7 Polish cases easy explanation

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • 1. First I pretend a wise guy up to 6:51 after my speech, there's the main lesson.
    2. If you like to read a lot and you are very smart: mowicpopolsku.c...
    3. If you are a visualizer, check what Urszula did (it's uploaded on the Group: We learn Polish on FB which I recommend) / 1242715635805012
    4. Quite easy but too general in my opinion: en.wikibooks.o...
    So these are 7 Polish cases: mianownik, dopełniacz, celownik, biernik, narzędnik, miejscownik i wołacz. I hope that now you will be able to use Polish cases :)
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    👍🏻 / polishlets You can find me here. I add there more useful things, sometimes just funny things :D

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  • @ochenkrasivy86
    @ochenkrasivy86 7 лет назад +151

    Hi! I have been living in Russia for many years and speak fluent Russian. I'd love to see a video about how other slavic languages sound to you as a native Polish speaker. And perhaps some "false friends" in slavic languages. I like Polish because the stress is Polish is a lot more predictable. I also love Polish phonetics.

    • @LucasSeman
      @LucasSeman 7 лет назад

      cool idea!

    • @LetsPolish
      @LetsPolish  7 лет назад +11

      Ok. I think I will make a video about that :) I have some examples in my head :)

    • @SaadAltuilaai
      @SaadAltuilaai 7 лет назад +1

      ochenkrasivy86 One of the reasons that make me change my mind on learning Russian is the stress and to a lesser extent the alphabet. I hope to learn it one day but I think thay any Slavic language counts for several "normal languages" so perhaps it isn't practical combining two of them.

    • @SuiGenerisAbbie
      @SuiGenerisAbbie 7 лет назад +1

      Bravo speaking English as well as you do!

    • @SuiGenerisAbbie
      @SuiGenerisAbbie 7 лет назад +2

      Your explanation is very very long-winded. Please try to get right to the point sooner. Thank you very much.

  • @malleusmaleficarum6004
    @malleusmaleficarum6004 6 лет назад +60

    I would just like to apologize to everyone that is endeavoring to learn Polish in earnest, because when you get to this part your head is literally going to explode. Darek wasn't joking when he said that this part is difficult even to native speakers when we first started learning it, but just at first. It is exactly as he explained, after some time, you begin to notice a pattern, and once you fully recognize and understand this pattern, all the words seem to just fall into place intuitively and before you know it, you're forming fully intelligible, 100% grammatically correct sentences as if Polish was the first language you ever learned. Then, once you get the accent down, which believe me, might actually be harder for most people than sentence structure, you'll be speaking at a level of fluency virtually indistinguishable from native born, life-long Polish speakers. Polish may be considered a difficult language by most, but with no small degree of hard work, determination, and in my opinion, most importantly, desire, Polish is a language that can be mastered not only by anyone, but everyone. The reason I say desire is most important because if you really look at it, at the end of the day, if you don't really have a passionate desire to do something, not to mention something like learning a difficult language like Polish, you'll never do anything that you don't absolutely have to do, it's human nature. When it comes down to it, given the choice, no one is gonna do something that they don't want to do, if they don't have to do it, it's just common sense. So my advice to anyone that chooses to pursue the substantial undertaking of learning the Polish language is this, before you even begin, make absolutely 100% sure that learning Polish is something that you really and truly want to do, of your own accord, or the probability of success is guaranteed to hover somewhere around zero. I know all of that may sound discouraging, but that is not my intention, I just want to make sure that everyone knows that learning a new language is a substantial endeavor that is not to be taken lightly, and that anyone who desires to attain any degree of success in their attempt, has to ask themselves, do I really wanna do this, and if the answer is anything but a sincere and resounding yes, I would advise you to abandon your pursuit and devote your time to a project you feel more passionate about so as to succeed in your attempt and not see your time wasted. It is true that Polish may be considered a difficult language by most, but 40 million plus people all over the world speak it, so it is possible to learn. The only thing stopping you from learning it, is you.

    • @adelajaini5019
      @adelajaini5019 6 лет назад

      Malleus Maleficarum Polish is hard but Cantonese is harder. It has tones unlike Polish.

    • @VoidCosmonaut
      @VoidCosmonaut 5 лет назад +1

      @@adelajaini5019 It has no cases though so it's only diffuculty comes from alien alphabet ans pronounciation. If you ignore alphabet i think it's as hard as English.

    • @hughthompson4846
      @hughthompson4846 2 года назад +2

      Great comment. I am relatively new to learning the language but fluency seems like a distant dream. Hopefully one day with regular daily commitment, I’ll be a lot closer to achieving that dream

    • @rawcopper604
      @rawcopper604 Год назад

      @@adelajaini5019 i speak polish as my first language and know mandarin at an intermediate level. If Cantonese is anywhere close to mandarin, then trust me, polish is harder.

