Level: Beginners (A1/A2)
Category: General
How to say things are the same (in Polish) Table of contents
is as x as y (share a similar attribute)
To say something has a similar attribute as something else then you should use ...jest tak samo jak...
If you want to say something like "Tom is as nice as jack" then use the following:
Tom jest tak samo jak Jack
If you say something like lubię... tak samo ... then it would be in Accusative because lubić uses accusative case.
[person / thing] is as [adjective/adverb] as [person/thing]
[person / thing] jest tak samo [adjective/adverb] jak [person/thing]
The 'tak samo' part does not change, no matter what the gender is! It is always 'tak samo'
x is the same as y (exactly the same thing) - ...jest taka sama jak...
For example to say "This glass is the same as this mug" - ta szklanka jest taka sama jak ten kubek
How to set up this sentence:
1) look at the item/person (in this case the glass - szklanka).
2) use that gender from the table below (in this case female)
Singular
| Masc (singular) | taki sam |
|---|---|
| Fem (singular) | taka sama |
| Neut (singular) | tako samo |
Plural
| Masc Personal (Plural) | tacy sami |
|---|---|
| All other (Plural) | takie same |