Questions & Answers about Kupuję nowe buty i kolorowe zabawki.
I thought the accusative case changes endings. Why do nowe buty and kolorowe zabawki look exactly like the normal subject plural?
That is the great thing about the non-virile plural! For non-virile nouns (which includes objects, animals, and groups without men), the accusative plural is exactly the same as the nominative (subject) plural. If you know how to make the standard plural for these words, you already know their accusative plural.
Why do both adjectives nowe and kolorowe end in -e even though one noun is masculine inanimate (but) and the other is feminine (zabawka)?
In the non-virile plural, the distinction between masculine inanimate, feminine, and neuter disappears. As long as the noun does not include a male person, the plural adjective will simply take the -e ending.
Why does the plural noun buty end in -y while zabawki ends in -i?
The standard plural ending for these types of nouns is -y. However, Polish has a strict spelling rule: you can never write -ky or -gy. Because the base word zabawka ends with a k, we must switch the plural ending to -i, creating zabawki.
How do we get the verb kupuję from its dictionary form kupować?