My, Your and Old Beer

Expressing posession (my phone, your car) is key in any language. Here we'll see how it is done in Nominative, Accusative and Genetive. But first a new word.

Old - Stary

Stary is used to describe something so it is an adjective which means we can expect to see the ending change depending on the gender of the noun and the case.

We know how adjectives like 'nowy' change depending on the gender of the noun and the case so take a while to think out how 'stary' would be said in the following cases.

Nominative feminine -
Nominative neuter -
Accusative feminine -
Accusative masculine (Animate) -
Genetive feminine -
Genetive masculine and neuter -

Thinking out the forms of new adjectives you learn will help you remember the endings far better than endless listen and repeat exercises.

Masculine: My car - Mój samochód

The endings of 'mój' change depending on the gender and the case but we don't have to learn these changes as we already know them from how adjectives change. Look at the matching endings below:

Feminine: My mineral water - Moja mineralna woda
Neuter: My old beer - Moje stare piwo
Accusative Feminine: I have my mineral water - Mam moją mineralną wodę
Accusative Masculine (Animate): I like my new doctor - Lubię mojego nowego lekarza
Genetive Feminine: I'm looking for my mineral water - Szukam mojej mineralnej wodą
Genetive Masculine/Neuter: I don't have my old smartphone - Nie mam mojego starego smartfona

Your

Masculine: Your car - Twój samochód
Feminine: Your pizza - Twoja pizza

As you can see 'mój' and 'twój', 'moja' and 'twoja' end the same. Their ending changes also match in other genders and cases so how would you say 'your' in these cases:

Nominative neuter -
Accusative feminine -
Accusative masculine (Animate) -
Genetive feminine -
Genetive masculine and neuter -

As we can see these same endings - 'ą', 'ego' and 'ej' are coming up again and again. Once we are familiar with which case they belong to we won't need to learn the different forms of words parrot fashion.

My and Your

Sort these 'my' and 'your' forms into the right cases

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

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Match the cases of my and your

Match the endings of my and your with their correct gender and case

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your (neuter nominative)

mój

mojej

twoja

moja

twojego

my (masculine nominative)

mojego

moje

your (masculine nominative)

twojej

your (feminine genetive)

twój

your (masculine genetive)

your (feminine nominative)

my (feminine nominative)

twoje

my (masculine genetive)

my (neuter nominative)

my (feminine genetive)

Think out the Polish

Practice 'stary' and getting the right 'my' and 'your' for different noun genders in the simple Nominative case.

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My mineral water	q3\|Moja mineralna woda

My old beer	q3\|Moje stare piwo

It's my house	q3\|To jest mój dom

It's my beer	q3\|To jest moje piwo

It's my pizza	q3\|To jest moja pizza

It's your question	q3\|To jest twoje pytanie

It's your stress	q3\|To jest twój stres

It's your water	q3\|To jest twoja woda

My house is old	q3\|Mój dom jest stary

He knows that your doctor is old	q3\|On wie, że twój lekarz jest stary

She knows that my laptop is old	q3\|Ona wie, że mój laptop jest stary

I think that it is an old problem	q3\|Myślę, że to jest stary problem

I know where your old bank is	q3\|Wiem gdzie jest twój stary bank

Think out the Polish

Now let's try it in the other cases

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I have my mineral water	q4\|Mam moją mineralną wodę

I like my new doctor	q4\|Lubię mojego nowego lekarza

I am looking for my mineral water	q4\|Szukam mojej mineralnej wody

I don't have my old smartphone	q4\|Nie mam mojego starego smartfona

Why don't you like my food?	q4\|Dlaczego nie lubisz mojego jedzenia?

Why don't you like my old cat?

He wants an old wine	q4\|On chce stare wino

He doesn't like my water	q4\|On nie lubi mojej wody

I'm looking for an old hotel	q4\|Szukam starego hotelu

He doesn't have your old smartphone	q4\|On nie ma twojego starego smartfona

I know that you have my old computer	q4\|Wiem, że masz mój stary komputer

I like your question	q4\|Lubię twoje pytanie

She doesn't like my old cat	q4\|Ona nie lubi mojego starego kota

I don't want the old radio	q4\|Nie chcę starego radia

Why do you like my old music?

She is looking for your old report	q4\|Ona szuka twojego starego raportu

I think that he doesn't want your old car

She knows that your house is old	q4\|Ona wie, że twój dom jest stary

Think out the Polish

Now we'll try it with nouns you don't know. The Nominative noun is shown in brackets. Identify the gender of the noun and then the case to think out the right answer

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He has your old bicycle	(rower) q5\|On ma twój stary rower

I'm looking for my old contract	(czapka) q5\|Szukam mojej starej umowy

He doesn't have an old lawyer	(prawnik) q5\|On nie ma starego prawniku

She doesn't like your town	(miasto) q5\|Ona nie lubi twojego miasta

I don't like my country	(kraj) q5\|Nie lubię mojego kraju

Why do you like my family?	(rodzina) q5\|Dlaczego lubisz moją rodzinę?

Do you think your school is old?	(szkoła)

I know that you don't like my street	(ulica) q5\|Wiem, że nie lubisz mojej ulicy

She thinks that your bread is old	(chleb)

I like your boss but he is old	(szef)

I think that she knows that the fish is old	(ryba)

She thinks that the town is old	(miasto) q5\|Ona myśli, że miasto jest stare

He doesn't like my daugher	(córka) q5\|On nie lubi mojej córki

She likes my son	(syn) q5\|Ona lubi mojego syna