"Moja babcia nie lubi pieprzu."
Translation:My grandmother does not like pepper.
16 CommentsThis discussion is locked.
A bit off topic perhaps but a great tip for people with children of the right age. I'll try and get the film for mine.
Seriously, why are there a group of people who automaticly downvote all of jack's comments.
76
In Russian, Moja babuszka nie ľubit pieriec.
In Ukrainian, Moja babusja ne ľubyť percʲu. -- genitive!
In Belarusian, Maja babuľa nie ľubicʲ pierac.
So in russian negation does not change accusative into genitive. Neither in Czech and Slovak. Assume it is specific for polish .
@Christian7652 As to your second question: Yes, Genitive also has the partitive function in Polish, so yes, "Chcę wina" makes sense as "Chcę trochę wina".
Thxs a lot.the feedback in the Polish course is really exemplary.appreciate.rgds Christian
- 76
In Russian it also does, sometimes, depending on the verb, the object, or the meaning. But not in all sentences like Polish
Didn't you once explain to me that it's only between "there is" and "there isn't"?
- 76
"There isn't" or the absence of something always takes the genitive never the accusative. There are exceptions for other meanings too.
Мы не достигли этого [genitive]. "We didn't achieve that."
Он мне не дал деньги [accusative]. "He didn't give me money." Он мне не дал денег [genitive]. "He didn't give me any money," or "the money."
Моя бабушка не хотела перца [genitive]. "My grandmother didn't want any pepper."
Is it also possible to use the genitive in positive sentences? In the meaning of some..(.wine,bread.,etc) . An unspecified quantity of something. Like chcę wina,chleba.
I think there are at least a dozen rules for that, more than half of which are optional. Thank God for Polish :)
Moja babcia nie lubi pieprzu -> My grandma does not like pepper
My grandma does not like pepper -> Babcia nie lubi pieprzu/papryki
Lack of an article (a/the pepper) makes it clear that it's the spice, "pieprz".