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Polish grammar noun case endings exercises 2

Polish noun case endings

Choose the Polish noun case ending.

  1. Nominative singular masculine thing: dom_

    –

    a

    i

    u

  2. Genitive singular masculine thing: melon_

    owi

    u

    a

    –

  3. Dative singular masculine thing: motocyklow_

    a

    i

    u

    –

  4. Accusative singular masculine thing: pałac_

    a

    –

    i

    u

  5. Instrumental singular masculine thing: wigwam_

    y

    a

    –

    em

  6. Locative singular masculine thing: płoci_

    e

    y

    i

    em

  7. Nominative singular masculine animal: wielbłąd_

    a

    u

    –

    z

  8. Genitive singular masculine animal: muł_

    u

    o

    –

    a

  9. Dative singular masculine animal: homarow_

    i

    a

    u

    –

  10. Accusative singular masculine animal: koziorożc_

    ce

    a

    ie

    em

  11. Instrumental singular masculine animal: śledzi_

    em

    ego

    owi

    iem

  12. Locative singular masculine animal: bawol_

    ego

    e

    owi

    u

  13. Nominative singular masculine person: Mark_

    u

    e

    a

    –

  14. Genitive singular masculine person: burmistrz_

    a

    u

    u

    om

  15. Dative singular masculine person: królow_

    i

    ae

    u

    e

  16. Accusative singular masculine person: Polak_

    e

    a

    i

    u

  17. Instrumental singular masculine person: Amerykanin_

    –

    y

    ego

    em

  18. Locative singular masculine person: strażnik_

    a

    iem

    u

    –

  19. Nominative singular feminine: córka_

    a

    ą

    –

    za

  20. Genitive singular feminine: Kanadyj_

    ci

    ce

    a

    ki

  21. Dative singular feminine: lokomotyw_

    y

    a

    ie

    i

  22. Accusative singular feminine: Francuzk_

    y

    a

    ę

    i

  23. Instrumental singular feminine: Polk_

    i

    a

    e


    ą

  24. Locative singular feminine: cegl_

    u

    a

    e

    y

  25. Nominative singular neuter: zwierz_

    ę

    ą

    e

    a

  26. Genitive singular neuter: bagn_

    ę

    ą

    e

    a

  27. Dative singular neuter: krzesł_

    e

    y

    i

    u

  28. Accusative singular neuter: zwierz_

    ę

    o

    a

    e

  29. Instrumental singular neuter: zwierzęci_

    e

    em

    ę

    ą

  30. Locative singular neuter: jajk_

    ą

    a

    u

    ę

  31. Nominative plural masculine thing: atom_

    ę

    ą

    a

    y

  32. Genitive plural masculine thing: lejk_

    a

    ów

    ą

    owi

  33. Dative plural masculine thing: magnes_

    em

    owi


    om

    ego

  34. Accusative plural masculine thing: stoł_

    i

    o

    y

    owi

  35. Instrumental plural masculine thing: kamieniam_

    i

    e

    a

    u

  36. Locative plural masculine thing: piernika_

    i

    e

    ch

    a

  37. Nominative plural masculine animal: łos_

    a

    e

    ie

    u

  38. Genitive plural masculine animal: hipopotam_

    ów

    a

    owi

    e

  39. Dative plural masculine animal: łosi_

    ów

    em

    e

    om

  40. Accusative plural masculine animal: wilk_

    em

    ie

    i

    ow

  41. Instrumental plural masculine animal: owadam_

    i

    owi

    em

    ie

  42. Locative plural masculine animal: chomik_

    a

    e

    ach

    i

  43. Nominative plural masculine person: Amerykan_

    o

    ow

    ie

    owi

  44. Genitive plural masculine person: żołnierz_

    i


    y

    ie

    owi

  45. Dative plural masculine person: astronaut_

    e


    owi

    om

    a

  46. Accusative plural masculine person: strażak_

    a

    e

    ów

    owi

  47. Instrumental plural masculine person: inspektoram_

    a

    o

    u

    i

  48. Locative plural masculine person: listonosz_

    ow

    ach

    owi

    ów

  49. Nominative plural feminine: Francuzk_

    i

    ie

    ę

