"Potrzebuję innego noża."

Translation: I need a different knife.

[OpalFeciat]

i accidentally hit caps lock before typing out my translation, so it made me look like an angry serial killer xDDD

[cloroxblea383174]

Hahahah :D Thanks for making my day :)

[Schmoople]

Do you pronounce each "n" separately?

[Brian975267]

At first I read noża as żona, it seemed a little harsh

[alik1989]

Note that with feminine nouns such as 'żona' the adjective would have been 'innej'.

[Brian975267]

And I suppose it would have to be żony too..
I'm sure one day something being in the wrong case will seem wrong to me

[alik1989]

Yes, you're right. And, given enough exposure, I believe it will :)

[Love2learn5]

Why is this genitive instead of accusative?

[Jellei]

"potrzebować" takes Genitive. If it helps, you can think of it as "to have a need of".

[Love2learn5]

Thanks! That's a great tip on how to remember that "need" takes genitive. I was thinking of it more like have or the other verbs that take accusative.

[Frecklebuster]

I thought previously we had 'inny' as meaning 'other', so I thought this meant 'I need the other knife'. How should I say that, please?

[Jellei]

As 'the other' probably means "not this one, the second one", I'd go with "Potrzebuję tego drugiego noża" (kinda 'this second one').

[miletskiy]

because zombies so strong...

[Uniyou]

Can someone explain to me in a easy way this "innego" and "inne" thing?

[Jellei]

Well, as usual, it's about cases. And genders. Firstly, you have to understand that "nóż" is masculine (like most nouns ending in a consonant). So it needs a masculine adjective: "inny nóż".

Now, "potrzebować" takes Genitive. The Genitive forms of "inny" and "nóż" are "innego" and "noża" respectively.

"inne" would be Nominative or Accusative for neuter singular or 'not masculine-personal plural'.

[A__drian]

If nóż is masculine why not nóżu as genative unless the knife is alive

[JerryMcCarthy99]

Some inanimate genitive masculine nouns take "-a"; others take "-u". I don't think that there is a rule as to which nouns take which.

[Kee_Wills]

-u • transport (nie mam samochodu, roweru)
• pojęcia abstrakcyjne (nie ma problemu, hałasu, chaosu)
• rzeczownik i zbiorowe (nie ma lasu, tłumu, makaronu, ryżu, cukru)
• substancj e płynn e i półpłynn e (bez soku, majonezu, ketchupu, kleju)
• nazwy dni tygodni a

-a • nazwy miesięc y
• nazwy sportó w i gier
• tańc e
• naczynia i sztućce
• narzędzia
• owoc e i warzyw a
• nazwy walu t
• mark i samochodó w

[arkayak]

Could you please share a list of verbs that take Genitive?

[alik1989]

This post contains a list.

[Julia604611]

Does this sentence work for both if you drop a knife and just need another one and also if you're trying to cut something but require a different type of knife?

[Jellei]

Both. Maybe I'd say "nowego" (new) for the first situation, but "innego" works for both.

[MaryCarson15]

How would I say I need another knife please? I think in English we might well substitute another for different

[JerryMcCarthy99]

Well, "another" is also an accepted translation of "innego" for this sentence.

[deactivated user]

"I need other knife."

[Jellei]

I'm afraid it's not grammatically correct English.

[StrixMalefica]

If I have one knife but would like another, i.e., an additional knife, would I need to use jeszcze: "Potrzebuję jeszcze (jednego) noża"?

[Jellei]

Yes, "jeszcze jednego" works fine, or we could translate "additional" literally to "dodatkowego".