Mam nadmiar ubrań.

to have

Breakdown of Mam nadmiar ubrań.

• ubranie: the clothing
• nadmiar: an excess amount

Questions & Answers about Mam nadmiar ubrań.

What does mam mean here, and what verb is it from?

Mam means I have. It is the 1st person singular present tense form of the verb mieć.

So the pattern is:

• mam = I have
• masz = you have
• ma = he/she/it has

In this sentence, Mam nadmiar ubrań literally starts with I have...

Why is it ubrań and not ubrania?

Because nadmiar requires the following noun to be in the genitive case.

The basic noun is:

• ubranie = a piece of clothing / a garment

Its plural is:

• ubrania = clothes

But after nadmiar, you do not use the normal nominative plural ubrania. You use the genitive plural:

• ubrań

So:

• nadmiar ubrań = an excess of clothes

This is one of the most important things to notice in the sentence.

What case is ubrań?