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🏷️ Compendium
Grammar
PL
Polski — Nominative case
The nominative (mianownik) is the base, dictionary form of a noun. It marks the subject of a sentence and answers the questions kto? (who?) and co? (what?).
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How it works
✓ Rule
The nominative singular ending shows the noun's gender: masculine has a zero ending (dom), feminine ends in -a (kobieta), neuter ends in -o (okno) or -e (pole). The adjective agrees with the noun: dobry syn, dobra siostra, dobre dziecko.
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Examples
| Gender / ending | Example (nom. sg.) | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| masculine (-∅) | ten dobry syn | this good son |
| feminine (-a) | ta dobra siostra | this good sister |
| neuter (-o) | to dobre dziecko | this good child |
| neuter (-e) | to dobre zdjęcie | this good photo |
| question (person) | kto? | who? |
| question (thing) | co? | what? |
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Good to know
⚠ Note
The adjective ending is not a copy of the noun ending. Both neuter nouns dziecko (-o) and zdjęcie (-e) take the same adjective form: dobre dziecko, dobre zdjęcie. Match the adjective to the gender, not to the noun's final letter.