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
- Goverment - rząd
In the Locative case we add 'owi' to the end of masculine nouns:
- I trusted the government (female) - Ufałam rządowi
- She didn't trust the government - Ona nie ufała rządowi
So how would you say:
- I didn't trust the government (female) -
- We trusted the government -
- They trusted the government (mixed group) -
- He trusted Tomasz -
- He helped Tomasz -
For neuter nouns we change the ending to 'u'.
- I helped the town (female) - Pomogłam miastu
- I didn't help the town (female) - Nie pomogłam miastu
And in both masculine and neuter the adjectives (and my, your, this, that, etc.) endings are 'emu'
- I helped this town (female) - Pomogłam temu miastu
- They helped this town (mixed) - Pomogli temu miastu
Take your time to think out these sentences.:
Thinking these out, rather than trying to remember them, makes learning faster.
- Did you trust the government? (male) -
- Why did you trust the government? (male) -
- Why did you help Tomasz? (female) -
- Why didn't you help Tomasz? (female) -
- Why did you help this town? (female) -
- They helped this town (mixed group) -
- Why did they help this town? (mixed group) -
Heads Up!
Dative is also used for the very popular phrase "Thanks to".
- Thanks to this project, I know - Dzięki temu projektowi wiem
- Thanks to that innovation, I have time - Dzięki tej innowacji mam czas
So how would you say:
- Thanks to this doctor, I have time -
- Thanks to that work, I lived in Warsaw (female) -
- I lived in Krakow thanks to Tomasz (female) -
- Thanks to this, I can go -
Nominative and Dative
Click and drag the phrases or words into their correct cases.
Drag and drop all the dark blue boxes to their correct locations
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Match these translations of past tenses
Tap on each pair to make them disappear.
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they helped your son
ona ufała lekarzowi
pomogli temu miastu
I trusted the new computer
pomogli Tomaszowi
they helped Tomasz
on ufał rządowi
he trusted the government
they helped this town
ufałam nowemu komputerowi
ufali temu miastu
ona pomogła lekarzowi
ufali internetowi
they trusted the internet
she helped the doctor
they trusted this town
pomogli twojemu synowi
she trusted the doctor
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 government | (female)
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I didn't trust the government | (female)
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We trusted the government | |
They trusted the government | (mixed)
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He trusted Tomasz | |
He helped Tomasz | |
I helped the town | (female)
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I didn't help the town | (female)
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I helped this town | (female)
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They helped this town | (mixed)
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Did you trust the government? | (male)
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Why did you trust the government? | (male)
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Why did you help Tomasz? | (female)
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Why didn't you help Tomasz? | (female)
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Why did you help this town? | (female)
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They helped this town | (mixed)
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Why did they help this town? | (mixed)
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She did't trust the government | |
Why didn't we help Tomasz? | (female)
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Thanks to this project, I know | (female)
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Thanks to that innovation, I have time | (female)
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Thanks to this doctor, I have time | (female)
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Thanks to that work, I lived in Warsaw | (female)
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I lived in Krakow thanks to Tomasz | (female)
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Thanks to this, I can go | (female)
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Refresher
Revise earlier words and phrases to keep them fresh! Match the Polish and Engish below
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komputer
son
brother
iść
córka
sister
to help
supermarket
daughter
pomóc
supermarket
siostra
syn
doctor
brat
woman
to go (by foot)
computer
bank
kobieta
bank
lekarz
Dative Masculine Nouns
Tick all the nouns which are in the Dative form
Tick all of the boxes you believe are correct