Polish/Genitive case

The Genitive case in Polish language is used in the following situations:

1. Indicates the object of a sentence.
   • Szukam mojego psa. - I am looking for my dog. (mojego psa is in genitive because it is the object of the sentence)
2. Used after certain prepositions such as do, od, bez, dla, z, o, na, po, ku, przy.
   • Idę do szkoły. - I am going to school. (szkoły is in the genitive)
   • Kupiłem prezent dla mamy. - I bought a gift for mom. (mamy is in the genitive)
3. Used to express possession.
   • To jest książka mojego brata. - This is my brother's book. (mojego brata is in the genitive)
4. Used to indicate partitive meaning (some, a bit of).
   • Chcę trochę wody. - I want some water. (wody is in the genitive)

The genitive answers the questions whose? (czyj?), of whom? (kogo?) and of what? (czego?).

Singular

Noun Declension

Gender	Ending	Examples
Masculine	-a (for animate), -u/-a (for inanimate)	chłopaka, kota, psa, komputera, stołu
Neuter	-a/-u	dziecka, piwa, spotkania, imienia, muzeum
Feminine	-i (for stems ending in a hard consonant), -y (for stems ending in a soft consonant)	dziewczyny, kawy, mrówki, pani, miłości, myszy

Adjective Declension

Gender	Rule	Ending	Examples
Masculine	After most stems	-ego	dużego, małego, dobrego
Neuter	After most stems	-ego	duże, małe, dobre
Feminine	After all stems	-ej	dużej, małej, dobrej

Plural

Noun Declension

Gender	Rule	Ending	Examples
Virile	After most stems	-ów	chłopaków, kotów, psów, komputerów
Nonvirile	After most stems	-ów (for masculine inanimate), -i (for feminine and neuter)	stołów, dzieci, piw, spotkań, imion, muzeów, dziewczyn, kaw, mrówek, pań, miłości, myszy

Adjective Declension

Gender	Rule	Ending	Examples
Virile	After most stems	-ych	dużych, małych, dobrych
Nonvirile	After most stems	-ych	dużych, małych, dobrych

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

English	Genitive
nothing	niczego
no one	nikogo
I	mnie
you (singular)	ciebie
he	jego
she	jej
it	jego
you (formal masculine)	pana + 3rd person singular verb
you (formal feminine)	pani + 3rd person singular verb
we	nas
you (informal plural)	was
you (formal masculine plural)	panów + 3rd person plural verb
you (formal feminine plural)	pań + 3rd person plural verb
you (formal mixed gender plural)	państwa + 3rd person plural verb
they (masculine or mixed gender)	ich
they (feminine)	ich

Possessive pronouns

	Gender	my, mine	your, yours (singular)	your, yours (plural)	our, ours
Singular	Masculine	mojego	twojego	waszego	naszego
	Neuter	mojego	twojego	waszego	naszego
	Feminine	mojej	twojej	waszej	naszej
Plural	Virile	moich	twoich	waszych	naszych
	Nonvirile	moich	twoich	waszych	naszych

Interrogative pronouns

English	Genitive
whose?	czyjego?
of whom?	kogo?
of what?	czego?

Relative, demonstrative, and intensive pronouns

	Gender	which / who	what / what kind	this / that	self / same
Singular	Masculine	którego	jakiego	tego	samego
	Neuter	którego	jakiego	tego	samego
	Feminine	której	jakiej	tej	samej
Plural	Virile	których	jakich	tych	samych
	Nonvirile	których	jakich	tych	samych