"Those children need a woman."

Translation: Tamte dzieci potrzebują kobiety.

[v.Baltic]

Now I can trigger feminists in Polish too

[sallyfairman]

Can I use kobietę? The singular accusative here?

[mihxal]

You can but it is incorrect. It should be genitive, that is "kobiety".

[sallyfairman]

Thanks! (Hopefully, it was clear that I was asking if it would be correct not whether it's literally possible to use that form.) Cheers!

[Dedumdadum]

Why is this genitive here instead of accusative? Because of the verb to need which exprims a kind of possession?

[Jellei]

'potrzebować' just needs Genitive. You can understand it as "to have a need of", 'of' usually (always?) needs Genitive in Polish.

[dpmusic85]

Yes, speaking generally, genitive is often used to express a lack, or to express the negative. Potrzebuję = nie mam.

[Mark958555]

Silly question, but why is this included in the "Future" lesson? Not a problem, just a little weird…

[immery]

Random sentences are added to lessons by the program. (I suppose they are not "random, byt follow unknown algorithm that course contributors have no knowledge of)

[zittler]

I actually like when random sentences show up on some of the lessons. To make sure I have not forgotten what I learned before.

[VladislavR698109]

Should we worry about Judgement Day and terminators?

[Jason361826]

Tak

[Regina11111997]

But why do they?