"We do not know that girl."

Translation: Nie znamy tamtej dziewczynki.

[Becbon88]

So if I wanted to say, "We dont know those girls" instead of "this girl", how would I say it?

[kiddo-depido]

Why not "tamtego"?

[dont_tread_on_me]

When you negotiate a sentence, accusative turns into genitive.
E/3 (F) in genitive is jej so other pronouns also add the same suffix, so it turns out to be tamtej the correct one.

[kiddo-depido]

To say the truth, I never liked those tables xD

But thank you anyway :)

[PonyDesu]

tamtego is for masculine nouns.

Nie znamy tamtego chłopca.

[kiddo-depido]

Thanks :) (regardless it is animate, inanimate, whatever?)

[PonyDesu]

Nie znamy tego psa(dog)/krokodyla(crocodile)/chłopca(boy)/zwierzęcia(animal) - so I guess it doesn't matter here. :)

[Khawnduan]

Why do you think it's tamtego when it's right I went ask my dad if it's right and he said it's right and he is polish

[immerweiter]

is this genitiv? i thougt feminine nouns end with ą

[tadjanow]

Yes, it is genitive. Feminine nouns in genitive end in either -y or -i.

'Dziewczynką' is instrumental.

[immerweiter]

thanks, i was dreaming

[vytah]

Most feminine words end in -ę in accusative and -ą in imperative.

[immerweiter]

czy jestes niemka?

[immerweiter]

i have been dreaming

[MiriRubin0]

why is this in genetive and not accusative?

[Jellei]

It's a very common rule in Polish. If a positive sentence needs Accusative (My znamy tę dziewczynkę), then when negated, it switches to Genitive (My nie znamy tej dziewczynki).

[Rozelyn-Claire]

Is "Nie znamy tamtą dziewczynę" correct?

[immery]

Dziewczyna is a correct translation , but you need genitve after "nie znamy"

Nie znamy tamtej dziewczyny.

[sanaa-nader]

why tamtej not tamta ???
:( and what is the difrent???

[immery]

you need genitive after "nie znamy"

Nominative- tamta dziewczynka
Genitive-(nie znamy) tamtej dziewczynki
Accusative-(znamy) tamtą dziewczynkę

[gavinwhite857753]

I wrote "Nie my znamy tamtej dziewczynki", and it was marked incorrect.If I was going to use the pronoun,could someone tell me where would I put it for the sentence to be correct?

[Jellei]

At the beginning. Right now your sentence is like trying to write "It is not us that know that girl", but making a grammar mistake (as the verb is not negated in your sentence, the object should take Accusative, as always - "Nie my znamy tamtą dziewczynkę").

[gavinwhite857753]

So"My nie znamy tamtej dziewczynki"?
Also,the verb is only negated if the negation is placed immediately before the verb and not otherwise?

[gavinwhite857753]

Sorry just realised,is
"Nie my znamy tamtą dziewczynkę" also correct?

[Nadia553434]

again the wrong pronounciation of tamtej... the tej sounds wrong. it should sound just like tej (this)

[Sean337970]

Why not Dziewczyna

[Polskana]

Isn't dziewczynki plural? Shouldn't it be dziewczyny?

[Jellei]

Both "dziewczynki" and "dziewczyny" are correct here (as Genitive singular), they are both also Nominative and Accusative plural. As it happens for almost all feminine nouns.

[Lieve875200]

Can someone speak dutch

[Lieve875200]

I can't understand the words you use for praticaly words,and I can not speak very well english

[Marcellebe10]

Why not tamta?

[Jellei]

Wrong case. "tamta" is a Nominative form, used mostly for the subject of the sentence, e.g. "Tamta dziewczyna je chleb" (That girl is eating bread).

"znać" (to know) takes Accusative, and here it's negated, and negated Accusative results in Genitive. Genitive of "tamta dziewczyna" is "tamtej dziewczyny".