    • @linussings8172
      @linussings8172 7 месяцев назад

      I am half Chinese and half Polish, so I speak both Polish and Cantonese. Cantonese is significantly harder to learn than mandarin and I personally find it even more difficult than Polish.@@rawcopper604

  • @TheRubenDK
    @TheRubenDK 2 года назад +35

    1. Mianownik / Nominative 6:53
    2. Dopełniacz / Genitive 7:56
    3. Celownik / Dative 10:15
    4. Biernik / Accusative 11:20
    5. Narzędnik / Instrumental 13:33
    6. Miejscownik / Locative 15:07
    7. Wołacz / Vocative 16:17

  • @anayaweick7964
    @anayaweick7964 Год назад +17

    My grandma didn't want us to learn Polish because she thought it would make our lives harder. Now that I've learned 3 languages, I really want to learn Polish, so we're working on this now :)

    • @ghenulo
      @ghenulo 7 месяцев назад +1

      How could learning a language make one's life harder?

    • @ElfinHat96
      @ElfinHat96 6 месяцев назад

      @@ghenulo Probably they wanted to make their children more like piers from the children where they emigrated to, to fit in better. By speaking language not officially used in a country you're more an outsider in it in a way.

  • @TheForeignCitizen
    @TheForeignCitizen 7 лет назад +48

    11:54
    My thoughts exactly. When I first started learning Polish, I was going over the cases. I read the definitions, I closed the book, and didn't try any Polish [learning] for another year and a half.

  • @Erik_C_251
    @Erik_C_251 5 лет назад +13

    Hej Darek,
    Jestem Amerykaninem pochodzenia latynoskiego i uczę się polskiego. Miałem szczęście żenić się z polską dziewczyną z północnej Indiany 45 minut przed Chicago. Rodzina jej ojca wyemigrowała tu z Augustowa, niedaleko granicy z Litwą na początku 1900. Z biegiem lat stracili zdolność mówienia w większości swojego języka po tym, jak stali się "zamerykanizowani". Tak więc oboje staramy się uczyć języka polskiego, aby ożywić język i móc kiedyś przekazać go naszym dzieciom. Wiem, że mój polski nie jest doskonały i prawdopodobnie nigdy nie będzie, i to jest w porządku ze mną, ale oglądanie twoich filmów pomaga mi nauczyć się czegoś nowego każdego dnia. Dziękuję za to. Także jeśli masz jakieś wskazówki, którymi możesz się podzielić, byłbym bardzo wdzięczny. Jeszcze raz dziękuję i życzę miłego dnia.

  • @Pining_for_the_fjords
    @Pining_for_the_fjords 6 лет назад +27

    I'm glad I learned this when I first started learning Polish, because all these rules would be pretty daunting and confusing to me now. One of the most confusing things for me was the biernik/accusative. Knowing where to use it is pretty easy to understand, but how to use it is pretty difficult. I believe these rules cover every type of accusative declension in Polish:
    1. If the noun is grammatically female ending with 'a', the 'a' turns into 'ę', and the 'a' at the end of the agreeing adjective turns into 'ą'. _Widzę ładną dziewczynę_
    2. If the noun is grammatically female but doesn't end with 'a', the noun remains the same as the nominative form, but the agreeing adjective still changes its 'a' to 'ą'. _Bardzo lubię ciemną noc._
    3. If the noun is grammatically neuter, grammatically male but inanimate, plural female, plural neuter or plural male inanimate, both the noun and adjective are identical to their nominative forms.
    _Widzę bezchmurne niebo_
    _Widzę zmęczone dzieci_
    _Lubię polskie dziewczyny_
    _Budowałem mały dom_
    _Budowałem małe domy_
    4. If the noun is male and animate, including most animals, or in the plural a group of men or a mixed-gender group, the noun and its agreeing adjective takes the genitive form.
    _Zauważyłem, że popełniłem błąd, gdy widziałem jej rozzłoszczonego męża_
    _Znam tych ludzi_
    _Kocham swojego psa_
    If I've missed anything or made a mistake, please correct me.

  • @MrLembeck17
    @MrLembeck17 7 лет назад +80

    Beautiful presentation of a difficult (for English speakers) subject. Bravo to all involved!

    • @LetsPolish
      @LetsPolish  7 лет назад +15

      Great that you like it :)

    • @romy2439
      @romy2439 5 лет назад +3

      No for spanish speakers like me is even harder … nothing to compare and the sounds for us are even harder

    • @peterparker8462
      @peterparker8462 4 года назад +1

      @@romy2439 I can really see that-I also learn French, and Latin, so I have it relatively easy for both grammar and nasal-ness

    • @romy2439
      @romy2439 4 года назад +1

      @@peterparker8462 The nasal sounds are the "easiest ones" ;-) the problem for me is the 6 different kinds of cz,sz,ci,si,ś,ć and the other 6 for rz, dzi, ż, ź, dź and goes on 🤣😂

    • @peterparker8462
      @peterparker8462 4 года назад +2

      @@romy2439 Amen :)

  • @PannaZalotka
    @PannaZalotka 7 лет назад +14

    Hej :) Jestem rodowitą Polką, w dodatku polonistką i nie potrzebuję uczyć się języka polskiego, ale uwielbiam oglądać Twój kanał, ponieważ od niedawna uczę się angielskiego i Twoje filmy są bardzo przydatne i pomocne :) Dzięki! Pozdrawiam, Marta :)

    • @DMKano87
      @DMKano87 7 лет назад +5

      Fajny pseudonim :)

  • @AbandonThatShip
    @AbandonThatShip 4 года назад +5

    This is probably the most informative and useful polish lesson on RUclips.

