Grammar

Terms Glossary

Cases (Przypadki)

Tenses (Czasy)

Verbs (Czasowniki)

Nouns (Rzeczowniki)

Adjectives (Przymiotniki)

Pronouns (Zaimki)

Dative Case (Celownik) - Personal Pronouns

In the table below you can see the forms of personal pronouns in Dative Case.

Nominative Case	Dative Case	Translation
ja	mi / mnie	I
ty	ci / tobie	you singular
on	mu / jemu / niemu	he
ona	jej / niej	she
ono	mu / jemu / niemu	it
my	nam	we
wy	wam	you plural
oni	im / nim	they masculine personal
one	nim	they non-masculine personal
	sobie	reflexive

the longer forms like mnie or tobie have the same meaning as their shorter equivalentsmi and ci. The longer forms are used for emphasis.

Ta nagroda należy się mnie!- This prize belongs to me!

mnie - the same as mi, but with emphasis

Dałem jemu wygrać.- I let him win.

jemu - the same as mu, but with emphasis

the forms that start with the letter n- have to be used after prepositions.

Muszę walczyć przeciwko niemu.- I have to fight against him.

przeciwko - preposition

niemu - personal pronoun

Dzięki niej możemy czuć się bezpieczni.- Thanks to her we may feel safe.

dzięki - preposition

niej - personal pronoun

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