Nominative Case in Polish
- Learn Polski
- May 8
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The Nominative
The nominative case (mianownik) is the "basic" case in Polish. It’s used to identify the subject of a sentence — the person, thing, or idea that is doing the action or being described. It answers two questions : kto?, co? (who?, what?)
Kto?
Student uczy się
The student is learning
Co?
Okno jest otwarte
The window is open
Genus in the Polish Language
Masculine | Feminine | Neutrum | |
Ending | usually a consonant | -a | -e/-o/-um |
Example | komputer telefon | książka literatura | miejsce kino muzeum |
How do Polish plurals work?
Masculine | Feminine | Neutrum | |
Ending | -y -i (after k,g) | -y -i (after k,g) | -a |
Example | komputery
| książki | muzea |
Adjectives in the Nominative Case in Polish
Adjectives in Singular
Masculine | Feminine | Neutrum | |
Ending | -y | -a | -e |
Example | dobry komputer | dobra książka | dobre muzeum |
Adjectives in Plural
Plural | |
Ending | -e |
Example | dobre komputery dobre książki dobre muzea |