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Because the verb dotykać/dotknąć (to touch) normally takes the genitive case in Polish.
So:
- moje czoło = my forehead in the nominative/accusative
- mojego czoła = of my forehead in the genitive
After dotyka, you need the genitive:
- Mama dotyka mojego czoła. = Mom touches my forehead.
This is one of those verbs where Polish grammar differs from English, because English simply uses a direct object, while Polish uses genitive here.
The dictionary form is czoło (forehead).
In the sentence, it appears as czoła because it is in the genitive singular:
- nominative: czoło
- genitive: czoła
So:
- czoło = forehead
- dotyka czoła = touches the forehead
Also note that czoło is a neuter noun, which is why its basic form ends in -o.