"Potrzebuję książki."
Translation:I need a book.
April 7, 2016
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Hmmm... Some verbs that denote 'negativity', 'lack of' (nienawidzić = to hate, zapominać = to forget), that's for sure... But frankly, that's mostly memorizing. You can Google "Polish verbs that need Genitive" or even in Polish: "czasowniki łączące się z dopełniaczem", that may result in some lists.
"książki". If you consider the main, Nominative version, of course.
Most feminine nouns have the three following cases identical: Genitive singular, Nominative plural, Accusative plural.
As "potrzebować" (to need) takes Genitive, we see that this is Genitive singular here: I need a book.
Genitive plural (I need books) is "książek". "Potrzebuję książek".