"I touch every fridge."

Translation: Dotykam każdej lodówki.

[HelbentForleder]

That is a very nice sentence.

[JanKLinde]

I think this is called an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

[michalpetira]

Thats... oh my

[CichaWoda]

Can someone explain why genitive is used here?

[mihxal]

Because the verb "dotykać" is one of verbs which require its direct object to occur in Genitive not in Accusative like in most cases.

[jan583285]

Dziękuję

[WilliamPil9]

Once again, I put the right answer by guesswork as I can never remember when to use kazde and when kazdej. Incidentally, you have to feel sorry for anyone who ever has the need to tell a Polish person that he or she touches every fridge! ( I suppose all of us have our own peculiar pleasures!)

[alik1989]

Dotykać is one of those verbs that require genitive instead of accusative, hence każdej instead of każdą.

Here's an (incomplete) list of those verbs (part 8):

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/16569658

Każde, on the other hand, would have been either singular neuter, or plural nonrivile (while lodówka is singular feminine), so it doesn't fit here anyway.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ka%C5%BCdy#Declension

[WilliamPil9]

Thank you. Still difficult to remember all the cases though.

[HellRaider]

W tej sytuacji będzie chyba biernik? Co dotykam lodówkę. Dopełniacz byłby np. Czego nie ma? lodówki.

[alik1989]

Nie. Dotykam kogo/czego - lodówki.

https://sjp.pwn.pl/poradnia/haslo/dotykac-czego-czy-co;3765.html

[NielsDolme]

My polish girlfriend says it can also be kazdą. Is she wrong?

[alik1989]

It's colloquially acceptable, but we don't accept it in this course.