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No. 734 in Polish

telefon

"Telefon" in Polish means "telephone" in English.

In a sentence

  • Mam nowy telefon.

    I have a new phone.

    The word "telefon" in this sentence is used as a noun to describe a physical object, the phone.

  • Dzwonię do ciebie z mojego telefonu.

    I am calling you from my phone.

    Here, "telefonu" is in the genitive case, indicating possession or origin—it's my phone from which I'm making the call.

  • Zapomniałem o telefonie.

    I forgot about the phone.

    In this example, "o telefonie" is in the locative case, used after the preposition "o" to indicate being concerned with or about the phone.

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