Ch 1, p. 10 More Polish Animals, Polish word "there" and "is", Nominative Case

More Polish animals

Picture each word in your mind as you read. Imagine the masculine animals wearing a hat and the feminine animals holding a flower.

Remember words are given as follows:

• English
• Polish
• Gender
• Pronunciation
• Menomic
  

fly
mucha
f
MOO kha
Picture a little pink fly sitting on a MOO COW.

mosquito
moskit
m
MOS keet
Imagine shooting mosquitos with a MUSKET.

Quiz:

How would you say in English?

• moja mucha
• mój moskit
• mój ptak
• mój królik
• moja kaczka
• moja ryba

How would you say in Polish?

• my fly
• my mosquito
• my bird
• my rabbit
• my duck
• my fish

The Polish word for "There" is "Tam"

The Polish word for "is" is "jest"

Grammar: Nominative Case

All words given so far have been in given in the Nominative Case which is the basic form of the word shown in a dictionary (dictionary form of words). Nominative case indicates the subject of the sentence (who or what is doing something.) This form indicates that the noun is the subject of a sentence Nominative case also follows “to” (this) where “this” indicates persons or things.

Polish for "This is my fly." is "To jest moja mucha."
Polish for "The fish is there." is "Ryba jest tam."

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