A brief Polish Grammar lesson

Quoting: mindsigh

Hi Fisz
I learnt recently that "I love David" translates as Ja kocham dawida - why is there an 'a' and the end of dawid? Also if a persons name ended with the letter a (for example Marta) would you have to write Ja kocham martaa?
Thanks

mindsighThreads: - Posts: 3 Joined: Apr 15, 07	Jun 22, 07, 03:28 / #
Hi Fisz I learnt recently that "I love David" translates as Ja kocham dawida - why is there an 'a' and the end of dawid? Also if a persons name ended with the letter a (for example Marta) would you have to write Ja kocham martaa? Thanks

Zaneta	Aug 6, 07, 22:20 / #
Hal9009, Polishgrammar.com is awful. don't use it. My wife is Polish and we were looking for something so I could learn. We also found it and it looked great. but as we got going, found it's loaded with errors. be careful

witek7205Threads: 1 Posts: 80 Joined: Jul 7, 07	Edited by: witek7205 Aug 7, 07, 07:52 / #
Quoting: mindsigh Hi Fisz I learnt recently that "I love David" translates as Ja kocham dawida - why is there an 'a' and the end of dawid? Also if a persons name ended with the letter a (for example Marta) would you have to write Ja kocham martaa? Thanks Nouns change ending depending on verb used. (Case ending) Kocham (who, what, kogo, co) )must use word in accusative (f) (m) nominative: Marta David genitive: Marty Davida dative: Marcie David accusative: Martę Davida instrumental: Martą Davidem locative: Marcie Dawidzie vocative: Marto David Ja kocham Martę. Ja kocham Davida. I don't see... Ja nie widzę (kogo, czego - genitive) Marty, Davida We are talking about , My rozmawiamy o (o kim, o czym - locative) Marcie, Dawidzie. You touched the most difficult thing in Polish grammar. Similar thing applies to verbs to love - kochać (present tense) (past) I - ja kocham kochałem you - ty kochasz kochałeś he,she - on, ona kocha kochała it - to kocha kochało we - my kochamy kochaliśmy you - wy kochacie kochaliście they - oni kochają kochali Ja kocham Martę. I love On kocha Martę He loves my kochaliśmy Martę We loved ... Good luck. And don't learn that to hard. It will come by itself. My two years old daughter speaks Polish correctly even if nobody teaches her Polish grammar. Just listen a lot.

witek7205Threads: 1 Posts: 80 Joined: Jul 7, 07	Aug 7, 07, 07:54 / #
Quoting: Zaneta My wife is Polish Wow. Zaneta is a female name, and you have wife !!!! :)

HAL9009Threads: 2 Posts: 329 Joined: Mar 13, 07	Aug 14, 07, 16:14 / #
Quoting: Zaneta Hal9009, Polishgrammar.com is awful. don't use it. My wife is Polish and we were looking for something so I could learn. We also found it and it looked great. but as we got going, found it's loaded with errors. be careful Hmm, as if Polish isn't difficult enough already! Actually, i've only looked at the tests on polishgrammar.com to date. Have you come across this web site? h t t p:// polish.slavic.pitt.edu/ It's the best free online resource that I've found yet. I use it's materials all the time.

simrik	Sep 8, 09, 04:34 / #
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