"Dotykamy tamtej żółtej koszuli."

Translation: We are touching that yellow shirt.

[dont_tread_on_me]

Little help to remember to the word dotykać

Do not touch!

[Yobama42069]

How did import this picture into the comment?

[Jellei]

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/2591660

[dont_tread_on_me]

So "dotykać" requires genitive, right?

[4d1n]

If it's with negation (nie dotykamy) - yes, it requires.

In my region (Little Poland) genitive is very rare. We use accusative by far more often (this sentence: "Dotykamy tamtą żółtą koszulę")

[dont_tread_on_me]

Wow, interesting how dialects differ from each other. Thanks for sharing this info with us.

[mihxal]

This phenomenon was even called "expansion of accusative".

[arminia11_web_de]

Since Krakow is a huge destination for many tourists, they might hear this a lot, then!

[der_Rabe]

Nowadays they really take everything as a portkey ... ô.O

[DinoRaptor76]

Isnt koszuli plural? I thought it was only used like this when negated.

[Jellei]

"koszuli" is Genitive singular, although some natives could mistakenly treat it as Genitive plural as well (this, however, should be "koszul").

And "dotykać" is a verb that takes Genitive.

[KochamDinozaury]

Hi jellei can you please recommend me a link or webpage which show the list of verbs that require genitive or accusative?

[Jellei]

Generally a direct object of the sentence takes Accusative.

A list of verbs that take Genitive (so could be considered exceptions from the above) is here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/16569658

[KochamDinozaury]

By direct object you mean like something that is near me, that I can reach easily?

[Jellei]

No, no no :D See here: http://plato.algonquincollege.com/applications/guideToGrammar/?page_id=3357

[KochamDinozaury]

Thanks for the immense help

[warfreak2]

"tamten and its forms are really used only for objects that are quite far from the speaker"

How can the speaker be touching a shirt that is quite far from themselves?

[va-diim]

No, it's not necessarily "quite far" away. Tamten is just in contrast to ten, "that" in contrast to "this."

tamtej żółteji koszuli, "that yellow shirt"

tej żółtej koszuli, "this yellow shirt"

But without the "this/that" contrast, the Polish word ten can translate into "that" in English, as in this exercise.

[praytherosary]

Was wondering this myself. Is this a reasonable sentence?

[Jellei]

While it's not some complete nonsense, I see your point about this sentence. I removed it and wrote just "Dotykamy żółtej koszuli".