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It is not really wrong, however the verb "to trust" is rather "ufać" than "wierzyć". You can believe someone (believe what he says) and you can also trust him - this is something more than just to believe him.
It is dative. See the expandable table here: Polish pronouns / Third-person pronouns or here in Polish: Język polski - zaimki / Zaimki rzeczowne
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Are you able to explain why? It seems comparable to "Lubisz go", just replacing "like" with "believe".
In Polish language there is a phenomenon of case government: each verb governs the case of objects in a phrase. For verbs that may have direct and indirect object, there is a different case for each. Some verbs may govern 2 or more different cases, but then the meaning is also different, thus the verb may reply to different questions. When a preposition is also used - then the preposiston "takes over" the case government.
With WIERZYĆ
| Question | Prep. | Case | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| czemu? (a thing) | - | Dat. | Sędziowie wierzyli dowodom zbrodni |
| komu? (a person) | - | Dat. | Ja zawsze wierzę rodzicom |
| w co? (in something) | w | Acc. | Wierzę w sprawiedliwość |
| w kogo? (in someone) | w | Acc. | Ta rodzina wierzy w Boga |
With LUBIĆ:
| Question | Prep. | Case | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| co? (a thing) | - | Acc. | Ona lubi matematykę |
| kogo? (a person) | - | Acc. | Lubię tego kolegę |
| za co? (for what) | za | Acc. | Lubię mojego profesora za jego serdeczność |
More about that:
- Cases after Verbs: https://courseofpolish.com/grammar/cases/cases-after-verbs
- Everything You Need to Know about Polish Prepositions: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/polish-prepositions/
But frankly, if you think seriously about learning Polish, I would advise you to buy a dedicated dictionary, that describes cases for given most popular verbs - it may be bought e.g. here as a PDF: http://www.koobe.pl/2758702,ebook,praktyczny-slownik-laczliwosci-skladniowej-czasownikow-polskich.htm , you may also check the preview of the first ~70 pages there.
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Thanks for the advice! Looks like ive got a lot of reading up to do before i can advance much further.
