"Help me with writing the book."

Translation: Pomóżcie mi w pisaniu książki.

[Kallech]

Am I the only one who thinks "help me with writing the book" sounds very strange?

[Noname638279]

In Polish it is strange too, one can help "napisać", or do not distract "pisać"

[Jellei]

Both "napisać" and "pisać" are accepted.

[Daniel736034]

I think it does sound strange unless you add context.

Imagine a conversation:

Tom: I started writing a book about Polish declensions but it has been difficult.

Alice: Is there anything I can do?

Tom: Help me with writing the book.

Alice: Um, I would but I'm very busy. Plus you owe me $25.

[Jagodzia88]

Why isn't option with 'Pomóż mi z napisaniem książki' accepted? :(

[immerweiter]

w pisaniu książki. which case is it?

[Jellei]

pisaniu is Locative (in what?), książki is Genitive (writing of what)

[Nick446577]

I thought książki meant books plural? It says 'book'.

[Jellei]

It depends on the grammatical case needed.

For the majority of feminine nouns (like "książka" = "a book"), the following forms are identical: Nominative plural (the basic plural form), Accusative plural, Genitive singular.

Most gerunds (verbal nouns), like "pisanie", take their object in the Genitive case. So if "książki" is Genitive here, it also means it's singular.

[FMoam0]

is there a guide for the endings of these gerunds with the differing cases, please

[Jellei]

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pisanie#Declension

I believe they should be perfectly regular, so whatever endings work here, they should also work for other gerunds.