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u/Detvan_SK 5d ago
In original Slovak one is clearly refered to that food can be thrown away if is not sorted correctly.
Not you sure what genius was translating it.
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u/Several_Ad_8363 6d ago
The issue here is using the dative case of "vy" (plural you), which is "vam", with possesive meaning.
It makes sense if you think of dative, often expressing "to person, for person" as expressing how things look from the person's perspective.
Dieťa mu zomrelo. "Child him died" means "His child died" perhaps "His perspective on things is: child died." Speakers of other Slavic languages think this is weird too, which is why there are people saying they understand Slovak fine, just not this. It's a totally standard structure in Slovak.
(British person who has worked as a Slovak translator).
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u/One-Explorer-5092 5d ago
Oh interesting. From google translate the "si svoje" seems to be the initial possessive "your". But after that every time you mention the groceries, you have to use the dative "you" as well?
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u/Several_Ad_8363 5d ago
Right, thinking about it, yeah it isn't actually a situation where the equivalent English sentence would have another "your", but it is more like the other thing I mention where this is your perspective, it's going to happen to you.
The sentence does actually work without the "vam" and means the same thing, but it kind of personalises it more. You could also repeat the word for groceries in the second half of the sentence and thrn it would translate as "your"
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u/LowPudding9562 6d ago
Can the verb sort or label be confused easily with the verb here? I am assuming the context this is a hostel fridge where they frequently throw out what isnt marked/labeled.
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u/TopFaithlessness2320 6d ago
Unexpected slovak
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u/AverageHobnailer 6d ago
I was gonna ask, I remember "Prosim" from Czech, but I know Polish and Slovak and maybe some other languages are very similar.
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u/NormalStrike819 5d ago
Czech: "Prosím, vyzvedněte své potraviny. Vše neshraněné bude vyhozeno do odpadu".
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u/tomhugo42 6d ago
I, a slovak, was studdying in czech republic and i pretty much understood everything without having to even bat an eye
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u/PlsBuffCS 6d ago
if you see ľ, its most definitely slovak. if ř, czech. if it sounds like someone is trying to curse your family, polish /s
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u/Coompiik 7d ago
Funnily enough, I understand Slovak just fine, but I have no idea what this sign is trying to tell me.
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u/imathrowyaaway 6d ago
office, cowork a podobne veci mavaju zdielane kuchynky a tym padom aj chladnicky.
ludia si radi zabudaju vyhodit stare jedlo. preto sa vacsinou zavedie pravidlo, ze sa stare alebo neoznacene potraviny vyhadzuju. lebo inak otvoris chladnicku a ti tam smrdi 10 pokazenych otvorenych veci.
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u/kedikahveicer 7d ago
Wow, so not only do I feel typically/generally dispensable - I now know it to absolutely be true!
Outstanding...
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u/DocClear 4d ago
Lots of people have thrown me away.
But I am strong. I can sort.