"The girl likes cookies."

Translation: Dziewczynka lubi ciasteczka.

[Yup9317]

Its so hard to remember all the different lubi-'s

[alik1989]

Not to mention all the other thousands and thousands of Polish verbs. If only there were a pattern of some sort...

[Lexerus]

Was that sarcasm and there is a pattern or you're jest stating the obvious

[Jellei]

There are several patterns, but you will start seeing them in some time.

[matthewfisher59]

Just write them down that's what I do and then you can remner them easier

[JudyWorth0]

Seems like ka at the end of a word means small or diminuative

[immery]

You are partially right, it means diminutive, and diminutive often translates to "small" in English,
but it's dziewczyna -> dziewczynka

and ciasto-> ciastko-> ciasteczko in nominative singular form and o changes to a for plural (and accusative=nominative for neuter nouns)

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdrobnienie#Formanty_o_podstawie_-k-

[afgan1894]

Dziewczynka = A girl
Dziewczynki = the girls

[Vlad_Lesnievski]

"Dziewczę lubi ciasteczka" should be accepted as well. Reported.

[alik1989]

Report dismissed. 'Dziewczę' is dated, only its plural (dziewczęta) is still commonly used.

[Vlad_Lesnievski]

Dated but still perfectly correct.

[Jellei]

Should we really act like those are the same level of 'being correct'? The chances are quite high that people will look at you surprised if you say that.

[Ksana.ua]

'Herbatniki' are also cookies and should be accepted.

[Jellei]

It's just one type of cookies. If we accept anything else than "ciastka/ciasteczka", then where should we stop?