    ą

  50. Genitive plural feminine: trąbek_

    –


    om

    em

    owi

  51. Dative plural feminine: cebul_

    om


    ego

    e

    a

  52. Accusative plural feminine: studentk_

    y


    i

    e

    a

  53. Instrumental plural feminine: wyspam_

    a


    i

    e

    u

  54. Locative plural feminine: rękach_

    o

    –

    u

    ów

  55. Nominative plural neuter: gardł_

    e

    i

    a

    ą

  56. Genitive plural neuter: kolan_

    –


    om

    em

    ie

  57. Dative plural neuter: dzieci_

    om


    em

    ów

    owi

  58. Accusative plural neuter: okn_

    e


    u

    i

    a

  59. Instrumental plural neuter: zwierzęta_

    e

    u

    i

    mi

  60. Locative plural neuter: jabłka_

    o

    ch

    u

    i

  61. Nominative singular masculine thing: przemysł_

    –

    o

    u

    i

  62. Locative singular neutor: Słow_

    e

    ie

    u

    o

  63. Dative plural masculine thing: pieniądz_

    e

    a

    om

    o

  64. Accusative singular masculine thing: budynek_

    a

    –

    e

    u

  65. Instrumental singular masculine thing: kraj_

    owi

    e

    a

    em

  66. Locative singular masculine thing: człowiek_

    u

    a

    i

    e

  67. Nominative singular masculine animal: żółw_

    e

    o

    –

    a

  68. Genitive singular masculine animal: tygrys_

    s

    a

    i

    e

  69. Dative singular masculine animal: łabędz_

    y

    iowi

    u

    i

  70. Accusative singular masculine animal: bocian_

    e

    a

    z

    k

  71. Instrumental singular masculine animal: wół_

    –

    em

    ą

    ę

  72. Locative singular masculine animal: ogierz_

    e

    –

    i

    a

  73. Nominative singular masculine person: czarodziej_

    i

    y

    e

    –

  74. Instrumental singular neuter: pudelk_

    y

    iem

    e

    u

  75. Dative singular masculine person: kowboj_

    owi

    i

    e

    u

  76. Accusative singular masculine person: nauczyciel_

    a

    u

    e

    i

  77. Instrumental singular masculine person: bokser_

    e

    u

    ę

    em

  78. Locative singular masculine person: marynarz_

    em

    i


    u

    a

  79. Nominative singular feminine: rodzina_

    a

    –


    ą

    ę

  80. Genitive singular feminine: rad_

    y

    owi

    ego

    ów

  81. Dative singular feminine: policj_

    ów

    ę

    ą


    i

  82. Accusative singular feminine: potęg_

    ę

    i

    a

    u

  83. Accusative singlular neutor: pianino_

    a

    –

    ą

    u

  84. Locative singular feminine: szkol_

    u

    e

    i

    o

  85. Nominative singular neuter: wiosło_

    –

    i

    o

    u

  86. Genitive singular neuter: ciał_

    y

    i

    a

    e

  87. Dative singular neuter: praw_

    o

    e

    i

    u

  88. Accusative singular neuter: wieczko_

    o

    –

    i

    u

  89. Genitive singluar neuter: spoleczenstw_

    a

    e

    u

    i

  90. Locative singular neuter: San Francisco_

    –

    o

    ów

    wi

  91. Nominative singular masculine thing: wiek_

    –

    i

    e

    o

  92. Genitive singular masculine thing: Londyn_

    –

    o

    a

    u

  93. Dative singular masculine thing: słup_

    em

    o

    owi

    i

  94. Accusative singular masculine thing: rynek_

    –

    a

    u

    ą

  95. Instrumental singular masculine thing: teren_

    en

    u

    y

    em

  96. Locative singular masculine thing: bank_

    a

    –

    y

    u

  97. Nominative singular masculine animal: wróbel_

    e

    a

    u

    –

  98. Locative singular masculine personl: szlachcic_

    u

    e

    a

    i

  99. Dative singular masculine animal: konik_

    owi

    em

    e

    a

  100. Accusative singular masculine animal: renifer_

    owi

    em

    ów

    a

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12 responses to “Polish grammar noun case endings exercises 2”

