"Let's take the blue one."

Yeah, I fixed it. Please use the "report a problem" function in the future!

December 12, 2015

RonaldJHill

but it still insists on the feminine form!

March 16, 2018

Mod

Actually the main answer is masculine...

March 17, 2018

Arnoldpitt

Could you use ktorys?

August 20, 2018

Mod

In what place? What would be your whole answer?

August 20, 2018

ahmad1214

why "bierzmy niebieskie" is wrong?

October 24, 2019

Mod

Using imperfective "bierzmy", which is more like "Let's take it on many occasions", is probably acceptable even as a synonym of "Weźmy" here, but it's pretty colloquial language in such a sentence.

October 25, 2019

MaxVermeij

Could it be "tego niebieskiego" if you take a male Smurf?

Mod

It's probably the least probable option, but technically correct, yes. And it doesn't even need to be about Smurfs (Polish: Smerf (sg) / Smerfy (pl)), many words in new technologies are commonly treated as masculine animate, so it can be about a laptop or a pendrive.

MaxVermeij

So these new words like laptop etcetera are added to the list of classic "exceptions" (fruit, vegetables, dances, valuta, car brands)? Is there a list somewhere of these new cases?

Mod

I don't think I ever saw an official list... with new technologies, I'd say it's kinda 50/50, half of the natives will say "Mam laptop" and the other one "Mam laptopa". Both sound natural to me, although I'd say "Mam laptopa" myself.

MaxVermeij

OK, thanks. In the Netherlands we have the "Our Language Society" ("Genootschap Onze Taal"), a private society (but anyone can become a member) that gives free grammar/linguistical advice: https://onzetaal.nl/ The society was founded in the 1930s when grammar purists were worrried over the increasing number of Germanisms...

Is there an equivalent institution for the Polish language?

Mod