Polish/Locative case

Locative case are used in the following contexts:

1. When describing the location of something or someone
2. When thinking or talking about something or someone
3. When writing about something or someone

The locative case answers the questions where? (gdzie?) as well as the questions about what? (o czym?) and about whom? (o kim?).

The locative case appears when the noun is controlled by one of the following prepositions:

Preposition	English	Example
W[e]	in	I'm in the shop
Na	on	The cafe is on the square (object is not moving)
Po	on	The girl is walking on the square (subject is moving)
Przy	Next to	The car is parked next to the tree
Po	After	Shall we dance after the dinner
O	About	I'm thinking about you

Singular

Nouns

The apostrophe indicates historical softening. It is helpful to review the hard and soft consonants table before continuing.

Gender	Rule	Ending	Examples
Masculine Neuter	After stems ending in p, b, f, w, t, d, s, z, m, n, r, ł	-'e	teatr > w teatrze, zeszyt > w zeszycie, okno > przy oknie
	After all other stems	-u	w kiosku, na kocu, w biurku, na łóżku
Feminine	After stems ending in p, b, f, w, t, d, s, z, m, n, r, ł, k, g, h, ch	-'e	szkoła > w szkole, poczta > na poczcie
	After stems ending in ci, dzi, l, ni, si, wi, zi	-i	w sali
	After all other stems	-y	w pracy

Adjectives

Gender	Rule	Ending	Examples
Masculine Neuter	After stems ending in g, k or i	-im	drogim, wszystkim, tanim
	After all other stems	-ym	dobrym, zielonym
Feminine	After stems ending in g, k or i	-iej	drogiej, wszystkiej, taniej
	After all other stems	-ej	dobrej, zielonej

Plural

Nouns

Gender	Ending	Examples
Masculine	-ach	w teatrach, w zeszytach, w koskach, na kocach
Neuter		w biurkach, na łóżkach, przy oknach
Feminine		w szkołach, na pocztach, w pracach, w salach

Adjectives

Gender	Rule	Ending	Examples
Masculine Neuter Feminine	After stems ending in g, k or i	-ich	drogich, tanich, wszystkich
	After all other stems	-ych	dobrych, ciepłych, małych

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

English	Nominative	Locative
nothing	nic	niczym
no one	nikt	nikim
I	ja	mnie
you (informal singular)	ty	tobie
he	on	nim
she	ona	niej
it	ono	nim
you (formal masculine)	pan	panu
you (formal feminine)	pani	pani
we	my	nas
you (informal plural)	wy	was
you (formal masculine plural)	panowie	panach
you (formal feminine plural)	panie	paniach
you (formal mixed gender plural)	państwo	państwu
they (masculine or mixed gender)	oni	nich
they (feminine)	one	nich
reflexive		sobie

Possessive pronouns

type	my, mine		your, yours (singular)		your, yours (plural)		our, ours
masculine	mój	moim	twój	twoim	wasz	waszym	nasz	naszym
neuter	moje	moim	twoje	twoim	wasze	waszym	nasze	naszym
feminine	moja	mojej	twoja	twojej	wasza	waszej	nasza	naszej
masc. pers. pl	moi	moich	twoi	twoich	wasi	waszych	nasi	naszych
other pl.	moje	moich	twoje	twoich	wasze	waszych	nasze	naszych

Interrogative pronouns

English	Nominative	Locative
what?	co?	czym?
who?	kto?	kim?

Relative, demonstrative and intensive pronouns

type	which / who		what / what kind		this / that		self / same
masculine	który	którym	jaki	jakim	ten	tym	sam	samym
neuter	które	którym	jakie	jakim	to	tym	samo	samym
feminine	która	której	jaka	jakiej	ta	tej	sama	samej
masc. pers. pl	którzy	których	jacy	jakich	ci	tych	sami	samych
other pl.	które	których	jakie	jakich	te	tych	same	samych