"Ja potrzebuję kobiety."

Translation: I need a woman.

[rwwst7]

This owl sounds desperate

[pavelmeshchanov]

The eagle owl :)

[malcolm651145]

Lloo

[aisha0709]

Wszyscy potrzebują kobiety :)

[Liam776429]

Now i know what to say when people ask me why I am learning polish.

[malcolm651145]

Lol

[BaltoSlavic]

Finally, some useful sentences

[arminia11_web_de]

Straight to the comments!

[MusicWithRocksIn]

Is there a handy list of verbs that take the genitive anywhere? I know that direct objects in negative clauses do, but are there any other things to look out for when it comes to the genitive?

[conor.raff]

thanks to JADNAKOW a user of Duolingo who wrote these up as an answer to another question in this section:

bać się - to be afraid

brakować/ braknąć - to be missing, to be insufficient

chcieć - to want

dokonywać/ dokonać - to achieve

domagać się - to demand

dotyczyć - to apply to

dotykać/ dotknąć - to be touching/ to touch

doznawać/ doznać - to experience, to feel

lękać się, obawiać się - to be afraid

oczekiwać - to wait for

odmawiać/ odmówić - to refuse

pilnować - to guard

potrzebować - to need

pragnąć - to desire

próbować/ spróbować - to be trying/ to try

słuchać - to listen

spodziewać się - to expect

szukać/ poszukać - to look for

uczyć się/ nauczyć się - to study/to learn

udzielać/ udzielić - to grant

unikać/ uniknąć - to avoid

używać/ użyć - to be using/ to use

wymagać - to demand

wstydzić się - to be embarrassed

wystarczać/ wystarczyć - to be sufficient

zabraniać/ zabronić, zakazywać/ zakazać - to forbid

zapominać/ zapomnieć - to forget

zazdrościć - to envy

żałować - to regret

życzyć - to wish

[uq.]

saving this for later

>verbs that use genitive case

[alphalyrae]

Thank you so much! Is this a complete list?

[Jellei]

Not probable, there are a lot of verbs, ones more common, and ones not ;)

[markfive.36]

bookmarking this page for later. Awesome summary. A lingot for you.

[soleynott]

Saving this :)

[cwks-legia]

A good dictionary might be your best bet. Collins Polish dictionary is available and smart phones and lists the case for verbs.

[BenConway6]

Has duolingo been reading my internet history?

[vInTaGeGaLaXiEn]

Potrzebuje kobiety. This make me smile.. hahaha

[markfive.36]

me too :^)

[warholxx]

I wonder if this is correct. If it is meaning one woman, shouldn't it be "kobietę"?

[luzdelaluna]

The verb 'potrzebować' is used with genitive case, not accusative. kobietę = accusative singular; kobiety = genitive singular.

Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kobieta#Declension

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/potrzebowa%C4%87

[warholxx]

No tak! Dziękuję!

[dimbulb]

Kobiety nie są rzeczami.

[BenConway6]

Ale przecież są potrzebne

[YugaoLand]

Mam nadzieję że każda osoba jest potrzebna

[arghratings]

I'll remember this one when I'm in Szczecin. :)

[shiovn]

same

[ElijahK02]

Ain't that the truth

[Daniel_Mizrachi]

I do