Polish Grammar

While I do have many posts already written, edits still need to be made to them.

As I’ve stated before, this blog will contain Polish lessons, but they will be published at a much slower rate.

07/12/2026. My goal is to have all the case posts published by the end of the year. 🙂


Cases
przypadki
The Polish language has 7 cases: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental, locative and vocative. Each case serves a specific function.
Nominative
mianownik
co? kto?
Singular[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Plural[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Irregular Plurals[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
Uses

Genitive
dopełniacz
czego? kogo?
Singular[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Plural[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Uses

Dative
celownik
czemu? komu?
Singular[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Plural[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Uses

Accusative
biernik
co? kogo?
Singular[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Plural[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Uses

Instrumental
narzędnik
czym? kim?
Singular[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Plural[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Uses

Locative
miejscownik
o czym? o kim?
Singular[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Plural[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Uses

Adjectives
przymiotniki
jaki? jaka? jake?
Adjectives in Polish must agree in gender and number. And in case!
Nominative
jaki? jaka?
[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
[Quiz 3]
Nominative
[virile nouns]
[Quiz 1]
Genitive
jakiego? jakiej?
[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
Dative
jakiemu? jekiej?
[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
Accusative
jaki? jaką?
[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
Instrumental
jakim? jaką?
[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
Locative
jakim? jakiej?
[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
Comparative Degree[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
Superlative Degree[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]

Adverbs
przysłówek
jak?
Adverbs can be used with verbs and adjectives to indicate intensity or the manner in which something is done.
Luckily, they don’t decline in Polish!

Verbs
czasowniki
co robić ?
Polish has but 3 tenses: present, past and future.
In addition, it has verbal aspect which complicates matters.
Present Tense-
czas teraźniejszy
regular verbs in –[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
mieć [to have][Quiz 1]
być [to be][Quiz 1]
regular verbs in –[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
modal verbs[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
irregular verbs[Quiz 1]
[Quiz 2]
Past Tense-
czas przeszły

Future Tense-
czas przyszły