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=== Language Characteristics === | === Language Characteristics === | ||
Polish words for persons, places, and things (nouns) are classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter. Adjectives used to describe them must have the proper masculine, feminine, or neuter endings, for example: | Polish words for persons, places, and things (nouns) are classified as masculine, feminine, or neuter. Adjectives used to describe them must have the proper masculine, feminine, or neuter endings, for example: | ||
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umarła-- she died | umarła-- she died | ||
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umarło-- it [the child] died | umarło-- it [the child] died | ||
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The endings of words in a document will often differ from what you find in this list. For example, the document may use the word starego (old), but you will find it in this word list as stary (old). | The endings of words in a document will often differ from what you find in this list. For example, the document may use the word starego (old), but you will find it in this word list as stary (old). | ||
Certain endings, called genitive, give the meaning "of" to a word. The following endings are typical: | Certain endings, called genitive, give the meaning "of" to a word. The following endings are typical: | ||
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-y or -i (feminine) -ej | -y or -i (feminine) -ej | ||
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-ów (plural) -ich or -ych | -ów (plural) -ich or -ych | ||
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