Noun Gender
Noun Gender
Polish has no word for 'a' or 'the' at all — nouns stand completely on their own. What it does have is three genders, and they quietly shape almost every adjective and pronoun you'll use.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
Polish Has No Articles
dom
a house / the house
Unlike English 'a house' or 'the house', Polish just says dom — no article at all. Context alone tells you whether a specific or general house is meant. This is one less thing to memorize per noun, but it also means a noun's gender can't be read off an article the way it sometimes can in English ("a" vs. "an") — you'll need the ending patterns below instead.
Three Genders, Guessed by Ending
dom (m), kobieta (f), okno (n)
house, woman, window
Nouns ending in a consonant are usually masculine, nouns ending in -a are usually feminine, and nouns ending in -o or -e are usually neuter. This pattern is reliable enough to guess from most of the time, but always double-check with new vocabulary — gender determines which pronoun (on/ona/ono) replaces the noun, and which adjective endings agree with it.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- English
- house
- English
- cat
- English
- dog
- English
- woman
- English
- book
- English
- school
- English
- window
- English
- child
- English
- sun
- English
- he / it (m)
- English
- she / it (f)
- English
- it (n)