GRAMMAR - Dative Case - Plurals

Where we are talking about multiple things (computers, houses, etc.) rather than single things (a computer, a house) there are specific endings for nouns and adjectives

Luckily plurals of nouns, in all genders have the same endings in Dative. We'll see this is true for almost all cases.

For the Dative case we aim for an 'om' ending on the noun.

I trusted the women - Ufałam kobietom
I trusted the computers - Ufałam komputerom

So how would you say:

We trusted the supermarkets -
They trusted the doctors (mixed group) -
They trusted the banks (mixed group) -

Adjectives are the same for all genders. They have a 'ym' ending

He helped the old women - On pomógł starym kobietom
He helped the new doctors - On pomógł nowym lekarzom

If you look at your table of endings you'll see these are the same endings as masculine and neuter nouns in the Instrumental and Locative case! So these are not new endings to learn, we just need to remember they are applied here as well.

So how would you say

She trusted the new doctors -
We trusted the new computers -
They trusted the new computers (mixed)
They trusted the old banks (mixed)
He helped the clever women (mixed)

And if adjectives end the same that means 'my' and 'your' do as well.

I helped your sons (male) - Pomogłem twoim synom
You trusted my sons (male) - Ufałeś moim synom

And one final piece of good news. 'This', 'these' and 'those' are all the same word - 'tym'

I trusted those women (male) - Ufałem tym kobietom
We trusted these new computers - Ufaliśmy tym nowym komputerom
We helped those old doctors - Pomagaliśmy tym starym lekarzom

Adjectives and their cases

Click and drag these adjectives to their correct case.

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

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Match these translations of dative phrases

Tap on each pair to make them disappear.

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ona pomogła lekarzom

ona ufała kotom

she trusted computers

she helped the towns

ona ufała lekarzom

she trusted the doctors

she trusted the products

She trusted women

she trusted the cats

ona pomogła kotom

ona ufała komputerom

she trusted the reports

ona ufała produktom

she helped the doctors

she helped the cats

ona ufała raportom

she helped the women

ona ufała kobietom

ona pomogła miastom

ona pomogła kobietom

Think out the Polish

Practice the sentences from the lesson.

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I trusted the women	(female) q3\|Ufałam kobietom

I trusted the computers	(female) q3\|Ufałam komputerom

We trusted the supermarkets	q3\|Ufaliśmy supermarketom

They trusted the doctors	(mixed) q3\|Ufali lekarzom

They trusted the banks	(mixed q3\|Ufali bankom

He helped the old women	q3\|On pomógł starym kobietom

He helped the new doctors	q3\|On pomógł nowym lekarzom

She trusted the new doctors	q3\|Ona ufała nowym lekarzom

We trusted the new computers	q3\|Ufaliśmy nowym komputerom

They trusted the new computers	q3\|Ufali nowym komputerom

They trusted the old banks	q3\|Ufali starym bankom

He helped the clever women	q3\|On pomógł mądrym kobietom

I helped your sons	(male) q3\|Pomogłem twoim synom

You trusted my sons	(male) q3\|Ufałeś moim synom

I trusted those women	(male) q3\|Ufałem tym kobietom

We trusted these new computers	q3\|Ufaliśmy tym nowym komputerom

We helped those old doctors	q3\|Pomogliśmy tym starym lekarzom