GRAMMAR - Accusative Case - Male Personal Plurals

Now let's pick up two other jobs:

• A lawyer - Prawnik
• A manager - Menedżer

These names do not have the soft 'z' ending so we use the standard 'ów' ending from Genetive that we saw in the last lesson.

• We don't like the managers - Nie lubimy menedżerów
• We like the managers - Lubimy menedżerów

Remember these endings are only for groups of people who are all male or a mixed group of males and females. So how would you say:

• We like lawyers -
• We have lawyers -

Not only nouns are Genetive. Adjectives, 'your', 'my' and 'this' are also Genetive forms ('ych' ending) but only when talking about a group of people who are all male or a mix of males and females

• We have new managers - Mamy nowych menedżerów
• We have these doctors - Mamy tych lekarzy

So how would you say

• We like the new lawyers -
• He likes your managers -
• I like my doctors

Heads Up about Managers!

The word 'Manager' was pulled into the English language from French where it actually means (originally) horse trainer!

It was also pulled into the Polish language but the exact spelling was never formalized early on so there are a number of different spellings:

• menedżer
• menadżer
• manager

All are used interchangeably in written works so don't be surprised to see all three.