Word
Nie lubię trudnych włoskich filmów.
Meaning
I do not like difficult Italian films.
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Questions & Answers about Nie lubię trudnych włoskich filmów.
I thought the verb lubić takes the accusative case. Why is this sentence using the genitive?
You are right that lubić (to like) normally takes the accusative case. However, when you negate a verb that usually takes the accusative, the object flips to the genitive case. Because of Nie lubię (I don't like), the rest of the phrase must be in the genitive plural.
Both adjectives are in the genitive plural, so why does one end in -ych and the other in -ich?
The standard genitive plural ending for adjectives is -ych, which gives us trudnych. However, Polish spelling rules do not allow the letter y to follow k or g. Because the base word for Italian is włoski, the ending changes to -ich, giving us włoskich.
How is the noun filmów formed here?
Filmów is the genitive plural of film. Most masculine nouns that end in a hard consonant (like the m in film) take the -ów ending in the genitive plural.
What is the base dictionary form of the word for 'Italian' used here?
The base adjective is włoski. It comes from Włochy, which is the Polish name for the country of Italy.