| Masculine | Neutuer | Femenine | ||||||
| Animate | In-Animate | Plurarl | Singular | Plurarl | Singular | Plurarl | ||
| Nominative | Nouns |
Add 'e' - (-ć, -dź, -ś, -ń, -ź) as well as with -c, -dz, -cz, -dż, -sz, -ż, -rz, -l, -j.
Add 'i' - ł, -m, -r, -b, -d, -w, -z, -ch, -s, -p, -t and many more. In this case softening of consonants occur: z -> ź, d -> dz, t -> c und ch -> s. Add 'y' –k, -g, -or, -ec, -er, but not only them. In this case k to c, g to dz and r to rzchange occur. |
Swap last letter for 'a' | Swap last letter for 'y' or 'i' | ||||
| Adjectives | y | e | a | |||||
| Genetive | Noun | Add 'a' | Add 'u' |
Add 'ow'
Add 'i' - with -ąb and -w Consonants Softened |
Last letter becomes 'a' | Drop last letter | 'a' becomes 'y' | Drop last letter |
| Consonants Softened |
with -ąb and -w ending get in the genitive plural -i suffix. Consonants Softened |
–ka, -ga or consonants like –ć and -ź, –y ending replaced by –i. In these cases letters –ć and -ź are removed and replaced with “normal” consonants. | ||||||
| Adjectives | ego | ych/ich | ego | ych/ich | ej | ych/ich | ||
| Dative | Noun | owi | Swap last letter with 'om' | Swap last letter with 'u' | Swap last letter with 'om' | –(i)e ending with consonant or of foreign origin –y/-i | Swap last letter with 'om' | |
| Consonants Softened | ||||||||
| Adjective | emu | ym | emu | ym | ej | ym | ||
| Accusative | Noun | Nominative PL | Genetive PL | Nominative | 'a' becomes 'ę' | Nominative PL | ||
| Adjectives | Genetive | Nominative | Swap last letter with 'ą' | |||||
| Instrumental | Noun | Remove '-ie', Add 'em' Add 'iem' - ends with -g or -k Consonants Softened |
'ami' | Add 'm'. If ending in o replace with 'em' |
'ami' | 'ą' | 'ami' | |
| Adjective |
'ym' -im (after -g or -k) |
'ymi' -imi (after -g or -k) |
'ym' -im (after -g or -k) |
'ymi' -imi (after -g or -k) |
'ą' |
'ymi' -imi (after -g or -k) |
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| Locative | Noun | 'e'/'u' Consonants Softened |
'ach' | 'e'/'u' | 'ach' | Dative | 'ach' | |
| Adjective | ym/im | -ych/-ich | 'ej' | -ych/-ich | -ej | -ych/-ich | ||
Genitive
Often used with interrogative pronouns, where questions czyj?/czyja? are asked, being close to the English question “whose?” and its usage of genitive
Dative
The target objects of specific activity.
Accusative (biernik)
It is related to the activity or function relative to the described object. It can be used as a single or prepositional case. The accusative answers to the questions kogo? (who?), co? (what?).
Instrumental
Refers to the object of a sentence, never to its subject. The means by which an action is completed (eg go by taxi). used after z (with), za (behind). Also with nationality of profession.
Locative
Used after w (in), o (about), na (on), o (at), po (after,along), przy (near, by)
Consonants Softening
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