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Some masculine nouns, specially inanimate monosyllabic nouns and polysyllabic nouns of foreign origin, take the ending '''-u''' in the genitive, e.g., ''sklepu'', ''domu'', ''uniwersytetu'', ''autobusu'', ''hotelu''.
Some masculine nouns, specially inanimate monosyllabic nouns and polysyllabic nouns of foreign origin, take the ending '''-u''' in the genitive, e.g., ''sklepu'', ''domu'', ''uniwersytetu'', ''autobusu'', ''hotelu''.
An adverbial of place referring to the area where an activity starts has the structure ''z'' + Genitive:
* wychodzimy z placu
* idziemy z parku
* wysiadamy z autobusu
An adverbial of place referring to the area where an activity starts is directed ''do'' + Genitive:
* jedziemy do Wilanowa
* wchodzimy do pałacu
* wracamy do domu


=== Celownik (dative) ===
=== Celownik (dative) ===

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Polish cases: tables

Dopełniacz (genitive)

Singular
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Animated Inanimated
Adjective -ego -ego -ej -ego
Noun -a -a, -u -y, -ki, -gi -a
Plural
Adjective -ych, -ich
Noun -ów, -y/-i -
  • Nie mam starszego brata
  • Nie lubię zimnej zupy
  • Nie lubię ciepłego piwa

Some masculine nouns, specially inanimate monosyllabic nouns and polysyllabic nouns of foreign origin, take the ending -u in the genitive, e.g., sklepu, domu, uniwersytetu, autobusu, hotelu.

An adverbial of place referring to the area where an activity starts has the structure z + Genitive:

  • wychodzimy z placu
  • idziemy z parku
  • wysiadamy z autobusu

An adverbial of place referring to the area where an activity starts is directed do + Genitive:

  • jedziemy do Wilanowa
  • wchodzimy do pałacu
  • wracamy do domu

Celownik (dative)

Singular
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Animated Inanimated
Adjective -owi, -u -(i)e, -y, -i -u
Noun -emu -ej -emu
Plural
Adjective -ym, -kim, -gim
Noun -om
  • Ona przyglądała się temu nowemu budynku.
  • Swojej najlepszej przyjaciółce mogła powiedzieć wszystko
  • Nieznajomy dał mojemu młodszemu synowi lizaka.

Biernik (accusative)

Singular
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Animated Inanimated
Adjective -ego -y, -ki, -gi -e
Noun -a - -o, -e, -ę, -um
Plural
Adjective -ych -e
Noun -ów -y
  • Mam inteligentnego brata
  • Mam długą listę
  • Mam sportowe auto

The accusative of masculine inanimate nouns and neuter nouns have the same case forms as the nominative.

The accusative singular of feminine nouns takes the ending ę: znam dziewczynę

The accusative singular of feminine adjectives ends in : znam ładną dziewczynę

The accusative plural of non-virile nouns is the same as the nominative plural: oglądam fotografie, znam dziewczyny

Narzędnik (instrumental)

Singular
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Animated Inanimated
Adjective -ym, -kim, -gim -ym, -kim, -gim
Noun -em -em
Plural
Adjective -ymi, -imi
Noun -ami
  • Trzeba władać tym przypadnikiem gramatycznym
  • Interesuję się muzyką klasyczną
  • Matka zajmuje się domem i dziećmi

Miejscownik (locative)

Singular
Masculine Feminine Neuter
Animated Inanimated
Adjective -ym, -kim, -gim -ej -ym, -kim, -gim
Noun -e, -u -e, -y, -i -e, -u
Plural
Adjective -ych, -ich
Noun -ach
  • Album o starym Krakowie
  • On myśli o nowej pracy
  • Oglądałam film o argentińskim tangu

The locative singular of masculine and neuter nouns has the endings -e and -u.

  • Nouns with the stem ending in a hard consonant , with the exception of k, 'g and ch have ending -e.
  • Nouns with the stem ending in a soft consonant as well as in k, 'g and ch' have ending -u. The ending -u also occurs exceptionally in the locative of the nouns doc, syn and pan.

An adverbial of place referring to the area where an activity takes place has the structure na, w (we) or po + Locative:

  • czekamy na przystanku
  • czytamy w autobusie
  • chodzimy po alejkach, po ulicach

Wołacz (vocative)

  • The vocative of masculine nouns is generally the same as the locative case forms (with the exception of the noun pan, the vocative of which is panie!).
  • Feminine nouns ending in -a with stems ending in a hard consonant, have the vocative in -o. Those which denote the diminutive of forenames, with stems ending in a soft consonant, have the ending -u.