Word
W roamingu mamy tyle samo gigabajtów, ile w Polsce.
Meaning
In roaming, we have the same amount of gigabytes as in Poland.
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Breakdown of W roamingu mamy tyle samo gigabajtów, ile w Polsce.
mieć
to have
w
in / on (a day)
ile
how many
Polska
Poland
Questions & Answers about W roamingu mamy tyle samo gigabajtów, ile w Polsce.
Why is it ile here instead of jak, which I usually use for 'as'?
We use the pair tyle (samo) ..., ile ... (or co) when comparing quantities, meaning 'the same amount as'. If you were comparing qualities or manners, like 'as fast as', you would use the pair tak (samo) ..., jak ....
Why is gigabajtów in the genitive plural?
The word tyle acts as a quantifier, similar to dużo, mało, or numbers from 5 upwards. In Polish, these quantifiers require the noun they measure to take the genitive case.
Could I use co instead of ile in this sentence?
Yes, you can! W roamingu mamy tyle samo gigabajtów, co w Polsce is completely natural and means exactly the same thing. In these quantity comparisons, ile and co are fully interchangeable.
W roamingu uses an English word. Do all foreign '-ing' words take the -u ending here?
Yes, roaming is treated as a regular masculine inanimate noun in Polish. Because it follows the preposition w (in), it takes the locative case. Nouns ending in '-ing' regularly take the -u ending in the locative case.