Polish/Genitive case

The Genitive case in Polish language is used in the following situations: Used after certain verbs such as chcieć, oczekiwać, potrzebować, szukać, słuchać. Szukam mojego psa. - I am looking for my dog. (mojego psa is in genitive because szukać verb is always followed by the genitive case) Used after certain prepositions such as do, od, bez, dla, z, o, na, po, ku, przy. Idę do szkoły. - I am going to school. (szkoły is in the genitive) Kupiłem prezent dla mamy. - I bought a gift for mom. (mamy is in the genitive) Used to express possession. To jest książka mojego brata. - This is my brother's book. (mojego brata is in the genitive) Used to indicate partitive meaning (some, a bit of). Chcę trochę wody. - I want some water. (wody is in the genitive) The genitive answers the questions whose? (czyj?), of whom? (kogo?) and of what? (czego?). Singular Noun Declension Gender Ending Examples Masculine -a (for animate), -u/-a (for inanimate) chłopaka, kota, psa, komputera, stołu Neuter -a/-u dziecka, piwa, spotkania, imienia, muzeum Feminine -i (for stems ending in a hard consonant), -y (for stems ending in a soft consonant) dziewczyny, kawy, mrówki, pani, miłości, myszy Adjective Declension Gender Rule Ending Examples Masculine After most stems -ego dużego, małego, dobrego Neuter After most stems -ego duże, małe, dobre Feminine After all stems -ej dużej, małej, dobrej Plural Noun Declension Gender Rule Ending Examples Virile After most stems -ów chłopaków, kotów, psów, komputerów Nonvirile After most stems -ów (for masculine inanimate), -i (for feminine and neuter) stołów, dzieci, piw, spotkań, imion, muzeów, dziewczyn, kaw, mrówek, pań, miłości, myszy Adjective Declension Gender Rule Ending Examples Virile After most stems -ych dużych, małych, dobrych Nonvirile After most stems -ych dużych, małych, dobrych Pronouns Personal pronouns English Genitive nothing niczego no one nikogo I mnie you (singular) ciebie he jego she jej it jego you (formal masculine) pana + 3rd person singular verb you (formal feminine) pani + 3rd person singular verb we nas you (informal plural) was you (formal masculine plural) panów + 3rd person plural verb you (formal feminine plural) pań + 3rd person plural verb you (formal mixed gender plural) państwa + 3rd person plural verb they (masculine or mixed gender) ich they (feminine) ich Possessive pronouns Gender my, mine your, yours (singular) your, yours (plural) our, oursSingular Masculine mojego twojego waszego naszego Neuter mojego twojego waszego naszego Feminine mojej twojej waszej naszejPlural Virile moich twoich waszych naszych Nonvirile moich twoich waszych naszych Interrogative pronouns English Genitive whose? czyjego? of whom? kogo? of what? czego? Relative, demonstrative, and intensive pronouns Gender which / who what / what kind this / that self / sameSingular Masculine którego jakiego tego samego Neuter którego jakiego tego samego Feminine której jakiej tej samejPlural Virile których jakich tych samych Nonvirile których jakich tych samych