"Wysłałem jej piękną pocztówkę."

Translation: I sent her a beautiful postcard.

[Tom873317]

Why not "I sent her beautiful postcard" - the postcard belonging to her?

[Jellei]

A bit surprising interpretation, but the grammar allows for it, so yeah, we added it.

[br0d4]

In that meaning - shouldn't it be rather "I sent the beautiful postcard of hers" ?

[Jellei]

I believe tj1983 means something like "She asked me to send a beautiful postcard written by her to her grandma, and I did send it".

[Tom873317]

"her postcard" and "the postcard of hers" mean the same thing

[Jellei]

Oh right, sorry br0d4, I somehow interpreted your version as "a postcard with her photo on it"...

[Tom873317]

I think we just see so much more genitive than dative, it didn't even initially occur to me that "jej"was also dative. So thanks - I'm glad I'm not crazy

[WilliamExtre]

Suggest blanket acceptance of "lovely" for piękny as well as "beautiful"

[Jellei]

OK, added.

[Kendra800150]

How about pretty?