Breakdown of Tutaj nie ma klasycznych włoskich restauracji.
mieć
to have
nie
no / not
restauracja
restaurant
tutaj
here
włoski
Italian
klasyczny
classic
Questions & Answers about Tutaj nie ma klasycznych włoskich restauracji.
Why do the two adjectives have different endings (klasycznych vs. włoskich) if they are in the same case?
Both are in the genitive plural, but their endings depend on the base word. Klasyczny takes -ych because its stem ends in a hard consonant. Włoski, however, ends in -ki. In Polish, adjectives ending in -ki or -gi always take -ich in the genitive plural instead of -ych.
Why is the genitive case used here for "classic Italian restaurants"?
The phrase nie ma ("there isn't" or "there aren't") is the trigger. Whenever you talk about the absence or lack of something in Polish, the thing that is missing must take the genitive case.
Restauracji looks like a singular form. How do we know it means "restaurants" (plural) here?
You are right to notice that! For feminine nouns ending in -cja (like restauracja), the genitive singular and genitive plural forms are exactly the same: restauracji. We know it means "restaurants" (plural) here because the adjectives before it (klasycznych włoskich) are in the plural form. If it were singular, it would be klasycznej włoskiej restauracji.
Can I change the order and say włoskich klasycznych restauracji?
You can, but it sounds a bit less natural. In Polish, "classifying" adjectives that tell you what category or type something belongs to (like włoskich for Italian) usually stick right next to the noun. General descriptive adjectives (like klasycznych for classic) go before them.
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