  1. Josh

    Hello! I was able to get through Lesson 1 identifying the different cases but now it just got a whole lot harder. I copied down the declination tables and I am still a bit confused with the endings. For example. #25 asks for the Nominative Singular Neuter of the word zwierz_

    According to the table that I have, the Nominative Singular of zwierz should be either just zwierz or zwierza but why is it zwierzę. I didn’t see such an ending on the table. I have two tables in fact. One that describes Singluar/Plural Gender cases (such as singular masculine, feminine) and gender noun cases (such as masculine noun thing, masculine noun animal, mascunline noun person). I am a bit confused here! I need a bit of help!

    Reply
    1. Tine

      -ę can also be a usual ending for neutra. as well as -um, -e and -o. “imię” would be one example. Polish people pronounce the “ę” at the end of a word often just as “e”, while within the word sometimes like “en” (pięć) or “em” (pasta do zębów) or the actual nasal sound. But yeah, never ask ‘why?’ when your learning polish… (:

      Reply
  2. Josh

    I mean to say zwierzo*
    Nominative Singluar Neuter

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  3. marek

    The correct form is zwierze.
    I know this because Polish is my native language 🙂

    Reply
  4. Brad

    I think this exercise would be much better if you gave the nominative form and then gave 4 complete choices. For example #89. What is the genitive singular of spoleczenstwo. a)spoleczenstwa, b) spoleczenstwe, c) spoleczenstwu, d) spoleczenstwi.

    This is important I think because some words change the consonant, or drop a vowel before the ending is added.

    Reply
    1. Mark Biernat

      Thank you I need to update these quizzes.

      Reply
  5. Rob

    Thank you for these exercises. I have lived in Poland for years, am corrected (not enough…) by native speakers, hear these words and forms used every day — and still get them wrong. Maybe some day… though I need to apply myself more to exercises like these. Fine initiative. Thanks again.

    Reply
    1. Mark Biernat

      Rob, drilling is one of the best ways to learn. Do the exercises a few times even until you learn them by heart.

      Reply
  6. Aneta

    hi there,
    i know that Polish language is so hard but don’t even try to figure out why it is “zwierzę” – just because. i’m Polish and i’m really surprised that you’re keen on learning my native language. if you have any questions, i am willing and able to help you.
    cóż więcej mogę dodać, możecie pisać do mnie na: annette_doc@vp.pl – będzie mi naprawdę bardzo miło 🙂

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  7. John Wilkinson

    Although I quite enjoyed doing the exercise, I didn’t like the notion of endings for things that were not really the proper endings. For example, in no. 53, the ending is really ‘ami’ and not ‘i’. It would make more sense to give as the starting point what would be the starting point in the dictionary, in this case ‘wyspa’, and then ask for the instrumental plural. Thanks for providing the opportunity to practise all the same.

    Reply
  8. Magda Nadolny

    I’m a real beginner and I keep learning new vocabulary every day for hours. My problem is that if I don’t know what a word means I just can’t bring myself to just guess (haha) what it means. I looked up every single word that I didn’t know. Good exercise but after a while very trying. On the whole I found it very very helpful and now I go through again. Maybe it will be easier. Thanks.

    Reply
    1. Mark Biernat

      You need to make flashcards for yourself, believe me flashcards at the way to learn a language. I will be selling some professional ones but use index cards for now. All I can say is keep trying and be patient as Polish takes time.

      Reply

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