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Possessive Pronouns - Dative Case

The table below shows the forms of Possessive Pronouns in Dative Case (Celownik). Notice, that many forms are repeated.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine personal	other
singular first person	my	mojemu	mojej	mojemu	moim	moim
singular second person	your (singular)	twojemu	twojej	twojemu	twoim	twoim
singular third person masculine	his, her, its	jego	jego	jego	jego	jego
singular third person feminine	his, her, its	jej	jej	jej	jej	jej
singular third person neuter	his, her, its	jego	jego	jego	jego	jego
plural first person	our	naszemu	naszej	naszemu	naszym	naszym
plural second person	your (plural)	waszemu	waszej	waszemu	waszym	waszym
plural third person	their	ich	ich	ich	ich	ich

The table below shows the same forms, but the rows and columns that have repeated forms have been collapsed.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular		plural
		masculine or neuter	feminine	any gender
singular first person	my	mojemu	mojej	moim
singular second person	your (singular)	twojemu	twojej	twoim
singular third person masculine or neuter	his, her, its	jego
singular third person feminine	his, her, its	jej
plural first person	our	naszemu	naszej	naszym
plural second person	your (plural)	waszemu	waszej	waszym
plural third person	their	ich

You might wonder why the singular third person has all three translations (his, her, its) for each gender (masculine, feminine, neuter). It's because the gender of nouns in Polish doesn't match the gender of nouns in English.

Example

Ta krowa znowu jest w naszym ogrodzie.
Już mówiłem jej właścielowi, żeby lepiej jej pilnował.

That cow is back in our garden.
I've already told its owner to keep a closer eye on it.

The noun krowa (cow) is feminine (she) in Polish, so we used the feminine pronoun - jej. On the other hand in English cow is considered neuter (it), so we used its.

This difference often confuses Poles who learn English, so you might sometimes hear us using her or his for weird things.

Alternative forms

There are also alternative forms of my and your (singular) possessive pronouns. They are used rather in poetry than in everyday speech. You can create them by

removing
oj
, for example mojemu becomes memu
replacing
oi ➜ y
, for example twoim becomes twym

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular		plural
		masculine or neuter	feminine	any gender
first person singular	my	memu	mej	mym
second person singular	your (singular)	twemu	twej	twym

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Possessive Pronouns - Dative Case

The table below shows the forms of Possessive Pronouns in Dative Case (Celownik). Notice, that many forms are repeated.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine personal	other
singular first person	my	mojemu	mojej	mojemu	moim	moim
singular second person	your (singular)	twojemu	twojej	twojemu	twoim	twoim
singular third person masculine	his, her, its	jego	jego	jego	jego	jego
singular third person feminine	his, her, its	jej	jej	jej	jej	jej
singular third person neuter	his, her, its	jego	jego	jego	jego	jego
plural first person	our	naszemu	naszej	naszemu	naszym	naszym
plural second person	your (plural)	waszemu	waszej	waszemu	waszym	waszym
plural third person	their	ich	ich	ich	ich	ich

The table below shows the same forms, but the rows and columns that have repeated forms have been collapsed.

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular		plural
		masculine or neuter	feminine	any gender
singular first person	my	mojemu	mojej	moim
singular second person	your (singular)	twojemu	twojej	twoim
singular third person masculine or neuter	his, her, its	jego
singular third person feminine	his, her, its	jej
plural first person	our	naszemu	naszej	naszym
plural second person	your (plural)	waszemu	waszej	waszym
plural third person	their	ich

Example

Ta krowa znowu jest w naszym ogrodzie.
Już mówiłem jej właścielowi, żeby lepiej jej pilnował.

That cow is back in our garden.
I've already told its owner to keep a closer eye on it.

The noun krowa (cow) is feminine (she) in Polish, so we used the feminine pronoun - jej. On the other hand in English cow is considered neuter (it), so we used its.

This difference often confuses Poles who learn English, so you might sometimes hear us using her or his for weird things.

Alternative forms

There are also alternative forms of my and your (singular) possessive pronouns. They are used rather in poetry than in everyday speech. You can create them by

removing
oj
, for example mojemu becomes memu
replacing
oi ➜ y
, for example twoim becomes twym

The owner in Polish is	English Possessive Pronoun	The owned object in Polish is
		singular		plural
		masculine or neuter	feminine	any gender
first person singular	my	memu	mej	mym
second person singular	your (singular)	twemu	twej	twym

Available Exercises

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Exercises for Possessive Pronouns in Dative Case

Possessive Pronouns - Nominative Case

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