No. 1,009 in Polish
białystok
Białystok is a city in northeastern Poland.
In a sentence
Mieszkam w Białymstoku.
I live in Białystok.
Here, 'Białystok' refers to the name of the Polish city, used in its locative case due to the preposition 'w' (in).
Kupiłem mapę Białegostoku.
I bought a map of Białystok.
In this sentence, 'Białystok' appears in the genitive case ('Białegostoku') to indicate possession or relation ('a map of').
Podróżowaliśmy z Białegostoku do Warszawy.
We traveled from Białystok to Warsaw.
Here, 'Białystok' is in the ablative case ('z Białegostoku') used after 'z' (from) to show origin or departure.
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