  • @dialogoemmaos
    @dialogoemmaos 6 лет назад +48

    Dziękuję bardzo, I'm from Brazil and I'm trying to learn a bit of this perfect language, because I love Slavic languages, Polish in special and you're the youtuber who most motivates me , by the way it's even hard to trying think in English about the Polish grammar XD

  • @woeilingchow1146
    @woeilingchow1146 7 лет назад +24

    you're really a good teacher. You are not only teaching and explaining, you encourage! kciuk!

    • @wojtekpolska1013
      @wojtekpolska1013 6 лет назад +3

      U said "kciuk" at end ,it is 1-st finger on hand ,but is u wanted to say "Like" we use just "Like" and sometimes "Łapka w górę" :3 (i am from poland)

    • @jacekplacek8274
      @jacekplacek8274 9 месяцев назад

      I am from Poland too and "kciuk!" is understandable :)

  • @denisecollado764
    @denisecollado764 7 лет назад +9

    Darek, I love watching your videos. I must compliment you on this program. Even though you keep saying you are not a teacher, you have done good research AND come up with excellent and clear examples to explain the grammar of cases. I became fluent in three of the five languages I studied formally in school with the help of understanding grammar AND not being afraid to make mistakes when talking at every opportunity with people who spoke that language. Being able to speak French and Spanish well besides my native English became the basis of my career: I taught those three languages for 41 years before I retired. Please keep up your work. Polish has been a challenge for me, but I keep practicing and trying to improve though I don't have many opportunities to speak with Polish native speakers. I do write daily to several Poles who correct my work as I correct their attempts to learn English or Spanish. What you said is so true, what goes in aurally will become engrained in your memory more permanently.

  • @haotian04
    @haotian04 7 лет назад +33

    Zajebiszcze! Załatwiłesz sprawę.
    Co załatwiłesz? Sprawę.
    Teraz mam inną sprawę. Potrzebuję jeszcze tylko 10 lat, żebym nie zapomniał o tych końcówkach :D

  • @michadg4928
    @michadg4928 7 лет назад +54

    6:55 The lesson begins

    • @niab.4175
      @niab.4175 4 года назад +3

      Thank you.

    • @yassinemotaouakkil3530
      @yassinemotaouakkil3530 3 года назад +1

      Doing the Lord's work over here 💕💕💕💕

    • @AA-sn9lz
      @AA-sn9lz 2 года назад

      No but seriously, you shouldn't skip it.

  • @kiryu2000
    @kiryu2000 7 лет назад +3

    I'm currently learning Polish after an entire year of learning Russian. the way I learn cases is the exact way you do: through conversation and short story reading/listening. Good video, thank you for the information

  • @malayupolyglot9176
    @malayupolyglot9176 7 лет назад +37

    Polish Language is a beautiful language. Thank you.

  • @shaunhunterit342
    @shaunhunterit342 19 дней назад

    Thank you. You are a natural teacher.

  • @814325
    @814325 6 лет назад +3

    I've been to Poland 10 times in the last three years and since the first time I've been studying the language by myself. My mother language is Brazilian Portuguese and I speak other four languages fluently but Polish is so difficult for me. I can understand many things and I started expressing myself although I make tons of mistakes especially with the cases. So your video was very helpful. Thank you so much. Dziękuję bardzo!

  • @ShannonWare
    @ShannonWare 7 лет назад +9

    So I agree that the important thing is to know that they cases exist, and generally what they mean, and then after that to imitate native speakers. If you imitate without being aware that the rules exist, then it is pure imitation. But if you imitate being aware that the rules and the cases exist, your brain will automatically fill up the categories, and eventually you will get closer and closer to the native speakers. (And if you know the native speakers are using the wrong case, just smile and don't say anything :0)

  • @JamieRoberts77
    @JamieRoberts77 7 лет назад +14

    Dzięki, Dare. I appreciate the time you took Tom make this video. Although I don't still fully understand, I'm going to pay more attention to listening and talking. I'm usually the school nerd but I see I can't be with Polish. So now I will take your advice and listen and speak. A method I am not at all use to! I am a perfectionist. So this will be very hard!

    • @LetsPolish
      @LetsPolish  7 лет назад +4

      Learn hard and speak more and more :)

  • @elainem810
    @elainem810 7 лет назад +2

    OMGGGGG this video is probably the most helpful than any book or boring informative grammar video. straight to the point and easy to understand

  • @21Manala
    @21Manala 6 лет назад +7

    Thank you, it's sooooo useful, almost the only one on RUclips explains pl grammar in English, Biernik is easier to me when you explained it because we have the same case in Arabic, of course as well as all the other cases, but your explanation in Biernik made me just link them all to the Arabic cases and it makes just a total sense for me right now😍🙏🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 thanks a lot

  • @danielazevedoireland
    @danielazevedoireland 6 лет назад +1

    I'm from Brazil and I'd like to thank you for helping people who are lost as I am in this very beginning of Polish language learning (LoL). : )

  • @frankgelasi8265
    @frankgelasi8265 7 месяцев назад

    I like this guy...he's got a great sense of humor.

