{"id":476,"date":"2009-02-10T17:47:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T21:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=476"},"modified":"2009-02-10T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T21:47:28","slug":"genitive-case-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/genitive-case-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Genitive Case, part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas asked what happened to audio files with pronunciation that I used to provide on this blog. I will be reunited with my own computer and microphone on March 10th and then pliki d\u017awi\u0119kowe<\/strong> (audio files) will be back. And I do plan to go back and provide them for all the posts where they\u2019re currently missing. This will be du\u017co roboty<\/strong> (a lot of work) but I know it will help you a lot, too.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, let\u2019s answer Michael\u2019s question: what is the difference between domy<\/strong> and dom\u00f3w<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Ah, time to review noun declensions, isn\u2019t it? Domy<\/strong> is the nominative plural form of \u201cdom<\/strong>\u201d (house, home, building).
\nSo, jeden dom<\/strong> (one house, home, building) and dwa domy<\/strong> (two houses, homes, buildings).<\/p>\n

Remember the genitive case (dope\u0142niacz<\/strong>)? We talked about it here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And why am I bringing it up again? Because it just so happens that \u201cdom\u00f3w<\/strong>\u201d is the genitive case of \u201cdomy<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dom<\/strong> is a masculine noun with what we call in Polish a \u201chard stem.\u201d And such masculine hard-stem nouns take the ending \u2013\u00f3w<\/strong> in the genitive plural form.<\/p>\n

Take a look:<\/p>\n