Genitive case | DOPEŁNIACZ

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Really helpful explanation of Genitive case, Thank you Monika!

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[@leohowes3973]

Great video once again, are you planning on covering the plural endings for nouns and adjectives at some point in the future?

[@PolishwithMonika]

Yes, that's the plan. First go through the cases in singular, and then move to plural forms.

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This is such a great tutorial! I never understood dopełniacz well until your video! By the way do you have the dopełniacz plural video already?

[@kerstin7822]

Excellent explanation of what - in my opinion - is the most difficult case to use. One idea how to remember why you have to use genetive with verbs, like szukać, for example szukam pracy: - it is actually the same logic as wanting "a part of a quantity", like the example you used of "I want some bread - not the whole bread. I am looking/searching for one job, out of the many that exist. I need one appartment, out of the many appartments that exist. Same idea behind the usage. I hope that is correct.

[@rmnatsakanian]

Great job, Monica! Just love your videos. 😍 My great-great-grandma was Polish and I think the time to learn this language a bit has finally come. 🙃 btw, the "hard" consonant as you call it, is called "voiced" in English, there are also voiceless ones 🤗

[@PolishwithMonika]

That's great! In Polish, apart from soft and hard consonants, we also have voiced and voiceless consonants! These are two different ways how the consonants can be categorized. 1. SOFT vs. HARD consonants - Soft (and softened) consonants have the tongue closer to the palate, such as Ś, SI, Ć, CI, Ź, ZI, DŹ, DZI, Ń, NI, J, KI, GI, BI, FI, HI, LI, MI, PI, WI - Hard (and hardened) consonants are non-palatalized, such as B, C, CZ, D, DZ, DŻ, F, G, H, K, L, Ł, M, N, P, R, S, SZ, T, W, Z, Ż 2. VOICED vs. VOICELESS consonants - Voiced consonants produce some vibration in the vocal cords, such as B, D, DZ, DŹ, DŻ, G, J, L, Ł, M, N, N, R, W, Z, Ź, Ż - Voiceless consonants do not produce vibration in the vocal cords, such as C, Ć, CZ, F, H, K, P, S, Ś, SZ, T

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[@Levi-cj5lo]

"Chcesz kawy" and "poproszę sera" are wrong 7:48

[@tmoore5858]

Pierwszego września -since spring is inanimate masculine, would it end with a "u"? Thanks you for all of your tutorials!

[@PolishwithMonika]

Many inanimate masculine nouns have -a ending in genitive, like the names of the months, e.g. wrzesień > września, marzec > marca Exception: luty > lutego

[@Lomianki06]

Luty is an adjective and has a regular masculine singular declention

[@tentothepowerof10]

Will you make the plural forms aswell?

[@fildyb]

47:58 would you mind explaining the second sentence "nie było mnie w szkole" ? Why isn't it "nie byłam/em" ?

[@PolishwithMonika]

In Polish we use the construction NIE MA/BYŁO/BĘDZIE + KOGO/CZEGO in negative sentences when we say that someone or something is absent somewhere. Nie ma mnie w szkole. - I am not at school. (Literally: It has no me at school.) Nie było mnie w szkole. - I was not at school. (Literally: There was no me at school.) Nie będzie mnie w szkole. - I won't be at school. (Literally: There will not be me at school.) It is not very clear why this construction has been invented. Some explain that it is used to differentiate the affirmative and negative sentence. Some also mention that this describes the subject from an outer perspective. Maybe if the subject does not exist it cannot be in the normal position in the sentence ... But, in other types of sentences you can see the construction "nie jestem", "nie byłam", "nie będę", for example: Nie jestem lekarzem. - I am not a doctor. (Here we describe the subject with a predicative) Nie byłam pewna. - I was not sure. Nie będę cicho. - I will not be quiet.

[@davidwright7205]

You say tego is genitive for this but in your accusative case lecture you have tego for this too. . Can tego be used for both?

[@fildyb]

24:37 could you give examples of diminutive forms?

[@PolishwithMonika]

A diminutive form is used to show that something is small or in a expressive meaning. The diminutive forms for masculine nouns have endings like: -ek, -ik, -yk (also: -eczek, -uszek, -iczek, -yczek, -unio, -uś). For example, for the word "stół" (in genitive: stołu) the diminutive forms are: stolik = mały stół (genitive: stolika) stoliczek = bardzo mały stół (genitive: stoliczka) For the word "papier" (in genitive: papieru) the diminutive form is: papierek = mały papier (genitive: papierka) NOTE! Not all the diminutive forms of masculine nouns have -a ending in the genitive case. There are many words that have -u ending! For example, for the word "dom" (in genitive: domu) the diminutive forms are: domek = mały dom (genitive: domku) domeczek = bardzo mały dom (genitive: domeczku)

[@davidwright7205]

How do we know when to add A or when to add U for masculine inanimate nouns (probably the most common ones) in the genitive, Monia? You have kindly given us a list of some noun types for the A ending but I have a feeling it is very much a lottery/pot luck/50-50 chance of being A or U?

