It\u2019s been a while since we talked about our lovely Polish noun cases, so I thought we might get back to it today.<\/p>\n
But first, I have a little treat for you. One of our readers, as it turned out, is also a very talented poet. I mean, you have to be talented to write a poem about Polish declensions. Yep. That\u2019s exactly what Fran did. Just take a look:<\/p>\n
In Case of Polish<\/p>\n
The Polish language is quite curious.
\nSeven cases! Yes, they\u2019re serious.
\nThe Nominative Case is so exquisite.
\nAnswers the question: who or what is it?<\/p>\nIf there\u2019s few or even many,
\nOr you tell me there\u2019s not any,
\nLook for something that\u2019s a possession.
\nCarefully listen for a preposition
\nOd, ze, do, dla, or ko\u0142o
\nGenitive case does a solo.<\/p>\nNow I know it sounds amusing
\nTo what, to whom \u2013 it\u2019s just confusing!
\nBut if you listen to the help I give,
\nI lend to you this case of Dative.<\/p>\nI see I need to get going soon
\nOf course, I\u2019d like to fly to the moon
\nJust remember when passing through
\nThat any old direct object will do
\nAnd action or motion to anyplace
\nAlways results in the Accusative case.<\/p>\nWhether in front or behind, above, under or below
\nThere\u2019s one more thing that you need know
\nTransportation is fundamental
\nWhen the case is Instrumental<\/p>\nAlthough it may seem quite apparent
\nAbout \u201con\u201d, \u201cin\u201d, \u201cby\u201d, or \u201cafter\u201d it is inherent
\nThat these are prepositions of locations.
\n(I thank you now, for your patience.)
\nWe\u2019ve arrived at the case called Locative
\nAnd all that\u2019s left \u2013 hey you! Vocative!<\/p>\nBy Polish learner
\nFrances Turner<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIsn\u2019t that just great, or what?! Thank you so much, Fran, for agreeing to include it in here.<\/p>\n
I was going to talk about dative today, but no matter what I say now, after reading Fran\u2019s poem, it won\u2019t look very impressive.<\/p>\n
So let\u2019s just stick to the basics. Dative \u2013 in Polish \u2013 celownik<\/strong>. The English name of the case came from Latin \u201ccasus dativus\u201d<\/em>, but where the Polish name \u201ccelownik<\/strong>\u201d came from I have no idea. \u201cCelowa\u0107<\/strong>\u201d is a verb and it means to aim (at somebody). Obviously, somewhere along the way, there is a connection to this grammatical case.<\/p>\n
Next time, we will discuss how, when and where this case is used. Now let me read Fran\u2019s poem again. She basically did all the hard teaching for me, all I will need to do next time is to give you some usage examples. And voila!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s been a while since we talked about our lovely Polish noun cases, so I thought we might get back to it today. But first, I have a little treat for you. One of our readers, as it turned out, is also a very talented poet. I mean, you have to be talented to write…<\/p>\n