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When to use nic and niczego



acrimonThreads: 8
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Hi everyone,

I was wondering, when do you use nic and niczego? I always seem to stumble when putting together a sentence involving those two; I never know if it's "Nie chcę nic od ciebie", or if putting niczego would be more grammatically correct. Any insight? :)

Dziękuję! :D
elzooniaThreads: -
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I think in your sentence "niczego" sounds better. But both can be used.
pawianThreads: 90
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Both are correct but nic is shorter so it`s seems more colloquial than niczego. If you want to sound impressive, use niczego. :):) in the fashion of Mr Kononowicz who promised Poles: Nie będzie niczego/There will be nothing. He intentionally used niczego instead of nic because he was taking part in presidential elections and wanted to make a bigger impression.....

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KrzysztofThreads: 2
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there was a thread about this question a few months ago, search the forums, maybe the Admin haven't deleted it by accident :)
acrimonThreads: 8
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Gah, you're right! Totally forgot about the search button. :P Sorry about that.

Thanks for the replies everyone, though. Always happy to learn something. :)
MichalThreads: -
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But you need to say coś jest do niczego in the sense of something is useless.
SeanusThreads: 22
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Or bez niczego for example, meaning without anything.

Another example, 'chcesz coś w delikatesach/w sklepie? Nie, nic dziękuję

Do you want something from the deli/the shop? No, nothing thanks.
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