"Nie potrzebuję przewodnika, potrzebuję mapy."

Translation: I do not need a guide, I need a map.

[Phozzonunnium]

Why is the genitive case of mapa used after potrzebuję in this sentence?

[Jellei]

Potrzebować takes genitive.

[Draugtaur]

100% relatable

[CleburneTex]

My answer, "I need no guide ..." didn't get accepted, even though it's a very common negative form in American English.

[Jellei]

OK, added.

[CleburneTex]

Dziękuję bardzo! :-)

[JerryMcCarthy99]

This could be a guidebook, or only a person? The picture for "Przewodnik" is of a pile of books; however WSJP implies it's only a person ("Osoba").

[immery]

it's both and wsjp has 8 possible meanings:

1 a person who shows you the way (at the moment)
2 a guide - a person whose job is to show tourists the sights
3.a leader- a person ur life, moral choices, work etc
4. a person responsible for police dog
5. leader- an animal that leads the group
6. a guide - a book about sights, places
7 a book that shows you how to act in some situation, informs you about some area of law/work etc
8. conductor- material that conducts electricity or heat.

[JerryMcCarthy99]

Fair enough; I guess I didn't read far enough down. My point would be that neither "guidebook" nor "guide book" seem to be accepted.

[Jellei]

Accepted now.

[ArielKenne1]

A ha. To ja.