Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Singular Accusative Case	English
dom	dom	a house
telefon	telefon	a phone
samochód	samochód	a car
budynek	budynek	a building
las	las	a forest
wiersz	wiersz	a poem

The
a
ending usage

Used with animate nouns.

There are many inanimate nouns that also use this ending. Especially nouns that belong to these categories listed below might use it:

names of dances
names of brand names
names of currencies
names of some flowers
names of some fruits
names of some vegetables
names of space objects
names of sports

There are also nouns that don't belong to any particular category but also use this ending. You must memorize these exceptions.

Examples

Animate nouns

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Singular Accusative Case	English
kot	kota	a cat
ogrodnik	ogrodnika	a gardener
pracownik	pracownika	a worker
słoń	słonia	an elephant
lew	lwa	a lion
pies	psa	a dog
bóbr	bobra	a beaver
mąż	męża	a husband
wół	wołu	an ox
bawół	bawołu	a buffalo

Other nouns

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Singular Accusative Case	English
walc	walca	waltz (dance name)
polonez	poloneza	polonaise (dance name)
oberek	oberka	oberek (dance name)
Mercedes	Mercedesa	a Mercedes
Ford	Forda	a Ford
Opel	Opla	an Opel
Asus	Asusa	an Asus
Samsung	Samsunga	a Samsung
dolar	dolara	a dollar
funt	funta	a pound
jen	jena	a yen
żonkil	żonkila	a daffodil
tulipan	tulipana	a tulip
fiołek	fiołka	a violet
krokus	krokusa	a crocus
irys	irysa	an iris
banan	banana	a banana
ananas	ananasa	a pineapple
orzech	orzecha	a nut
ogórek	ogórka	a cucumber
pomidor	pomidora	a tomato
brokuł	brokuła	broccoli
ziemniak	ziemniaka	a potato
burak	buraka	a beetroot
Saturn	Saturna	Saturn
Jowisz	Jowisza	Jupiter
Mars	Marsa	Mars
Księżyc	Księżyca	the Moon
badminton	badmintona	badminton
golf	golfa	golf
tenis	tenisa	tennis
hokej	hokeja	hockey
papieros	papierosa	a cigarette

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Accusative Case (Biernik) - Masculine Singular Nouns

Masculine singular nouns in Accusative Case take the following endings:

	Masculine Singular Accusative Case
Endings	∅	a

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Some masculine nouns use feminine endings.

The

∅

no ending

symbol indicates that there is no ending.

Some nouns may have irregularities in their stem during declension.

Orthography rule

The
∅
no ending
ending usage

Used with inanimate nouns. They have the same Singular Accusative and Singular Nominative form.

There are many exceptions which use the

ending instead. For more information check the comment about

ending.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Singular Accusative Case	English
dom	dom	a house
telefon	telefon	a phone
samochód	samochód	a car
budynek	budynek	a building
las	las	a forest
wiersz	wiersz	a poem

The
a
ending usage

Used with animate nouns.

There are many inanimate nouns that also use this ending. Especially nouns that belong to these categories listed below might use it:

names of dances
names of brand names
names of currencies
names of some flowers
names of some fruits
names of some vegetables
names of space objects
names of sports

There are also nouns that don't belong to any particular category but also use this ending. You must memorize these exceptions.

Examples

Animate nouns

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Singular Accusative Case	English
kot	kota	a cat
ogrodnik	ogrodnika	a gardener
pracownik	pracownika	a worker
słoń	słonia	an elephant
lew	lwa	a lion
pies	psa	a dog
bóbr	bobra	a beaver
mąż	męża	a husband
wół	wołu	an ox
bawół	bawołu	a buffalo

Other nouns

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Singular Accusative Case	English
walc	walca	waltz (dance name)
polonez	poloneza	polonaise (dance name)
oberek	oberka	oberek (dance name)
Mercedes	Mercedesa	a Mercedes
Ford	Forda	a Ford
Opel	Opla	an Opel
Asus	Asusa	an Asus
Samsung	Samsunga	a Samsung
dolar	dolara	a dollar
funt	funta	a pound
jen	jena	a yen
żonkil	żonkila	a daffodil
tulipan	tulipana	a tulip
fiołek	fiołka	a violet
krokus	krokusa	a crocus
irys	irysa	an iris
banan	banana	a banana
ananas	ananasa	a pineapple
orzech	orzecha	a nut
ogórek	ogórka	a cucumber
pomidor	pomidora	a tomato
brokuł	brokuła	broccoli
ziemniak	ziemniaka	a potato
burak	buraka	a beetroot
Saturn	Saturna	Saturn
Jowisz	Jowisza	Jupiter
Mars	Marsa	Mars
Księżyc	Księżyca	the Moon
badminton	badmintona	badminton
golf	golfa	golf
tenis	tenisa	tennis
hokej	hokeja	hockey
papieros	papierosa	a cigarette

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The ∅no ending ending usage

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The
∅
no ending
ending usage

The
a
ending usage

The
∅
no ending
ending usage

The
a
ending usage