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Masculine singular nouns in Locative Case take the following endings

Masculine Singular Locative Case
Endings	' softening e	u

Practice in Noun Declinator

Some masculine nouns use feminine endings.

The

softening

symbol indicates that this ending requires softening of the stem. For more information see the article on softening .

Some nouns may have irregularities in their stem during declension.

Orthography rule

The
'
softening
e
ending usage

Used with nouns whose stem ends in a hard consonant excluding

To apply this ending first soften the stem of the noun and then add the ending.

List of hard and soft consonants

How to soften the stem?

Example

Let's try to decline the noun pies (dog) step by step in Locative Singular Case. This noun has the mobile -ie- irregularity.

pies	Get the stem of the noun. The stem of a noun is the root of the noun, without the ending. In our case the stem is the same as the noun.
pies - ie remove = ps	Apply the irregularity to the stem. You can learn more about irregularities in this article.
ps + s ➜ si soften = p si	Soften the hard consonant from the stem.
p si + e ending = p si e	Add the ending to the stem.

A couple more examples:

telefon

noun

softening

telefon

take stem

n ➜ ni

soften

attach

telefo

telefonie

Locative Singular

lew

noun

softening

lew

take stem

remove

w ➜ wi

soften

attach

lwie

Locative Singular

samochód

noun

softening

samochód

take stem

ó ➜ o

replace

d ➜ dzi

soften

attach

samoch

dzi

samochodzie

Locative Singular

stół

noun

softening

stół

take stem

ó ➜ o

replace

ł ➜ l

soften

attach

stole

Locative Singular

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Singular Locative Case	English
telefon	telefonie	a phone
pies	psie	a dog
lew	lwie	a lion
samochód	samochodzie	a car
stół	stole	a table
las	lesie	a forest
dom	domu	a house

The
u
ending usage

Used with nouns whose stem ends in a soft consonant or

List of hard and soft consonants

Example

Let's try to decline the noun pień (tree trunk) step by step in Locative Singular Case. This noun has the mobile -ie- irregularity.

pień	Get the stem of the noun. The stem of a noun is the root of the noun, without the ending. In our case the stem is the same as the noun.
pień - ie remove = pń	Apply the irregularity to the stem. You can learn more about irregularities in this article.
pń + ń ➜ ni replace + u = p ni u	Add the ending to the stem. Note that we also must replace ń ➜ ni replace when applying the ending. This is required by ortography rule: it is forbidden to use diacritical sign if there is a vowel after it.

A couple more examples:

ogrodnik

noun

ogrodnik

take stem

attach

ogrodnik

ogrodniku

Locative Singular

bóg

noun

bóg

take stem

ó ➜ o

replace

attach

bogu

Locative Singular

budynek

noun

budynek

take stem

remove

attach

budynk

budynku

Locative Singular

mąż

noun

mąż

take stem

ą ➜ ę

replace

attach

mężu

Locative Singular

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	Masculine Singular Locative Case	English
ogrodnik	ogrodniku	a gardener
pracownik	pracowniku	a worker
słoń	słoniu	an elephant
strach	strachu	fear
bóg	bogu	a god
budynek	budynku	a building
mąż	mężu	a husband
pień	pniu	a tree trunk

Practice in Noun Declinator

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Grammar

Locative Case (Miejscownik) - Masculine Singular Nouns

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Cases - Noun Declension

Grammar

Locative Case (Miejscownik) - Masculine Singular Nouns

The
'
softening
e
ending usage

The
u
ending usage

Cześć! Jestem Jarek, miło mi Cię poznać!

Cases - Noun Declension

The
'
softening
e
ending usage

The
u
ending usage

The
'
softening
e
ending usage

The
u
ending usage

The
'
softening
e
ending usage

The
u
ending usage

Grammar

Locative Case (Miejscownik) - Masculine Singular Nouns

Cześć! Jestem Jarek, miło mi Cię poznać!

Cases - Noun Declension

Grammar

Locative Case (Miejscownik) - Masculine Singular Nouns

The 'softeninge ending usage

The u ending usage

Cześć! Jestem Jarek, miło mi Cię poznać!

Cases - Noun Declension

The 'softeninge ending usage

The u ending usage

The 'softeninge ending usage

The u ending usage

The 'softeninge ending usage

The u ending usage

The
'
softening
e
ending usage

The
u
ending usage

The
'
softening
e
ending usage

The
u
ending usage

The
'
softening
e
ending usage

The
u
ending usage

The
'
softening
e
ending usage

The
u
ending usage