"Lubię ją."

Translation: I like her.

[JamesTWils]

Some sort of discussion of case would be most welcome in a "Tips and Notes" section. I realize the Polish group has an aversion to "cluttering up" the feed in some way, but a simple introduction to the new case as it comes along would not do that. The Turkish course does an admirable job, for example, and I believe the Ukrainian does rather well too. If it can be done for Ukrainian, surely it can be done for Polish. Of course, I understand if it is simply not up in beta and will be added later.

[aproul13]

Could anyone explain why this is lubię ją rather than lubię jej? I'm having trouble keeping these forms straight. Dzięki!

[Viersch]

Ją is accusative and jej is genitive.

Genitive (jej) is used:

• to imply possession
• with units or amounts
• after certain prepositions such as dla, do, od.
• for the direct object in a negative sentence (only if the positive sentence would use the accusative!):

Accusative (ją):

• indicates the direct object of the sentence
• is used with some prepositions to indicate a motion/change (exception: the preposition "w" (in) takes the locative when indicating a state/condition, but to imply change you must use the preposition "do" + genitive)

If you'd like to say "I don't like her" you would say "Nie lubię jej" (negative). But "I like her" is "Lubię ją".

[dTKb0OZD]

I'm finally starting to understand it. Thanks

[2Jake2snake]

awesome!

[A__drian]

Brilliant thanks

[JelenaBraum]

"for the direct object in a negative sentence (only if the positive sentence would use the accusative!)"

So, in a negative sentence, all accusatives change to genitives, or am I getting it wrong? This is very unnatural to me, in Czech, there is no such change and I keep having troubles with this. :(

[Jellei]

Yes, when this Accusative is needed because of a verb, and not a preposition (Lubię ją / Nie lubię jej vs Idę przez pokój / Nie idę przez pokój).

[Danltn]

I put "Lubie ją" which was accepted, but I now think it should be "Lubię ją", which form is correct? Other discussions here suggest lubię but I didn't get any warnings. Thanks.

[Pdk27]

It should be Lubię for I like

[Robb110]

@Deniza The 'ą' sounds more like a nasal 'o' (making it sound slightly like a 'oń'). So they sound totally different.

[Jesuis89]

What is the difference between "lubię ona" and " lubię ją"?

[mumunek]

Lubię ona - I like SHE and lubię ją - I like HER.

[deniza11]

How is ją pronounced different then ja?

[Yobama42069]

ą is an own letter, so its pronounced a little bit diffrent.

[dangermoorhouse]

Thanks guys! After reading this discussion, I understand! Very helpful =]

[RahafAbuSirryeh]

If jej for genitive (negative) and ją for accusative
Can someone explain to me "mam jej psa"
It's positive and (mam) takes Acc ... why we put jej and not ją
Thanks.

[OIsg08O4]

You also use the genitive case, 'jej', for possession. So "mam jej psa" means "I have her dog". The accusative case, 'ją' is not possessive, so it wouldn't make sense to say "mam ją psa". In English we don't differentiate between possessive and non-possessive 'her', but in Polish they are different words.

[mUx7TN59]

Why not lubie ona. Somewhere later in this discussion it states that lubie ona means I like she. When did ona suddenly become she. When you place lubie ona in polish translation guides they translate inti0 I like her. Ona is also translated in these guides as her. ??????

[Jellei]

Just like in English you can't say "I like she" because that's a wrong case (there aren't much remnants of cases in English, but this is one), you can't say "Lubię ona" because that's also the wrong case. The verb "lubić" (to like) takes a direct object in Accusative, and the Accusative form of "ona" is "ją".

Whatever 'translation guide' you use (Google Translate), never assume that it understands grammar.

[mUx7TN59]

Thanks for your reply.