Case bouncing

In Polish there are certain joining words (like 'on', 'in', 'to', 'from') that will 'bounce' us into a case.

Have a look at this example:

• 'Mam ochotę na pizzę'
• 'Nie mam ochoty na pizzę'

The ending of 'ochota' has changed to 'y' which is the correct Genetive ending for feminine nouns ... but 'Pizza' still has it's 'ę' ending which is Accusative.

'na' has 'bounced' us into Accusative!

As soon as 'na' appears in the sentence everything after that is Accusative.

Another word that bounces us into the Genetive case is:

• 'do' - 'to'

For example

• 'Chcę dom' - 'I want a house'
• 'Chcę iść do domu - 'I want to go home / to the house''

Dom

Remember in Polish 'dom' can mean both 'house' and 'home'.