GRAMMAR - Dative Case - Masculine and Neuter Nouns

As usual masculine and neuter nouns (and their adjectives) are very similar ... but not exactly the same.

Let's start with a new word

In the Locative case we add 'owi' to the end of masculine nouns:

So how would you say:

For neuter nouns we change the ending to 'u'.

And in both masculine and neuter the adjectives (and my, your, this, that, etc.) endings are 'emu'

Take your time to think out these sentences.:

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

Heads Up!

Dative is also used for the very popular phrase "Thanks to".

So how would you say:

Nominative and Dative

Click and drag the phrases or words into their correct cases.

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on ufał rządowi

ufałam nowemu komputerowi

he trusted the government

I trusted the new computer

ufali temu miastu

they helped your son

ona pomogła lekarzowi

ona ufała lekarzowi

they trusted this town

they helped Tomasz

pomogli temu miastu

they trusted the internet

she helped the doctor

pomogli twojemu synowi

ufali internetowi

they helped this town

she trusted the doctor

pomogli Tomaszowi

Practice the sentences from the lesson.

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I trusted the government	(female) q3\|Ufałam rządowi

I didn't trust the government	(female) q3\|Nie ufałam rządowi

We trusted the government	q3\|Ufaliśmy rządowi

They trusted the government	(mixed) q3\|Ufali rządowi

He trusted Tomasz	q3\|On ufał Tomaszowi

He helped Tomasz	q3\|On pomógł Tomaszowi

I helped the town	(female) q3\|Pomogłam miastu

I didn't help the town	(female) q3\|Nie pomogłam miastu

I helped this town	(female) q3\|Pomogłam temu miastu

They helped this town	(mixed) q3\|Pomogli temu miastu

Did you trust the government?	(male) q3\|Czy ufałeś rządowi?

Why did you trust the government?	(male) q3\|Dlaczego ufałeś rządowi?

Why did you help Tomasz?	(female) q3\|Dlaczego pomogłaś Tomaszowi?

Why didn't you help Tomasz?	(female) q3\|Dlaczego nie pomogłaś Tomaszowi?

Why did you help this town?	(female) q3\|Dlaczego pomogłaś temu miastu?

They helped this town	(mixed) q3\|Pomogli temu miastu

Why did they help this town?	(mixed) q3\|Dlaczego pomogli temu miastu?

She did't trust the government	q3\|Ona nie ufała rządowi

Why didn't we help Tomasz?	(female) q3\|Dlaczego nie pomogliśmy Tomaszowi?

Thanks to this project, I know	(female) q3\|Dzięki temu projektowi wiem

Thanks to that innovation, I have time	(female) q3\|Dzięki tej innowacji mam czas

Thanks to this doctor, I have time	(female) q3\|Dzięki temu lekarzowi mam czas

Thanks to that work, I lived in Warsaw	(female)

I lived in Krakow thanks to Tomasz	(female)

Thanks to this, I can go	(female) q3\|Dzięki temu mogę iść