Learn Polish: On ma takie samo nosisko jak jego dziadek. - He has the same huge nose as his grandfather.

While wielki nos neutrally means a big nose, adding the -isko suffix to make nosisko adds a strong emotional layer. It can be pejorative (implying the nose is ugly or grotesque), but among family, it often acts as an affectionate or playful exaggeration.

The base word nos is masculine. Why does the sentence use the neuter phrase takie samo?

When you add the augmentative suffix -isko or -sko to a noun, the newly formed word is always grammatically neuter, no matter the original noun's gender. Because nosisko is neuter, it requires the neuter demonstrative takie and the neuter adjective samo.

What case is nosisko in this sentence?

It is in the accusative case, acting as the direct object of the verb ma. Because it is a neuter noun ending in -o, its accusative form is identical to its nominative form. It declines exactly like a standard neuter noun (like okno), completely ignoring the masculine declension patterns of its base word nos.

Why is it jak jego dziadek (nominative) and not jak jego dziadka (accusative, matching the nose)?