  • @nicolleword4365
    @nicolleword4365 Год назад +2

    Nie wiem jak Ty się uczyłeś przypadków, ale moja polonistka przypadki wytłumaczyła nam tak:
    Mianownik: kto? co? (jest)
    Dopełniacz: kogo? czego? (nie ma)
    Celownik: komu? czemu? (się przyglądam)
    Biernik: kogo? co? (widzę)
    Narzędnik: z kim? z czym? (idę)
    Miejscownik: o kim? o czym? (myślę)
    Te pomocnicze czasowniki naprawdę pomagały przy odmianie.

  • @petemurphy7790
    @petemurphy7790 5 лет назад +1

    Hi Darek, I've been studying Polish for 3 years, on and off. I thought that I could never learn another language, but I'm slowly getting there. For me (I'm English) the Polish 7 Cases are the most difficult. I have read so much on this subject, but nothing seems to stick. I've watched your video today, and can honestly say that the way you have explained them, makes a lot more sense to me now. This is the first time I have commented on a RUclips post, and I have done this, as I wanted you to know that your hard work is very much appreciated. Congratulations in making the Polish langauge so much more fun to learn. I like most viewers are very grateful to you. Please keep posting your videos. Dziękuję bardzo!

    • @damnedmadman
      @damnedmadman 4 года назад

      Just read several books in Polish that you already read in your native language, learn some songs by heart and listen to Polish YT channels, and I guarantee you will make progress 👍

    • @baumi8805
      @baumi8805 2 года назад

      How's it going?

  • @petericemanczyl2139
    @petericemanczyl2139 10 месяцев назад +1

    Much more efficient than reading text books. I like the refreshing frankness.

  • @ATF_plays
    @ATF_plays 9 месяцев назад +1

    My friend is polish and I’m very interested in the language. I struggle with cases so thank you for simplifying it for us!

  • @izabucior3057
    @izabucior3057 7 лет назад +54

    Podziwiam osoby, które uczą się polskiego... Sama odmiana przez przypadki musi być dla nich torturą.

    • @LetsPolish
      @LetsPolish  7 лет назад +9

      +Iza Milaniuk jest jest. A weź im to wyjaśnij... :)

    • @izabucior3057
      @izabucior3057 7 лет назад +12

      Akurat chodzę na studia z zagranicznymi studentami i czasem staram się tłumaczyć polskie zdania/wyrazy. Co tylko utwierdza mnie w przekonaniu, że polski jest czasami nie logiczny, naładowany slangiem i wyjątkami, które czasem naprawdę trudno wyjaśnić.

    • @wojciechborek7482
      @wojciechborek7482 6 лет назад +4

      Myślę, że dla obcokrajowców tak naprawdę jest to zbędne. Tak jak mówiłeś, nawet jeśli pomylą końcówkę i tak ich zrozumiemy, a przyjdzie czas, że sami zrozumieją kiedy dana jest właściwa. współczuję im:)

    • @tomaszdziamaek1839
      @tomaszdziamaek1839 6 лет назад +5

      Nie ma języków naturalnych, które są logiczne w 100%. Każdy ma swoje nielogiczności i wyjątki.

  • @sharkzz-sb1hr
    @sharkzz-sb1hr 2 месяца назад

    hello, thank you for explaining this. Ive recently begun learning polish and I have just been using whichever case I enjoy saying the most. this was a very helpful video.

  • @louvey2074
    @louvey2074 5 лет назад

    I'm a native polish speaker struggling to learn Finnish (which utilizes fifteen (15!) cases) and I figured maybe watching someone explain polish grammar will give help me figure out how to grasp the idea of cases that seem nonexistent in the languages I speak. Sounds like the worst idea ever but you actually helped me so much and thank you for that! I never realized that Miejscownik is used for both 'about what' and 'in what'. In my mind it was always 'o kim? o czym?' and then you said 'w domu'. It took me literally 24 years to realize I use in on a daily basis as 'in/at what?' case too. What a revelation, thanks! I really wish there was someone on youtube teaching Finnish in the way you teach Polish.
    Also I know it's kinda weird thing to point out but your voice sounds so much different in polish and in English! Once again, thanks. And to all the awesome people learning Polish from scratch - I respect you endlessly

  • @unkownunkown7902
    @unkownunkown7902 7 лет назад +3

    I'm agree about learning a language you must speak , speak and speak and listen and automatically your brain will keep those words or phrases automatically with the grammar and after listening over and over, you will get it

  • @muradbeklar
    @muradbeklar 7 лет назад +7

    You are great, i understood things which i didnt understand from my teacher. bardzo dziękuję=)

  • @kamildudar8806
    @kamildudar8806 6 лет назад +32

    Piję wodę szklanką, bardziej powinno być Piję wodę ze szklanki ;)

    • @plislegalineu3005
      @plislegalineu3005 3 года назад

      Z - kogo? Czego? - dopełniacz

    • @shirrgo
      @shirrgo 3 года назад

      Ale wtedy jest z MOJEJ szklanki

  • @TheJeffrey21
    @TheJeffrey21 7 лет назад +17

    Dziękuję bardzo, I understand it a little bit clearer but I still have a long way to go.Your video as always was very helpful, jeszcze raz dziękuję bardzo za pomoc :-)

    • @LetsPolish
      @LetsPolish  7 лет назад +4

      Yeah, as I said you need more and more examples and practicing.

