# 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, ours |
| Singular | Masculine | mojego | twojego | waszego | naszego |
| Singular | Neuter | mojego | twojego | waszego | naszego |
| Singular | Feminine | mojej | twojej | waszej | naszej |
| Plural | Virile | moich | twoich | waszych | naszych |
| Plural | 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 / same |
| Singular | Masculine | którego | jakiego | tego | samego |
| Singular | Neuter | którego | jakiego | tego | samego |
| Singular | Feminine | której | jakiej | tej | samej |
| Plural | Virile | których | jakich | tych | samych |
| Plural | Nonvirile | których | jakich | tych | samych |