Questions & Answers about On kupuje kilka lokalnych gazet.
Why are lokalnych gazet in the genitive plural case?
The word kilka (a few) is a quantifier. In Polish, quantifiers like kilka, dużo (a lot), and mało (a little) force the noun phrase that follows them into the genitive plural case.
How do we get the ending for the adjective lokalnych?
The dictionary form of this adjective is lokalny. To form the genitive plural for adjectives, we usually drop the -y and add -ych (or -ich if the base ends in -k or -g). Here, lokalny simply becomes lokalnych.
Why doesn't the noun gazet have an ending?
The dictionary form is gazeta, which is a feminine noun. To make the genitive plural for most feminine nouns ending in -a, you drop the -a completely. This leaves us with just the stem gazet.
The dictionary form of the verb is kupować. Why does it change to kupuje here?