  • @wendyl-s6661
    @wendyl-s6661 Год назад

    5:51 I just feel absolutely relieved to hear a native Polish person tell me that cases are not the most important thing. I've learnt German, at first caring about the cases, and now I know that cases are not as important, and my German is still good though I still don't know the cases.
    My goal watching this video isn't to masteries the Polish cases but to understand them, so I know I won't be actively learning them, and I know they're not the most important part of the language as long as I can communicate, but it still feels so relieving to hear it again as a reminder because I'm still freaking myself out over Polish words' endings.
    But anyway I just needed to get that out, good luck to any polish learners (like me) and don't stress too much about cases. You don't know the language because you know the grammar rules (I don't know my own mother language's grammar rules though I can speak the language just fine!!).. :)

  • @gooiehoop20
    @gooiehoop20 2 года назад +1

    Dziękuję bardzo, The first time I listened to this video, I had no idea what you were trying to explain.
    Now I have watched this video a few times and it makes perfect sense.
    Dziękuję bardzo,

  • @yiwenlin6905
    @yiwenlin6905 2 года назад

    Thank you a lot for making this tutorial!
    -A student from Taiwan who interested in learning languages

  • @themadhiker
    @themadhiker 7 лет назад +2

    Thanks again Darek for a great video. I love your style because you give a very practical view of the language and speak in a way that makes it far less daunting. Already having a bit of knowledge of cases - and I mean a bit - means I do have a foundation to start with but I will come back to this video a few times as you have laid out the basic rules here nicely and it is becoming much easier to understand. I hope in time I will appear on one of your "foreigners speaking Polish" videos as I am 11 months into this journey and every week becoming more familiar and comfortable with the language.

  • @LucasSeman
    @LucasSeman 7 лет назад +4

    you did very well with the explanations!! thanks Darek! I´m going back to this video once my Polish classes return, now that´s for sure!!

    • @LetsPolish
      @LetsPolish  7 лет назад +3

      Great. Work hard. I got some messages from people from Brazil :) It seems that many people learn Polish in your country :)

  • @kristinaugestad3789
    @kristinaugestad3789 7 лет назад +2

    Yes! it was really helpful. Thank you for making the effort to narrow down a huge field, so it’s understandable. I know it takes time, coming from a teacher here :) But I guess maybe the best tip regarding grammar learning, is to ignore the “logic alarms” as much as one can.. and, instead approaching the language with the ears of a dziecko with no other reference :) after all, it is another language. well done

  • @Prostopyotr
    @Prostopyotr 3 года назад +2

    I’ve grown quite fond of the dative and accusative case because of German. 😂

  • @Marticore
    @Marticore 7 лет назад +29

    Grammar alert, that one probably already exploded for me xD
    Very well-made video! Mine would never be as good, so I'll recommend yours in one of my future videos!
    Biernik actually has a rule for when it's different than mianownik - only when the noun is "vital", so it only refers to fauna - humen and animals. That's why it's "widzę dziewczynę", "mam psa", but "widzę kwiat", "widzę krzesło" (because objects and flora are not "vital"). That's what they tought me at school xD But it doesn't apply to feminine nouns because there's "widzę (co?) ławkę" or "kopnę Cię (w co?) w dupę" :D There are also exceptions of everyday language like "palę papierosa" when by the rules it should be "palę papieros". I guess cigarettes are so close to us that they became vital at some point :D Very weird case indeed!

    • @LetsPolish
      @LetsPolish  7 лет назад +5

      Marticore thank you Marta:) you must be more self confident. You make great videos:)

    • @Marticore
      @Marticore 7 лет назад +4

      Thanks! But I'm very messy in explaining things, I make way too many side-notes xD

    • @ak5659
      @ak5659 7 лет назад +2

      This is what I learned as well in school in the US and how my grandparents and great-grandmothers spoke. HOWEVER, nearly everyone I spoke to in Poland used Biernik the same as Mianownik for masculine animate......

    • @kokainum
      @kokainum 7 лет назад +1

      Problem with dopełniacz and biernik is that questions related with them are kogo? czego? and kogo? co? and because of this common kogo? we sometimes confuse these two. That's why it should be "daj mi herbatę" but some people would say "daj mi herbaty" (give me some tea) just because verb dać (or podać) has to be associated with biernik and not dopełniacz. And work potrzebować is associated with case dopełniacz so it's "potrzebuję telefonu" and not "potrzebuję telefon" but tbh I would fail here. I think there is no easy way to say when to use biernik and when to use dopełniacz, you just need to learn it when you learn a verb and since Polish people didn't learn polish in a way we learn foreign languages, we just learnt it by listening to our surrounding, we have these blank spots. So yeah, if you do mistake on cases ppl will not eat you or hate you and even Poles make mistakes but it's a must to try to learn. At least because when you want to say something about your "mom's mom" and not your "mom mom" you have to know something about cases to say what your really mean but when it comes to "zapalić papieros" or "zapalić papierosa" which is like "smoke a cigarette" or "smoke a cigarette's" everyone will know what you meant so learning cases to some extent is important but if you make a mistake and other person knows what you meant, all is fine.
      PS. Also it's really impossible to learn all Polish by memorizing all tables. I tried to learn german at school because that's how they were teaching us. Let's just say it was a failure. German is pretty similar to polish in a way, just different. It's even easier than polish I think, I mean if I was english native learning german would be similar experience for me as learning polish but simpler (when it comes to grammar). One of my teachers said it's just because we don't use german outside of a school. It's not present in our culture as english is (we listen to songs or watch movies in english, maybe with polish subtitles). If I was really into german and listened to german songs and watch german movies (not like that) perhaps I would learn it. So as Darek said, if you are really into learning polish, make sure you have possibilities to practice it. Maybe a polish speaking friend that would like to teach you a bit, try to listening to some polish song, read their translation and try to sing them, watch some polish movies. It's also a way to learn some polish mentality. Just be careful with modern songs and movies because you can find something trashy. Maybe some old polish tango like Ostatnia niedziela? Beautiful and it's good way to learn, just find lyrics, translate them (just not by google translate, try to do your homework and translate it yourself with some dictionary or find some already made translation) and sing it, try to analyze words yourself and see some pattern in cases, it should just come to you naturally to some extent.

