"On nie nosi pomarańczowego kapelusza."

Translation: He does not wear an orange hat.

[arkelley71]

So is the genitive case an essential part of a negative sentence? Is the -ego ending used for all masculine adjectives in the genitive case?
Would the comparison be as follows?:
"On nosi pomarańczowy kapelusz." -He is wearing an orange hat.
"On nie nosi pomarańczowego kapelusza." -He is not wearing an orange hat.

[NishuPL]

Yes. Example: ''On ma żółty dom'' - He has a yellow house and ''On nie ma żółtego domu'' - He doesn't have a yellow house. ;)

[arkelley71]

Many thanks! It looks like Polish uses the cases a lot more than most languages than I'm used to. Here is a lingot!

[NishuPL]

Thank you ;)

[Dmazur101.]

Dziękuję za pomoc!

[jablll]

What about the difference between zoltej and zoltego??

[Jellei]

Nothing will give you a better answer than a declension table: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%BC%C3%B3%C5%82ty

[Philipo.]

hi arkelley71- another way to understand it..in genitive case (for all negative case constructs), the colour adjective would be the same if you had a pronoun such 'tej,tego,tych' except you drop the 't' i.e.
(excuse my lack of punctuation...need to find that k/bd function again)
Nie widze czarnej spudnicy/ Nie widze czarnego chlopca/Nie widze czarnych jajka.
I think that works but might need a 2nd opinion..

[Jellei]

If I understood you correctly - no, Genitive isn't for all negative constructs. Genitive is used for negating Accusative, and as Accusative is very common, it's not a surprise that people often take this rule too far. See here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/28545847

The pronoun thing - well, if such an explanation works for you, it seems correct, the endings are the same here. Here, in Genitive.

"spódnicy" - you made an orthographic mistake, which is a rare thing here... and the last example is either "czarnych jajek" (plural) or "czarnego jajka" (singular).

[Airvay]

So most of the time you can write "wears" or "is wearing", but sometimes Duolingo marks you down for using one rather than the other. Hello???

[Jellei]

No, you shouldn't be able to put "is wearing" anywhere anymore, because the course creators actually didn't teach the phrase for it. As I wrote here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/27628688

[YuliGunn]

He does not wear an orange hat.This is an awkward sentence and one I would struggle to find a use for. Rather, I would say He does not wear orange hats, or, He is not wearing an orange hat.

[C0RV3N]

I don't know if it could have such a meaning in Poland or any country other than America, but orange clothing, most often worn as a hat, is a requirement for hunting safety.

[Bill307305]

why not is not wearing

[Jellei]

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/27628688

[Josephus_]

Pomarańczowego - 6 syllables. It's just too much.

[ToNy444]

'Kapelusz' is inanimate so why 'kapelusza' is correct and 'kapeluszu' not in genitive?

[arkelley71]

I am not sure but some inanimate masculine nouns end in "-a" in the genitive case. "Kapelusz" might be one of them.

I did some research and I found this: https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/kapelusz

It looks like the genitive form is "kapelusza"

I hope this helps.

[george674494]

Because of all the case variations, I don't know how people can learn Polish . You must be clever as I am just fortunate that my parents spoke Polish to me even after moving to Australia so I have a feel for how words are said.

[ChallengerDeep]

I started learning Polish a few months ago with no prior exposure to it. It's truly maddening