My hobby is czy are ?

IP: *.zetosa.com.pl / 192.168.202.* 15.11.03, 11:15
I have a problem with such sentences:
1.My hobby is animals.
2.My hobby are animals.
or
3. My hobbies are animals. ?
And
4. My hobby is swimming and painting.
or
5. My hobbies are swimming and painting. ?

Which are correct? And why?
    • etbl Re: My hobby is czy are ? 15.11.03, 13:23
      Moniko, jezeli podmiot jest w liczbie pojedynczej ("my hobby"), to orzeczenie
      rowniez musi byc w tej samej liczbie (pojedynczej, znaczy sie - "is").

      Dlatego nastepujace zdania sa prawidlowe:

      1.My hobby is animals.

      5.My hobby is swimming and painting.

      Rowniez ostatni przyklad jest prawidlowy, poniewaz liczba podmiotu ("my
      hobbies") i orzeczenia "("are") zgadza sie - jest to naturalnie liczba mnoga:

      5.My hobbies are swimming and painting.


      W ten sposob wyeliminowalismy zdania niepoprawne:

      nr.2 - niezgodnosc liczby podmiotu i orzeczenia

      Oraz

      nr.3 - tu brakuje logiki. Co prawda liczba podmiotu i orzeczenia zgadza sie,
      ale za to, mimo liczby mnogiej podmiotu "my hobbies", ktory to sugeruje, ze ma
      byc kilka "hobbies", okazuje sie ze jest tylko jedno hobby: zwierzeta, jako
      takie.

      Zapytasz w takim razie: a co ze zdaniem nr.4 moze tez nielogiczne - z jednej
      strony mamy "my hobby is" zdanie w liczbie pojedynczej, a z drugiej dwie rozne
      czynnosci "swimming and painting". Tu "swimming and painting" mozna traktowac
      jako grupe, jako zbior.

      Dlatego i zdanie nr.4 i nr. 5 sa poprawne.


      • Gość: Monika Re: My hobby is czy are ? IP: *.zetosa.com.pl / 192.168.202.* 15.11.03, 14:41
        Bardzo, bardzo dziękuję za wytłumaczenie. Nie, nie mam żadnej pracy domowej
        związanej z moim hobby, ale po prostu nurtowało mnie to i już. Więc jeszcze raz
        dziękuję.
      • tynski Re: My hobby is czy are ? 15.11.03, 19:09
        Ahem,
        Are you sure "hobby/hobbies" is/are subjects in the sentences?
        • Gość: wannabekiwi Re: My hobby is czy are ? IP: *.sympatico.ca 17.11.03, 01:47
          It's been almost 10 years since I graduated from high school, but in a sentence:
          "my hobby is books", the subject is "hobby", verb is "is" and "books" is the
          direct object (of the verb "is").
          Or am I wrong? Won't cry if I am.
          • tynski Re: My hobby is czy are ? 17.11.03, 18:07
            It isn't about the required subject-verb agreement.

            Let's make both nouns singular:

            A potato is a vegetable.
            A vegetable is a potato?
      • zegar4 Re: My hobby is czy are ? 17.11.03, 01:07
        Can't wait to see the answer.
        Must give it a bump to the top.
        • Gość: awalk Re: My hobby is czy are ? IP: *.warszawa.sdi.tpnet.pl 17.11.03, 12:14
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          involved in this resolutely amateur hobby is at a loss as to why anyone would
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          name is George. I am a boy of 15. My hobbies are playing tennis, dancing and
          there. My name is Elton, aged 16. My hobbies are basketball, table tennis,
          is Tanya and I'm 15 years old. My hobbies are going out, meeting people and
          year-old girls of yardie origin. Our hobbies are going to all-dayers, dances,
          he does not need friends. All his hobbies are solitary and he maintains a
          she won't be staying long. Her hobbies are throwing herself against glass
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