  • @dwarvenbatman
    @dwarvenbatman 3 года назад

    The use of the questions related to the cases really cracked this for me thank you

  • @budgetplanner
    @budgetplanner 7 лет назад +4

    "I will mock you" - ha, love it!!

  • @hkmtavu8619
    @hkmtavu8619 4 года назад

    Welcome to my subscriptions, man. You know it is a good sign when someone subscribes to you without even being sure to learn Polish one day, it means that the way you teach Polish is so good it makes me wanna try

  • @renatapastuszak6590
    @renatapastuszak6590 4 года назад

    this is very useful. i am being tutored online through Preply and needed help because my tutor only speaks Polish. This has been the best way to learn about cases. I will watch this video again and share it with my tutor. Thank you for making grammar easy. renata

  • @robertedwards9254
    @robertedwards9254 4 года назад

    Yes, you've made it easier for me, I wrote them in a notebook and I'll try to memorise each case and their characteristics, Dziękuję!

  • @6r1mM
    @6r1mM 6 лет назад +1

    Wow! I've been studying polish on duolingo and I think I have learned a lot but it's not the same when you have a human to explain these things to you hahaha This video was really helpful! I have studied a lot of classical languages so I'm familiar with cases but polish cases are a whole new level! Dziękuję, mój przyjacielu!

    • @evelinepower8627
      @evelinepower8627 9 месяцев назад

      I find that the pronunciation in duolingo is off, especially the female voice

  • @gergelylazar6647
    @gergelylazar6647 5 лет назад +1

    I learnt quite a lot of Polish by living in Warsaw. Once at work someone called me and started to speak Polish. At that time, I could not speak that much. But, I could recognize the lady says "samochód". My answer was: "Ja nie mam samochód". It is not correct, but everyone understood.

  • @AwesomeGuy9143
    @AwesomeGuy9143 7 лет назад +1

    This was actually really helpful. Gave me a great understandable intro to these cases! Dzięki!

  • @cfm76
    @cfm76 7 лет назад +4

    Thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was very informative. you've got a new subscriber :)

  • @dariuszb.9778
    @dariuszb.9778 7 лет назад +7

    "-Kogo- - > Czyj jest ten samochód?"
    Cóż, zaimek dzierżawczo-pytajny to tutaj bezwzględna konieczność. Taki urok języka. Anglicy zapytaliby "whose" co jest zniekształconym dopełniaczem saksońskim od "who". Mają łatwiej (germańska spuścizna po Saksonach).

  • @artursiudak3411
    @artursiudak3411 Год назад +1

    I very like that "przypadek" literally means "something random" in polish :)

  • @luzz2149
    @luzz2149 2 года назад

    I have been taught polish since I was young, but i never understood how to use the grammar correctly ( I grew up in germany being half german half polish.) so this will help me a lot. Thank you!

  • @mental_order
    @mental_order 3 года назад +2

    7 Serbian cases:
    1. Nominativ: Ko, šta? Čovek
    2. Genitiv: Koga, čega? Čoveka
    3. Dativ: Kome, čemu? Čoveku
    4. Akuzativ: Koga, šta? Čoveka
    5. Vokativ: Hej! Čoveče
    6. Instrumental: Sa kim, sa čim? Sa čovekom
    7. Lokativ: O kome, o čemu, gde? O čoveku

  • @henryvasquez1814
    @henryvasquez1814 3 года назад

    I do agree that it has to be learned by heart and for some reason later you catch some sort of rhythm that makes you use the cases naturally

  • @wigglyworm95
    @wigglyworm95 4 года назад

    struggling learner here, found this very helpful. Dziejuke!

  • @hugohernandferrei
    @hugohernandferrei 7 лет назад

    Thank you very much Darek for the video, very good explanations, polish cases are more clear now, God bless you for help us

  • @clarejhang428
    @clarejhang428 7 лет назад +3

    Dziękuję bardzo! I'm learning polish now and I need to watch this video everyday to memorize, if not grammars will drive me crazy 😂

  • @rozapotter4265
    @rozapotter4265 7 лет назад +2

    So I live in Ireland, ale urodziłam się w Polsce, nigdy nie chodziłam do szkoły w Polsce ale w Czerwcu będe pisać 'maturę' z Polskiego (the Irish leaving certificate). I'm totally fluent when it comes to speaking Polish but grammar is a pain, I'm also doing 4 languages in total so it gets a little confusing. I found your videos helpful and fun to watch, keep it up! Dziękuje i aby tak dalej 👍😄

  • @diegogodoymolina14
    @diegogodoymolina14 7 лет назад

    Thank you very much for this video! It was very clear and I want you to know that sometimes it's better to explain things with phrases or examples we commonly face every day, just like you did. Great video and thanks again.

