Polish Grammar - Adjectives and Genders

In the last lesson we covered what a noun is and how to idenfity its gender. The gender of the noun affects other words in a sentence as we'll see now

Adjectives are words that describe nouns:

normal, big, red, good, ecological, etc.

Up until now all the nouns we have been using are masculine (we know this because they don't end in 'a', 'o' or 'e').

czas, produkt, bank, raport, hotel, komputer, dokument, smak

If the noun is not masculine we need to change the ending of the adjective as follows

normalna kobieta - (normalny -> normalna)
normalne jedzenie - (normalny -> normalne)

Note the associations. Kobieta ends in 'a' and the adjective ends in 'a'. Jedzenie ends in 'e' and the adjective ends in 'e'. All neuter adjectives end in 'e'

normalne jajko - (normalny -> normalne)

You can get your adjective pronounciation wrong and everyone will understand you so don't let it stop you communicating. If you say:

Lubię normalny jedzenie

You will be absolutely fine. Grammatically wrong but completely understandable. Start practicing genders in your written work but don't let the fear of making errors stop you from communicating!

Putting your Polish into use, even if you are not 100% correct, is much better than not using it at all because you are worried about making mistakes

Adjectives and Genders

In the lesson we saw how to change the endings of adjectives

Feminine nouns: change the ending to 'a' - normalny -> normalna
Neuter nouns: change the ending to 'e' - normalny -> normalne.

Sort the adjectives below into their correct genders.

Drag and drop all the dark blue boxes to their correct locations

Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise

Think out the Polish

Practice getting the endings of adjectives right

In this exercise you will also see the Polish for 'she' - 'ona'.

(Answers are case sensitive!)

Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise

She is an ideal woman	Ona jest q2\|idealna kobieta

It is ecological food	To jest q2\|ekologiczne jedzenie

It is a natural egg	q2\|To jest naturalne jajko

It is conventional food	q2\|To jest konwencjonalne jedzenie

She is a normal woman	Ona jest q2\|normalna kobieta

I think that it is not normal food

I think that it is an ecological egg

She is a dramatic woman	q2\|Ona jest dramatyczna kobieta

Adjectives without the noun

We don't always need the noun. Say we are out with a friend and pointing at something. We might ask 'Is that normal?'

In Polish this is the same but the way we end the word 'normal' must reflect what we are talking about.

In this exercize change the adjective endings as needed based on what is being talked about.

(Answers are case sensitive!)

Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise

Is she dramatic?	Czy ona jest (When talking about a woman) q3\|dramatyczna

It is ecological	(when talking about an egg) q3\|To jest ekologiczne

It is exotic	(when talking about food) q3\|To jest egzotyczne

She is dramatic	(when talking about a woman) q3\|Ona jest dramatyczna

Do think that she is logical?	(when talking about a woman) q3\|Czy myślisz, że ona jest logiczna?

She is normal	(when talking about a woman) q3\|Ona jest normalna

I think it is not normal	(when talking about food) q3\|Myślę, że to nie jest normalne

Do you think that it is ecological	(when talking about an egg)