Template talk:pl-decl-adj

I suggest changing Personal masculine to Virile and Neuter Feminine Non-personal masculine to Nonvirile. It takes up less space, but I'm unsure if it is the universal way to describe this term. --Volants 17:32, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't know that there's an English equivalent to Polish "męskoosobowy" and "niemęskoosobowy". I haven't found translations for these Polish words in any dictionary. I think you're right, it's good idea to change them. Maro 21:45, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm. Now I'm not sure. The definition says, it's "corresponding to the masculine animate nouns", where Polish "męskoosobowy" corresponds only to personal masculine animate. Maro 21:51, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes, but It was me who've added that definition for virile, and I wasn't sure 100%. The Polish book, which I'm studying, mentions the term virile. And please tell me, what does it mean personal masculine animate? Are masculine animals "męskoosobowy" too in Polish? Or just people? --Volants 11:26, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Only people. Here is an example. The word in singular has a masculine gender, but in plural, the first one is in "męskoosobowy" gender, and the second in "niemęskoosobowy" gender. Words in "męskoosobowy" gender have usually endings (in nominative plural): "-owie", "-ci", "-cy", "-rzy". But there are situations where you can use "niemęskoosobowy" gender in plural instead of "m-osobowy", but in a derogatory way. For example, "Znowu te pijaki chleją przed sklepem!".

Another example: the noun "ludzie" is in "męskoosobowy" gender only.

Do you know any other Slavic languages which use "virile"? I know that Russian doesn't, but maybe Czech and Slovak? Maro 21:21, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

I found a discussion where the term "virile" is used [1]. What do you think? Maro 21:35, 23 October 2009 (UTC)