  • @dotstermfs
    @dotstermfs 7 лет назад +4

    Great video man, exactly what I've been looking for! Dziekuje

  • @quirklyquibble
    @quirklyquibble Год назад

    Clear explanation! Thank you

  • @pascoett
    @pascoett 2 года назад

    Latin and subsequently have the funny situation that verbs who depict a situation like "going to" needs an accusative/biernik, but everything that is already at the location wants the a different (in German: dative) case. To me it seems, similar things happen in Polish as well. Cases have the advantage to use less words but the words in use have more word information in order to be very precise about circumstances.

  • @filipwolinski8915
    @filipwolinski8915 4 года назад

    Well im polish and before school I've never thought about any cases and i talked pretty well. More important than grammar is to know as many polish words as possible and listen this language. If you understand words you will learn endings while watching polish movies etc.

  • @petericemanczyl2139
    @petericemanczyl2139 10 месяцев назад

    Most informative are the 'glue words' like and, to, for, at, or, ....etc. Also, the common verbs.

  • @MrLembeck17
    @MrLembeck17 4 года назад

    An amazingly clear and Anglo-intelligible explanation of Polish (and other Slavic language) cases. All of this would be so much easier to grasp had everyone been forced to learn Latin -- by surly nuns!

  • @vlkplz
    @vlkplz 4 года назад +1

    Prof. Jan Miodek about the rules in Polish language. "The are no rules". That's all. :) This is language for plotting. It was used military in Israel against Arabian in wars. Most of Jews are/were Polish. They speak Polish fluently.
    Most of sentences your can say as the power of words.
    "Alice has the cat" - you can say in 24 ways. !!! :)
    "Alice has the black cat" - you can say in 120 ways!!!!!!
    "Alice has the old black cat" - you can say in 720 ways (sentences).

  • @tessa7831
    @tessa7831 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you, this video was really helpful for me. I'm very lucky I'm Czech, which means I'm Slavic and we have cases too.

    • @tessa7831
      @tessa7831 7 лет назад +2

      Również chcialabym się dopytać, czy pan lubi wiedźmina? Wiedźmin to glówny powód czemu uczę się po polsku. ;-)

    • @LetsPolish
      @LetsPolish  7 лет назад +1

      +Terez Šenkyříková Kopečková pewnie. Grałem we wszystkie części! :)

    • @tessa7831
      @tessa7831 7 лет назад +1

      A czy pan czytał i książki?

    • @naukanaukowo9671
      @naukanaukowo9671 6 лет назад

      +Terez Šenkyříková Kopečková Ja grałam i planuje przeczytać xD Mam nadzieję że kiedyś się za to zabiorę :)

  • @lollylula6399
    @lollylula6399 7 лет назад +1

    This video helped me a lot, thank you! I had some case/przypadki seeds from a beginners book I have & this video has really helped water them :)

  • @AntonSlavik
    @AntonSlavik 3 года назад

    I found my teacher in video form. I'm a little intimidated by cases, but it's not completely different from my native Gaelic, and I get excited when I remember correctly. This guy explains things in a natural way that is actually helpful

  • @edieltondantas6084
    @edieltondantas6084 6 лет назад +1

    "I'll mock you" XD this dude is a genius

  • @macunaima81
    @macunaima81 7 лет назад +3

    l have been studying russian and thought it would be nice to also take a look at polish, as they both are from the slavic family. but man!, polish is harder

  • @gdjpodo3370
    @gdjpodo3370 7 лет назад +33

    piję wode szklanką xd

  • @aqa5794
    @aqa5794 3 года назад

    Best of best . Regards from India.

  • @matis8203
    @matis8203 7 лет назад +3

    Sprytnie rozwiązałeś (czyli pominąłeś :) ) chyba najtrudniejszą rzecz w tych przypadkach, czyli wytłumaczenie, dlaczego dany wyraz w danym przypadku ma taka a nie inna końcówkę. Ale zgadzam się, że do tego jest tyle różnych zasad, że wytłumaczenie tego jest praktycznie nie możliwe a ludzie uczą się tego pewnie na uczelniach wyższych. Chyba na prawdę dla ludzi, którzy chcą po prostu porozumiewać się po polsku a nie być "Miodkami", nauka poprzez wykorzystanie tabeli odmian poszczególnych wyrazów oraz przez osłuchanie i rozmawianie jest o wiele lepsza. Tak jak powiedziałeś po wielu wielu wypowiedzianych razach danego wyrazu w jakimś kontekście końcówka utrwali się w głowie, nawet bez znajomości reguły, ba nawet bez wiedzy jaki to przypadek.
    Podobną taktykę przyjąłem ucząc się teraz szwedzkiego. Olałem gramatykę i na razie skupiłem się na nauce jak największej liczby słów i zwrotów. Nawet łatwiej wtedy zrozumieć zasady gramatyczne, kiedy ma się już jakieś zaplecze gotowych zwrotów.
    Podsumowując, trudny temat ale wybrnąłeś po mistrzowsku:)

