"Ona kupuje kubek kawy."

Translation: She is buying a mug of coffee.

[AdamMlodoz]

How would you say "she is buying a coffee cup"

[tadjanow]

"Ona kupuje kubek do kawy".

[edB4zK]

Why is Kawy genitive in this phrase?

I would expect 'Kubek kawę' as there is no "quantity of" coffee in an empty coffee cup?

[Jellei]

Well, the fact that it's a cup is kinda a quantity itself, it's probably as much coffee as the cup can hold ;)

Anyway, you can assume that every usage of the English "of" triggers Genitive in Polish. Maybe there is some exception, but nothing comes to my mind now.

[zadders]

Alliteration nation

[KrystynaBu7]

If "kubek" means mug, what is the word for "cup"?

[Yola448704]

cup - kubek/ filiżanka/ szklanka:

(ceramic) mug / (disposable/paper/plastic) cup -
kubek (z ceramiki/jednorazowy/papierowy/plastikowy)

(fine china nondisposable) cup - (porcelanowa) filiżanka

a cup of coffee - filiżanka kawy/(papierowy) kubek kawy
"a coffee" - an order of a portion (a cup/one cup) of coffee

1 cup/8 volume ounces/240 mls - szklanka/1/4 l/250 ml

[alik1989]

A 'cup of coffee' would be 'filiżanka kawy'.

[Sonicom1]

How would I say "She is buying a coffee mug"? As in an empty coffee mug, from a gift shop?

[Jellei]

So, a mug intended to drink coffee from it? I'd say "kubek do kawy" or "kubek na kawę". Those both work like "a mug for coffee".

[Denyeris]

Emmm.
"she buys a cap of coffee" - is wrong
Am I not see some difference between mug and cup here?

[Jellei]

'cup' works, so I guess it's because of the typo (you wrote 'cap' in your quote).

If I google 'cup', most of the graphics that I see is what I'd call "filiżanka", but true, some of them are "kubek".

[Denyeris]

O, now I see. My mistake. Thanks.

[Chubbchubbzza007]

Is that what the Polish would call one of these https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=800&q=cup+of+coffee&oq=Cup+o&gs_l=img.1.1.0l10.3116.4448.0.5657.7.7.0.0.0.0.206.830.0j3j2.5.0....0...1.1j4.64.img..2.5.826.0..35i39k1.0.Ubl85fJ4pUY#imgrc=wA0DfBLgsDhgqM:

[Okcydent]

Kubek plastikowy or kubek jednorazowy. Sometimes kubeczek

[Jellei]

My first thought would be "kubeczek", although some people could say "kubek" as well.