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The Genitive plural is used for zero quantities (like negative sentences) and after numbers five and up. Let's expand this to feminine and neuter nouns.

### The "Zero Ending"

Unlike masculine nouns, feminine and neuter nouns generally form the Genitive plural by **dropping** their final vowel.

- Neuter nouns drop the final **-o** or **-e** (*miejsce* → *miejsc*).
- Feminine nouns drop the final **-a** (*dostawa* → *dostaw*, *kobieta* → *kobiet*).

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### The Fleeting "E"

Dropping the last vowel sometimes leaves a tricky consonant cluster. To fix this, Polish inserts an **-e-** before the final consonant. This happens frequently with nouns ending in **-ka** and **-ko** (and a few others, like *okno* → *okien*).

- *butelka* → *butelek*
- *jajko* → *jajek*
- *puszka* → *puszek*
- *pudełko* → *pudełek*

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### Not a Single One

To emphasize that there is absolutely nothing, use **żaden** (no / none). Its Genitive plural is **żadnych**. Because Polish uses double negatives, pair it with a negative verb.

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### Nouns Ending in "-nie"

Neuter nouns ending in **-nie**, like *zamówienie* (order), change their ending to **-ń** in the Genitive plural.

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### Describing Shortages

The Genitive case naturally follows words expressing a lack of something, such as the noun **brak** (lack / shortage).

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Genitive plural of feminine and neuter nouns

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

predicative

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

This is (to jest)

The verb to be, singular (być)

Formal address (Pan, Pani)

Demonstrative pronouns (ten, ta, to)

Adjective agreement

Negation (nie)

Basic questions (czy, kto, co, gdzie, jak)

The verb to be, plural (być)

Present tense -m/-sz verbs

Reflexive verbs (się)

Coordinating conjunctions (i, a, ale)

Feminine direct objects (Accusative)

Inanimate direct objects (Accusative)

Animate masculine direct objects (Accusative)

Present tense verbs 2 (-ę, -isz / -ysz)

Expressing location (w, na)

Locative adjective agreement

Professions and nationalities (Instrumental)

Accompaniment (z + Instrumental)

Present tense verbs 3 (-ę, -esz)

Plural possessives (nasz, wasz)

Numbers 1 to 10

Genitive of possession

Genitive of negation

Lack or absence (nie ma)

Basic quantifiers (dużo, mało, trochę)

Liking things (podoba mi się)

Modal verbs (móc, musieć)

Subordinating conjunctions (bo, że)

Unidirectional motion verbs (iść, jechać)

Expressing age (mieć... lat)

Habitual motion (chodzić, jeździć)

Expressing destination (do)

Days of the week (poniedziałek, wtorek...)

Plural nouns for objects and animals

Plural nouns for people

Plural adjective agreement

Accusative object pronouns (go, ją, je...)

The past tense of to be (był)

Singular past tense (-łem, -łam...)

Expressing age (mieć + lata / lat)

Plural past tense (-li / -ły)

Perfective past tense

Future tense (będę + infinitive)

Age: one year (mieć rok)

Prices and currency (złoty, grosz)

Destination (na + accusative)

Non-masculine plurals (-e, -y, -i)

Instrumental pronouns (ze mną, z tobą)

To know (znać vs wiedzieć)

The future perfective tense

The imperative mood

Months of the year (styczeń, luty)

Greetings and farewells (dzień dobry, cześć)

Introducing yourself (mam na imię)

Thank you and sorry (dziękuję, przepraszam)

Left, right, up and down (po lewej stronie)

Parts of the body (ręka, noga)

Parts of the day (dzień, noc, południe)

What is it like? (jaki, jaka, jakie)

Speaking Polish (mówić po polsku)

Instrumental for adjectives (dobrym, dobrą)

Please do... (proszę + infinitive)

Interests (interesować się + Instrumental)

Can one? (można, trzeba, nie wolno)

By bus or by train (jechać autobusem)

Where are you from? (jestem z Polski)

Where exactly? (obok, przy, przed, za, pod, nad)

What time is it? (Która godzina?)

Not seeing her (go, jej, ich; niego, niej, nich)

When I have time (kiedy as a conjunction)

Irregular past stems (miał, mieli)

The verb 'iść' in the past (szedł, szli)

Imperfective future (będę odpoczywał)

Past aspect (robił vs zrobił)

Future aspect (będzie malował vs pomaluje)

Perfective motion with po- (pójść, pojechać)

Arrival verbs with przy- (przyjść, przyjechać)

Departure verbs with wy- (wyjść, wyjechać)

The Vocative case (Panie, Mamo)

Plural possessives (moi, moje)

Reflexive possessive pronouns (swój)

Genitive plural of masculine nouns (-ów, -y, -i)

Genitive plural of adjectives (-ych, -ich)

Accusative plural of masculine personal nouns

Numbers 2, 3, and 4

Question	Answer
place / seat	miejsce
There are no seats in this restaurant.	W tej restauracji nie ma miejsc.
warehouse / storeroom	magazyn
bottle	butelka
There are no bottles in the warehouse.	W magazynie nie ma butelek.
egg	jajko
We do not have eggs for breakfast.	Nie mamy jajek na śniadanie.
no / none / any (not a single one)	żaden
can / tin	puszka
Are there no cans of beer here?	Czy nie ma tu żadnych puszek piwa?
order	zamówienie
We do not see any new orders.	Nie widzimy żadnych nowych zamówień.
When I bake a cake, I often have no eggs.	Kiedy piekę ciasto, często nie mam jajek.
delivery	dostawa
There are no deliveries to the warehouse today.	Dzisiaj nie ma dostaw do magazynu.
There are few women working in this company.	W tej firmie pracuje mało kobiet.
We are waiting for deliveries of vegetables.	Czekamy na dostawy warzyw.
When I do not have time, I do not read newspapers.	Kiedy nie mam czasu, nie czytam gazet.
We must buy five cans and ten bottles of water.	Trzeba kupić pięć puszek i dziesięć butelek wody.
lack / shortage	brak
A lack of orders is a big problem.	Brak zamówień to duży problem.
There are no windows in this room.	W tym pokoju nie ma okien.
Why does she not like big cities?	Dlaczego ona nie lubi dużych miast?
I cannot find any good seats.	Nie mogę znaleźć żadnych dobrych miejsc.
The boy does not have any toys.	Chłopiec nie ma żadnych zabawek.
box	pudełko
A lack of boxes is a big problem for the company.	Brak pudełek to duży problem dla firmy.
There are no boxes and bottles in the warehouse anymore.	W magazynie nie ma już pudełek i butelek.