    • @LetsPolish
      @LetsPolish  7 лет назад +3

      Dzięki za info :) Maniaki językowe sobie same poradzą, a gdybym zaczął to wszystko rozwijać, to jedyne co bym zrobił, to wystraszył znaczną większość :)

    • @annalakare
      @annalakare 6 лет назад

      Mati S szwedzki ma tylko dwa przypadki i zero odmiany czasownikow jag är, du är, hon han är vi är ni är de är 😁 bara „ är”

  • @sharbelmacaron7535
    @sharbelmacaron7535 5 лет назад

    Useful and understandable. Thank you for the video

  • @MegaLeachy
    @MegaLeachy 3 года назад

    When I took French in High School I would translate the sentence into Polish and substitute the French words. I never realized it had to do with cases!

  • @antoanetarai6293
    @antoanetarai6293 5 лет назад +1

    Wi have Wołacz in Bulgarian
    Български
    Mianownik: Именителен Nominative
    Dopełniacz: Родителен Genetive
    Celownik: Дателен Dative
    Biernik: Винителен Accuzative
    Narzędnik: Творителен
    Miejscownik:Предложен Locative
    Wołacz: Звателен Vocative

  • @gaparena4274
    @gaparena4274 2 года назад

    thank you so much for this video, I have one request, can make a video on Polish cases with more examples only.

  • @warsawalodz1
    @warsawalodz1 3 года назад

    Darek you are terrific! The secret is Krok Po Kroku!

  • @SaadAltuilaai
    @SaadAltuilaai 7 лет назад +3

    Excellent! I love this video.

  • @ClergetMusic
    @ClergetMusic 6 лет назад

    This may help with understanding of the accusative case: the definition that I learned was that it is the case of the direct object, with the additional explanation of the following: it is the recipient or beneficiary of the action of the verb.

  • @c4ketown675
    @c4ketown675 2 года назад

    Dziękuję Dziękuję! Urodziłam się w Polsce i rodzice wygrali loto na wizę do Ameryki. Miałam 5 jak wylecilismy...I byłam trochę na polską szkołę na weekendach ale teraz mam 34 lat, I boję się że szybko teraz zapominam. Pisać i czytać to jest jeszcze okej ale rozmowa to masakra. 99% razy rozmawiam po angielsku. Żeby odmienić to zapomnij hahaha

  • @Beerpong27
    @Beerpong27 7 лет назад +14

    Really helpful Darek Dziękuje bardzo :)

  • @huntingforwifi7215
    @huntingforwifi7215 2 года назад

    Great Video. The best explanation I found for these damn hard cases.

  • @felipematus3021
    @felipematus3021 7 лет назад +5

    OMG! Ten film jest tak długi, że powiedziałem sobie, "niech obejrze"... A tutaj jestem xD. To było bardzo przydatne i myślę, że teraz przypadki są bardziej zrozumiałe dla wielu osób, dzięki tobie (¿ci?) (>^-^)>
    But Yoda.. Please xDDD jeszcze jesteś młodym Jedim :)
    BTW, great video, I laughed as usual.

  • @MrDirtBaggins
    @MrDirtBaggins 7 лет назад +2

    Really well done

  • @chrome_disco
    @chrome_disco 3 года назад

    Your advice at the beginning of the video is good! Eventually, some sentences just sound correct or incorrect

  • @epicdjyoshi648
    @epicdjyoshi648 4 года назад

    I've just subscribed to your channel as I loved the video! I've been learning Polish since the end of March, but I've been struggling with cases. Your video has really helped me. Dziękuję bardzo!

  • @mikep7847
    @mikep7847 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the lesson, hopefully It will sink in eventually. On Duolingo it doesn't explain these cases and I am totally confused by word endings which you have to get right to finish the lessons. My god it's complicated.

  • @voyagersquaremuzika
    @voyagersquaremuzika 4 года назад

    For me, it is the hardest thing to write in Polish,not so much cases and grammar but the writing! I am from Croatia and we have many similar words as Polish but our writing is very simple,write as you speak, speak as written .

  • @nikonlOl
    @nikonlOl 3 года назад +3

    This video helped me understand that there’s no f*ckin way I will learn Polish :D
    Hard times living in Warsaw :/

    • @someone-hz8tj
      @someone-hz8tj 3 года назад

      Try the Duolingo course first (or a book)
      It has a good pace of grammar, but it’s only good for beginner level. Make sure to write and repeat and make sentences yourself (not just translate)
      Learning all cases and plural and how the pronouns work at once is really hard and it makes it easier to start off slower.
      Ofc it will be hard but not impossible and I’m sure you will be happy you did it

  • @brianfuller5868
    @brianfuller5868 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for this video. It was very informative

  • @oksanakurinna8206
    @oksanakurinna8206 5 лет назад

    Thank you very much for understandable explanation

  • @evertonchanan274
    @evertonchanan274 7 лет назад +2

    Great video! Dziękuję!

  • @soyneydi
    @soyneydi 2 года назад

    Perfect lesson

  • @larathies4010
    @larathies4010 7 лет назад +1

    thank you very much, it's a very helpful video :)