No. 164 in Polish
mężczyzna
"Man" or "male person."
In a sentence
Ten mężczyzna jest wysoki.
This man is tall.
The word 'mężczyzna' is used as a subject of the sentence, referring to a person who is male, described with the adjective 'wysoki' meaning 'tall'.
Rozmawiałem z mężczyzną w parku.
I talked with a man in the park.
Here, 'mężczyzna' is in the instrumental case (mężczyzną), used after the preposition 'z' for indicating 'with a man'.
Dziecko podarowało coś mężczyźnie.
A child gave something to the man.
In this sentence, 'mężczyzna' appears in the dative case (mężczyźnie), following the verb to indicate the recipient of the action.
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