No. 8,447 in Polish
polakiem
"Polakiem" means "a Pole" (instrumental case, referring to a Polish person).
In a sentence
Ja jestem Polakiem.
I am a Polish person.
In this sentence, 'Polakiem' is the instrumental case of 'Polak', describing the speaker's nationality.
Chciałbym porozmawiać z polakiem.
I would like to speak with a Polish man.
Here, 'polakiem' is the instrumental case of 'Polak', used to describe interacting with someone of Polish nationality.
Został Polakiem w wieku dwudziestu lat.
He became a Polish citizen at the age of twenty.
In this example, 'Polakiem' is used in the instrumental case to denote someone having become a person of Polish nationality.
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