Tom's coffee

The Genetive case is also used as a way of saying 'of'. In Polish, literally, we say 'the coffee of Tom' similar to the way, in old English, we say, 'The House of Tudor'

Tomasz's coffee - Kawa Tomasza

By saying 'Tomasz' in the genetive form we are signalling that 'of' is being used. That means we don't actually have to write 'of'.

So how would you say

Ewa's beer -
Frank's wine -
Beata's water -
Tomasz's problem -
Dorota's computer -
Magda's bank -

Heads Up!

As always remember when we have a word (or a name) that has a hard ending like 'ka' we'll use the 'i' ending instead.

To jest Agnieszka's problem - To jest problem Agnieszki

So how would you say

It's Agnieszka's cat -
It's Agnieszka's house -
It's Angelika's water -
Is it Angelika's question? -

There are other places that we also use 'of' in both languages:

It's a matter of time - to jest kwestia czasu

Now although 'kwestia' sounds an awful lot like 'question' ... it isn't! We already know 'pytanie' is 'question'.

However in this context 'kwestia' can mean 'question'.

So how would you say

It's a matter/question of taste -
It's a matter/question of color -

We also use 'of' when describing how much of something:

A liter of water - litr wody
A bottle of water - butelka wody

Again, by using the genetive form of 'woda' we can achieve the 'of' without saying or writing it. So how would you say:.

A liter of wine -
A bottle of wine -
A liter of beer -
A bottle of beer -

Whose stuff is it

Sort out these things by who they belong to

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 the phrases from the lessom to get more familiar with 'of'

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Tomasz's coffee	q2\|Kawa Tomasza

Ewa's beer	q2\|Piwo Ewy

Frank's wine	q2\|Wino Franka

Beata's water	q2\|Woda Beaty

Tomasz's problem	q2\|Problem Tomasza

Dorota's computer	q2\|Komputer Doroty

Magda's bank	q2\|Bank Magdy

It is Agnieszka's problem	q2\|To jest problem Agnieszki

It is Agnieszka's cat	q2\|To jest kot Agnieszki

It is Agnieszka's home	q2\|To jest dom Agnieszki

It is Angelika's water	q2\|To jest woda Angeliki

Is it Angelika's question?	q2\|Czy to jest pytanie Angeliki?

It is a matter/question of time	q2\|To jest kwestia czasu

It is a matter/question of taste	q2\|To jest kwestia smaku

It is a matter/question of color	q2\|To jest kwestia koloru

A liter of water	q2\|Litr wody

A bottle of water	q2\|Butelka wody

A liter of beer	q2\|Litr piwa

A bottle of beer	q2\|Butelka piwa

A liter of wine	q2\|Litr wina

A bottle of wine	q2\|Butelka wina