GRAMMAR - Dative Case - Feminine

The Dative case is used when we are giving or doing something to someone/something. Sounds abstract? It's not!

Apart from very obvious stuff like "I gave Ewa my car", consider these two statements

I helped Ewa = I gave Ewa help
I trusted the government = I gave my trust to the government

So the concept of 'giving' is widely used in every language. When you are 'giving' we are in the Dative Case.

The good news is, for feminine nouns, adjectives and nouns end exactly the same way as in the Locative Case - soft ending on the noun and 'ej' ending of the adjectives (and forms of my, your, this, etc).

I trusted the new chemist/drug store (male) - Ufałem nowej aptece

Endings of the Dative case, just like all other cases, are applied to people's names as well.

I helped Ewa (male) - Pomagłem Ewie

As we when we looked at the Locative case, if in doubt use an 'ie' ending. So how would you say:

I helped Paulina (male) -
He helped Paulina -
We helped Paulina -
She helped Ewa -
They helped Ewa (mixed group) -

Take your time to think out these sentences.:

Thinking these out, rather than trying to remember them, makes learning faster.

I trusted Paulina (male) -
I trusted my work (male) -
He trusted your sister -
She helped your wife -
We helped that woman -

Instrumental, Locative and Dative

Click and drag the feminine noun based phrases into their correct cases.

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

Match these translations of Locative/Dative phrases

Tap on each pair to make them disappear.

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

a good person

a tragic situation

a problematic person

an old pizza

a romantic woman

a clever woman

starej pizzy

new water

nowej kawie

złej osobie

old water

mądrej kobiecie

new coffee

tragicznej sytuacji

romantycznej kobiecie

a bad perosn

nowej wodzie

problematycznej osobie

starej wodzie

dobrej osobie

Think out the Polish

Practice the sentences from the lesson.

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

I trusted the new chemist/drug store	(male) q3\|Ufałem nowej aptece

I helped Ewa	(male) q3\|Pomogłem Ewie

I helped Paulina	(male) q3\|Pomogłem Paulinie

He helped Paulina	q3\|On pomógł Paulinie

We helped Paulina	q3\|Pomogliśmy Paulinie

She helped Ewa	q3\|Ona pomogła Ewie

They helped Ewa	(mixed group) q3\|Pomogli Ewie

I trusted Paulina	(male) q3\|Ufałem Paulinie

I trusted my work	(male) q3\|Ufałem mojej pracy

He trusted your sister	q3\|On ufał twojej siostrze

She helped your wife	q3\|Ona pomogła twojej żonie

We helped that woman	q3\|Pomogliśmy tej kobiecie