The singular Nominative Case form is the dictionary form that you should memorize when you learn a new noun. Most masculine nouns end with a consonant, so there is no ending.

There are a fair number of feminine nouns that also end with a consonant. To decline them you should use feminine endings in singular and plural number. I advise you to learn every noun together with its gender, so that you know which endings to use.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	English
dom	a house
las	a forest
telefon	a phone
budynek	a building
cukier	sugar
samochód	a car
krąg	a ring
ogrodnik	a gardener
pracownik	a worker
słoń	an elephant
bóbr	a beaver
mąż	a husband
głośnik	a loudspeaker
kij	a stick
komputer	a computer

The
a
ending usage

There are a fair number of masculine nouns that take the feminine

ending. To decline them:

use feminine endings in singular number
use masculine endings in plural number

I advise you to learn every noun together with its gender, so that you know which endings to use.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	English
mężczyzna	a man
kolega	a colleague
kierowca	a driver
morderca	a murderer
łowca	a hunter
pracodawca	an employer
krwiodawca	a blood donor
sprzedawca	a seller
doradca	an adviser

Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Nouns Endings

Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Masculine Plural Nouns

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Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Masculine Singular Nouns

Masculine singular nouns in Nominative Case take the following endings:

	Masculine Singular Nominative Case
Endings	∅	a

Some masculine nouns use feminine endings.

The

∅

no ending

symbol indicates that there is no ending.

The
∅
no ending
ending usage

The singular Nominative Case form is the dictionary form that you should memorize when you learn a new noun. Most masculine nouns end with a consonant, so there is no ending.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	English
dom	a house
las	a forest
telefon	a phone
budynek	a building
cukier	sugar
samochód	a car
krąg	a ring
ogrodnik	a gardener
pracownik	a worker
słoń	an elephant
bóbr	a beaver
mąż	a husband
głośnik	a loudspeaker
kij	a stick
komputer	a computer

The
a
ending usage

There are a fair number of masculine nouns that take the feminine

ending. To decline them:

use feminine endings in singular number
use masculine endings in plural number

I advise you to learn every noun together with its gender, so that you know which endings to use.

Examples

Masculine Singular Nominative Case	English
mężczyzna	a man
kolega	a colleague
kierowca	a driver
morderca	a murderer
łowca	a hunter
pracodawca	an employer
krwiodawca	a blood donor
sprzedawca	a seller
doradca	an adviser

Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Nouns Endings

Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Masculine Plural Nouns

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Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Masculine Singular Nouns

The ∅no ending ending usage

The a ending usage

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Nominative Case (Mianownik) - Masculine Singular Nouns

The ∅no ending ending usage

The a ending usage

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Cases - Noun Declension

The
∅
no ending
ending usage

The
a
ending usage

The
∅
no ending
ending usage

The
a
ending usage