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
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Think out the Polish
Practice the phrases from the lessom to get more familiar with 'of'
Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise
Tomasz's coffee
q2|Kawa Tomasza
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Ewa's beer
q2|Piwo Ewy
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Frank's wine
q2|Wino Franka
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Beata's water
q2|Woda Beaty
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Tomasz's problem
q2|Problem Tomasza
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Dorota's computer
q2|Komputer Doroty
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Magda's bank
q2|Bank Magdy
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It is Agnieszka's problem
q2|To jest problem Agnieszki
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It is Agnieszka's cat
q2|To jest kot Agnieszki
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It is Agnieszka's home
q2|To jest dom Agnieszki
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It is Angelika's water
q2|To jest woda Angeliki
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Is it Angelika's question?
q2|Czy to jest pytanie Angeliki?
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It is a matter/question of time
q2|To jest kwestia czasu
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It is a matter/question of taste
q2|To jest kwestia smaku
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It is a matter/question of color
q2|To jest kwestia koloru
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A liter of water
q2|Litr wody
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A bottle of water
q2|Butelka wody
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A liter of beer
q2|Litr piwa
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A bottle of beer
q2|Butelka piwa
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A liter of wine
q2|Litr wina
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A bottle of wine
q2|Butelka wina
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Refresher
Revise earlier words and phrases to keep them fresh! Match the Polish and Engish below
Make sure your sound is turned on to hear the audio during this exercise
lekarz
pizza
laptop
problem
pizza
laptop
scandal
dom
krysys
stress
samochód
car
nowy
house/home
smartfon
crisis
new
stres
problem
skandal
smartphone
doctor
Names in the Genetive case
Tick all the names of people as they are written in the Genetive case
