Friday 4 January 2008

Accusative Case


The direct object of most verbs; the object of some prepositions.

Answers the questions: What is the action is about? Whom the action is about? I see the tree. I see what? The tree. I see Mark. I see who? Mark. We would like to visit Krakow . What would you like to visit? Krakow . I have a new dress. What do you have? A new dress.

Most common verbs used: I see, I have, I like.

Other examples: I am going to buy a plane ticket. I am going to buy what? A plane ticket. I am going to sell my car. I am going to sell what? My car.

The accusative also follows preposition that indicate going towards or motion. Pzez-through Na-on, to, towards, for I am going to the market. I am waiting for my love. I will be on vacation. I am walking through the building.

Incidentally, the most common Polish cases are the nominative (dictionary form) and accusative, which account for almost 65% of the Polish cases. The nominative, accusative, genitive, and locative accounts for over 90% of the Polish cases. But you still have to learn them all :-)

5 comments:

  1. Crackin' blog guys...helped me no end in my Polish course so far!

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  2. Thanks mate - much appreciated :-)

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  3. Hi Biluś,

    I'm afraid your chart is wrong. You didn't take into account virile gender for nouns and adjectives in plural form.

    :)

    If you'd like more info, I'm preparing something!

    Chris.

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  4. Always happy to learn more, Chris - thanks for taking the time on this!

    :-)

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