Questions & Answers about Nie mam kleju, więc córka nie może dokończyć zadania.
Because Polish often uses the genitive after a negated verb.
- mam klej = I have glue
- nie mam kleju = I don’t have glue
The base noun is klej. Its genitive singular form is kleju.
This is a very common pattern in Polish:
- Mam czas. = I have time.
- Nie mam czasu. = I don’t have time.
So in this sentence, kleju is there because mam is negated by nie.
For the same general reason: negation often changes the object to the genitive.
The positive version would normally be:
But with negation:
- Córka nie może dokończyć zadania. = The daughter cannot finish the task.
Here:
- zadanie = nominative/accusative singular
- zadania = genitive singular
So zadania appears because the phrase nie może dokończyć is negative.