{"id":680,"date":"2010-01-31T08:42:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T12:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=680"},"modified":"2010-01-31T08:42:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T12:42:27","slug":"verbs-expressing-feelings-and-the-nouns-that-follow-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/verbs-expressing-feelings-and-the-nouns-that-follow-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Verbs Expressing Feelings and the Nouns that Follow Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, what were we talking about last time? Ah yes, verbs that express emotions. You know, stuff like love (<strong>kocha\u0107<\/strong>), hate (<strong>nienawidzie\u0107<\/strong>), like (<strong>lubi\u0107<\/strong>), dislike (<strong>nie lubi\u0107<\/strong>), etc.<\/p>\n<p>In English, it\u2019s simple, whether you like or don\u2019t like someone (or something), the noun that follows the verb expressing your feeling doesn\u2019t change.<br \/>\nI like winter. I hate winter.<br \/>\n\u201cWinter\u201d stays \u201cwinter\u201d no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve probably figured out by now, this is not how it works in Polish. Well, nothing is ever simple and straightforward in Polish. It wouldn\u2019t be Polish otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Remember when we talked about these two cases: <strong>dope\u0142niacz<\/strong> (genitive) and <strong>biernik<\/strong> (accusative)? No? Then now it\u2019s the time to look up those blog posts (I wrote about those cases in the past) and refresh your memory. Don&#8217;t worry, I\u2019ll wait.<\/p>\n<p>OK, I see you\u2019re back. Good! We can move on to the fun bits now.<\/p>\n<p>So, this is how those winter (<strong>zima<\/strong>) sentences would look like in Polish.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Lubi\u0119 zim\u0119.<\/strong> \u2013 I like winter<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Nienawidz\u0119 zimy.<\/strong> \u2013 I hate winter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See what happened to \u201c<strong>zima<\/strong>\u201d? Yes\u2026 Your worst fears have been confirmed. We have two different cases here.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201c<strong>Lubi\u0119 zim\u0119<\/strong>\u201d we have the accusative case &#8211; <strong>biernik<\/strong>, which answers to these questions: \u201c<strong>kogo?<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>co?<\/strong>\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>Lubi\u0119 kogo<\/strong>\u201d &#8211; when talking about people. Or \u201c<strong>Lubi\u0119 co<\/strong>\u201d &#8211; when talking about everything else.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201c<strong>Nienawidz\u0119 zimy<\/strong>\u201d we have the genitive case \u2013 <strong>dope\u0142niacz<\/strong>, which answers to these questions: \u201c<strong>kogo?<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>czego?<\/strong>\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>Nienawidz\u0119 kogo<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 when talking about people. Or \u201c<strong>Nienawidz\u0119 czego<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 when talking about everything else.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you are right \u2013 in both of these examples, the \u201c<strong>kogo?<\/strong>\u201d question when talking about humans is the same. But that doesn\u2019t actually mean that the noun will stay the same. Not so! (And what did you think, huh?)<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Lubi\u0119 Kasi\u0119<\/strong> (or <strong>Ani\u0119<\/strong>, if you want to talk about me behind my back) \u2013 I like Kasia (Ania).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Nienawidz\u0119 Kasi (Ani)<\/strong> \u2013 I hate Kasia (Ania).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Luckily, this is only the issue with feminine humans. Masculine humans stay the same.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Lubi\u0119 Paw\u0142a<\/strong> \u2013 I like Pawe\u0142.<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Nienawidz\u0119 Paw\u0142a<\/strong> \u2013 I hate Pawe\u0142 (Pawe\u0142, it\u2019s nothing personal, it\u2019s just an example, OK?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Incidentally, when talking about space aliens in Polish, treat them as humans (at least grammatically), even though they are very clearly not.<\/p>\n<p>So, basically, this is the drill:<br \/>\nIf you have positive feelings towards someone or something, use <strong>biernik<\/strong> (accusative).<br \/>\nIf you have negative feelings towards someone or something, it\u2019s time to use <strong>dope\u0142niacz<\/strong> (genitive).<\/p>\n<p>Hey! What happened to you? Wake up! Wake up!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, what were we talking about last time? Ah yes, verbs that express emotions. You know, stuff like love (kocha\u0107), hate (nienawidzie\u0107), like (lubi\u0107), dislike (nie lubi\u0107), etc. In English, it\u2019s simple, whether you like or don\u2019t like someone (or something), the noun that follows the verb expressing your feeling doesn\u2019t change. 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