[@PolishwithMonika]

There are some basic guidelines about the -u and -a ending for the masculine nouns in the genitive case (as mentioned in the video). But sometimes it is not very straightforward and it's best to check the form in a dictionary, e.g. Wiktionary, or wsjp.pl.

[@davidwright7205]

Thanks.I have read the basic guidelines but consider these not enough to cover the numerous Polish words,@@PolishwithMonika

[@JackJones-i1j]

great lesson. But I did not understand some of the parts. for example you are using u and a both for masculine. But when u and when a ?

[@Lomianki06]

In the masculine, there is a group of singular genitive noun endings that take "a" and another group that take "u". Just have to learn the lists.

[@leosharman8630]

Is 'Kazdego dnia' excatly the same as 'codziennie'?

[@PolishwithMonika]

'Codziennie' and 'każdego dnia' are synonyms and mean basically the same 'every day'. However I feel a slight difference: 'Codziennie' is more commonly used and neutral, used mainly to tell about habits. Codziennie wstaję o ósmej. - I wake up at 8 every day. Sklep jest otwarty codziennie od 8 do 20. - The store is open every day 8 AM - 8 PM. 'Każdego dnia' is also common, but less common than 'codziennie', and sounds slightly more emphasized , often like 'every single day' or 'each day'. Każdego dnia uczę się czegoś nowego. - Every day, I learn something new. I recommend using the National Corpus of the Polish Language (Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego) www.nkjp.uni.lodz.pl/ to compare the frequency and see many example of sentences with the words of interest.

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[@houssem711]

What about numbers...do we use genetive case after numbers?

[@Lomianki06]

1 through 4 takes nominative. 5 and above take genitive plural

[@PolishwithMonika]

I didn't cover genitive plural in this video, but yes, after numbers we often (but not always!) use the genitive case. For example: Ona ma pięć lat. - She is five years old. ('lat' is genitive plural) BUT: Ona ma cztery lata - She is four years old. ('lata' is accusative plural)

[@Lomianki06]

@@PolishwithMonika Yes, should have said 1 takes accusative singular and 2-4 take accusative plural while 5 and up take genitive plural. Sto lat! :)

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[@MurzynCzemnykowski]

What is the difference between using z and od ?? When do i use what

[@PolishwithMonika]

Both "z" and "od" can be translated as "from", but there are some differences between them: "Z" is used when the movement is from inside of something, e.g. from a place, from a box, etc. Jestem z Polski. - I am from Poland. Wyszłam z domu. - I left the house. Weź swoje rzeczy z pokoju. - Take your things from the room. Wyjmij mleko z lodówki. - Take the milk from the fridge. "Od" is used when indicating the sender of the action. It can also mean 'since'. Dostałam to od babci. - I got this from grandma. Od kogo to masz? - Who do you have it from? Od kiedy tu jesteś? - Since when you have been here? There are also other meanings of 'z' and 'od'. I recommend checking the usage and studying the examples in a dictionary.

[@alicjan4651]

what about plural form?

[@deacondaviddurrigan]

Quick question. In the sentence: "Kto jest prezydentem Polski?"....is prezydentem in the Accusative and Polski in the Genitive?

[@tentothepowerof10]

"Prezydentem" is not in accusative it's in instrumental

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[@IggyRider-vw2jo]

Why is it mało czasu and not mały czasu?

[@PolishwithMonika]

'Mało' is an adverb and means 'little, a little bit of, not much' and is used to describe the amount. mało czasu - little time, a little bit of time mało kawy - little coffee, a little bit of coffee mało miejsca - little space, a little bit of space 'Mały' (or in other genders: 'mała', 'małe') is an adjective and means 'small' and is used to describe the size. mały pokój - a small room mała kawa - a small coffee małe miejsce - a small place

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[@OsundareToheeb]

why is it "swojej dziewczyny and not swojego dziewczyny"? just like twojego syna

[@PolishwithMonika]

We say 'swojej dziewczyny' because 'swojej' needs to have the same case and gender as 'dziewczyny' (genitive case, feminine gender). 'Swojego syna' are masculine.

[@Lomianki06]

A fun exception to this is at 24:35 with "kolega" which (although masculine vs. "koleżanka" feminine) declines as a feminine noun in the genitive singular but any modifying adjectives decline as masculine. "Nie było mojego kolegi". In the genitive plural, however, "kolega" goes back to fully masculine declention "moich kolegów", not "koleg" which would be the feminine genitive plural construct. Isn't Polish grand? :-)

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