Questions & Answers about Potrzebuję większego stołu.
Why is it stołu and not stół?
Because the verb potrzebować usually takes the genitive case in Polish.
- dictionary form: stół = table
- genitive singular: stołu
So:
- Potrzebuję stołu = I need a table
- not Potrzebuję stół
This is one of the first case patterns learners usually notice in Polish: after potrzebować, the thing needed is normally in the genitive.
Why is it większego and not większy?
For the same reason: the adjective has to match the noun it describes.
Since stołu is:
the adjective must also be:
- genitive
- singular
- masculine
So:
- nominative: większy stół = a bigger table
- genitive: większego stołu = of a bigger table / a bigger table after potrzebuję
Polish adjectives agree with nouns in case, number, and gender.
What is the base form of each word in this sentence?