mixed-sex group of four students? Or would studenci do the job?
W klasie jest studentów. (both male and female)
W klasie są czterej studenci. (only males, but also a mixed-sex group)
Thanks in advance,
G.
As far as collective numbers go, they are used to refer to a group of males and females. So
W klasie jest czworo studentów
would mean that there are four people/students in the classroom, disregarding how this group is composed in terms of its members' gender/sex. But if I just want to say that there are students, disregarding the group's gender composition, could I just omit the number and use the noun in its genitive plural form to refer to a mixed-sex group of four students? Or would studenci do the job?
W klasie jest studentów. (both male and female)
W klasie są czterej studenci. (only males, but also a mixed-sex group)
Thanks in advance,
G.