"Potrzebujemy biurka."

Translation: We need a desk.

[MatthewSta14]

Isn't biurka plural? so desks not desk.

[ngfio]

Yes, "biurko" is singular, "biurka" is plural, but "biurka" is also the genitive form of singular (see https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biurko). The verb "potrzebować" is used with the genitive, hence "To jest biurko. Potrzebujemy biurka." = "This is a desk. We need a desk". In plural: "To są biurka. Potrzebujemy biurek" = "These are desks. We need desks".

[Tom873317]

Is there any pattern or rule of thumb for which verbs use the genitive? This is pretty confusing learning new nouns and new verbs at the same time

[Ravelien]

Yes I wish they'd include this with the notes or something! I can look up how to use the different tenses somewhere else but there's so many different situations where you use one tense or another it's hard to find a good explanation on when to use them.

Well, until then... all hail mowicpopolsku.com haha

[Rimdus]

What a difficult language for learning but it's a great language at the same time!

[SzymonPR]

This should be changed to biurka to make things easier for non-native speakers.

[Jellei]

What should be changed? Also, the answer already says "biurka"...