No. 347 in Polish
mężczyzny
The word "mężczyzny" in Polish means "of a man" or "man's" (genitive singular form of "mężczyzna").
In a sentence
To jest dom tego mężczyzny.
This is that man's house.
Here, 'mężczyzny' is used in the genitive case to denote possession.
Samochód należy do mężczyzny.
The car belongs to the man.
In this example, 'mężczyzny' is again in the genitive case, here used after the preposition 'do' to show possession.
Nie znam tego mężczyzny.
I do not know this man.
Here, 'mężczyzny' is in the genitive case used with negation of a verb that would otherwise take the accusative case in a positive sentence.
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