Learn Hardcore Polish: Ona nie lubi plotek, więc rzadziej rozmawia z nerwową ciocią. - She does not like gossip, so she talks less often with the nervous aunt.

Ona nie lubi plotek, więc rzadziej rozmawia z nerwową ciocią.

She does not like gossip, so she talks less often with the nervous aunt.

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Why is it plotek and not plotki after nie lubi?

The base noun is plotka (a piece of gossip).
Its normal accusative plural is plotki: Ona lubi plotki – She likes gossip.
But in Polish, a direct object in a negated sentence is very often put into the genitive case, not accusative.
So when you negate lubić, plotki (accusative plural) usually becomes plotek (genitive plural): Ona nie lubi plotek. Both forms can sometimes be heard, but genitive after negation is the standard/most natural here.

So what case is plotek, and how is that form built from plotka?

Plotek is genitive plural.
The pattern is:

nominative singular: plotka
nominative plural: plotki
genitive plural: plotek

Many feminine nouns in -ka form the genitive plural by dropping -a and taking -ek (e.g. książka → książek, łatka → łatek).
You usually just have to learn the genitive plural form with each noun, because it’s often irregular from an English perspective.

What exactly does więc mean, and how is it different from bo or dlatego?