Polish Vocative Case

Content

• Usage
• Singular Nouns
  • Masculine
  • Feminine
  • Neuter
• Singular Adjectives, Plural Nouns, Plural Adjectives

The vocative is the last of the 7 cases.

It is used to address people. It’s plural forms are the same as the nominative plural forms.

 

Vocative Case Usage

1. Addressing something by name, usually people. This is used mostly for job titles, first names, and other titles.

Kocham cię, synu.
(I love you, son)

Tak jest, panie majorze.
(Yes, sir)

 

Vocative Case Declension

Vocative Singular Nouns

Masculine

– These have the same endings as the masculine locative singular, with a few exceptions.

Nominative Singular	Vocative Singular
pan (man) pies (dog) wuj (uncle)	panie psie wuju

– Here are some exceptions to this rule.

Nominative Singular	Vocative Singular
chłopiec (boy) ojciec (father) Bóg (God)	chłopcze ojcze Boże

Feminine

– If it ends with “a”, usually receives o ending.

Nominative Singular	Vocative Singular
babka (grandmother) ciotka (aunt) mężczyzna (man)	babko ciotko mężczyzno

– Some diminutive forms receive u ending.

Nominative Singular	Vocative Singular
babcia (gramma) ciocia (aunty)	babciu ciociu

– If it ends with “i”, there is no change.

Nominative Singular	Vocative Singular
pani (lady) sprzedawczyni (seller (woman))	pani sprzedawczyni

Neuter

– Have same endings as neuter nominative singular nouns.

Nominative Singular	Vocative Singular
dziecko (child)	dziecko

 

Vocative Singular Adjectives, Plural Nouns, Plural Adjectives

All the rest of these forms are the same as in the nominative case.