TRUBNER ’ S COL L ECTI ON S M P L F I E D G R A M M A R S O F T H E P R I N C I P A L S AS IATIC A N D EU ROPEAN L AN GUAGE . E D I T E D B Y RE NH RO T L L D P H D O S . I LD , . , "I . P O L I S H . BY W R M ORFIL L M A . , . TRUBNER’S COLLECTION OF SIMPLIFIED GRAMMARS OF THE R II PRINCIPAL ASIATIC AND EUROPEAN LANGU GES. R T P D E TE BY RE NHO OS L L . D H . DI D I LD , . , VI I . HINDUST N I PERSIA R O U M A I . A , N , N A N T R C E A N U . N A B C BY R . O A D AR I . P B Y TH E LATE rice 58 . M . A E H . P M R . AL E , VII . P rice TIBETA N . B H JA S H E . A . C K Y . II . P rice 58 . R H U N G A I A N . V . S I G E R . BY I . N III r i 43 6d D SH P ce . I . AN . E B Y C TT . O E d P r ice 28 . 6 III . B S UE Q . A I". W A N EY BY V s . TTOM TURKI O AN SH . P ric 6 e 38. d. B Y J W D H S . RE OU E P ri e 108 01 c . 6 . I V " M A LA G SY A . SWEDISH . P Y G . W . R B A KER . B Y E . C . TT O E. P rice 53 . i e 2 8 P r c . 6d . V "I . M ODER G REEK POLISH N . M W M B I M B E . D R A B Y . F L L Y . G T . O A M EL A , . R , . 28 d e 6 . 8 6 P ric . P rice 2 . d . G ra mm ars of tli e fo llowing are in prep a ra tion A l an ese A n l -Sa n A s s rian Boh em ian B u l arian u rm ese b , g o xo , y , , g , B , C ines e C m ric an d G aelic D u tc E tian innis H e re w h , y , h , gyp , F h , b , K assi Ku r is ala P ali u ssian S an s k rit S er ian Siam e s e h , d h , M y , , R , , b , , S in ale s e &c . &c . &c . gh , , , D : TRUB H L N E L G T I . R CO . D ON ON , U A E LL SIMPLIFIED G RA MMA R O F T H E A P OL I S H L N G U A G E . TR BN E L U D G A TE U R CO . , 1 884. "A ll righ ts re s erve d " LOND ON G I B R T A N O RI VI G T I M I T D L E N ON, L E , ’ S T . J H S S U R C R K W RO D . O N Q A E , LE EN ELL A CON TENTS . H A P TE I C R . P G — T P lis A l a HONOLO Y . he o h ph bet HA P TE I I C R . F OR M S CON J U G ATION O F A U"ILIA RY VE RRs " B e . y , to be ' ’ M ie c to h a . , ve CON JUGATION O F R EG ULAR VE RRs F irst Conj u gation S econd Conj u gation ’ Verbs ending in q c V s n in in cc ac erb e d g , Th ird Co nj u gatio n F o u rth Conj u gation P assiv e Voic e vi N C O T ENT S . P A G E P R E P O S I 'I I O N S — A D VERB S P rim ar D e ri e an d m u n e y , v d , Co po d d Of Tim P lace an d M an n e r e, f I nt e rro gativ e an d A ffi rm ative CON J UN C T ION S C HA P TE III R . S YN TA" - Cases o fN ou ns A dj e c tiv e s P ro n o u ns and Verb s ‘ A rrangem e nt of Wo rds a s entence P R E F A C E . TH E follo wing short Grammar is the first attempt O f - the kind in English . It is t o be hoped that it m ay f t Of P be instrumental in ur hering the study olish , a e k m nobl language, which is still spo en by about ten illions u a of people . I have cons lted with advant ge previous W k P m a and or s on the subject, written in olish , Ger n ' I f G m m " French . have ound the Comparative ra ar o f " M iklo s ich H ist o ric O - am m f , the Comparative Gr ar o M a k 2 . L k O f O lec i ( vols , emberg, and the wor s rda P s l856 R k z k B 1 861 f ( ari , ) and y ac ews i ( erlin , ) very use ul . F l n Of S m m s ol owi g the plan the implified Gra ar , I have of u will only given an Outline the language, but this o tline f t o all f e w be ound contain the chie rul s, hich I have k ai endeavoured to ma e as pl n as possible . The student o f comparative philology will thus be able to form a o f t o f a m a correct idea the s ructure the langu ge, and it y serve as a rudimentary handbook to any on e who is anxious to read the work s o f such authors as M ickiewicz and k Krasins i in the original . W R M . RF I . O L L Oxford. S NOUN . 7 ’ Example the horse . S in u la r. g P lu ral. ’ N il . k ko onie . k k 6 G onia oni 6 m. D . k onio wi k o nio m . A . konia konie . k i . on u V k onie. ‘ k onie m I . k o niam i L k ni W k oniae h . o u . Among peculiar forms belonging to this declension may ’ ’ B o G od k be mentioned the noun g, , which ma es the ’ B o u o fB o owi B o e dative g , instead g , and also the vocative z ; ’ czlowiek czlowieku , man , has in the vocative both and ’ ’ czlowie i cl wi cze x z e . a , priest, has the genitive ez DE OL EN SI O N SECOND . 0 O C Fem i n i ne substanti ves are those endi ng In the vowels a fe w i ffi of i m t (except a mplying the O ces men) and , and os o f n one of f é the substa tives ending in the so t consonants , d é ' é c é 2 . , , , l — au i Example z p , Sin u lar g . N . pani G . pani D . pani A . pania V. pani I . p an ia L . pani O G R P LISH A M M A R . ‘ ’ m 2 — raca Exa ple p , labour . Sin u lar P lu ral g . N . praca prace rac p . D rac om rac . p y p . A prace , prace o a . V . prac pr ce . racam i I praca p . L . rac raeach p y p . ’ 3 — zou a f Example , the wi e . P lu al r . Zony . Z n m o o . Z ony . E ony . z onami . h Zonac . ‘ ’ ’ m 4 — c é E z z . xa ple e c , the part P lu al r . ’ c z sci g . ' z c esci . " z éciom e . z s c e ci . z s c e ci . c z sciami e . c z éc iac h g . 9 NOUNS . D THIRD ECLENSION . Su b a tiv e N eu ter st n e . To this declension belong all the neuter substantives e 0 ff f m ending in , e, . These neuter nouns di er ro mas c u line s R e u t ers , with the same termination ; in the the m no inative, accusative and vocative are the same in both a a numbers : in the plural these c ses end in . — ’ 1 olc l . Example p , the fie d Sin u lar P lu ral. g . N . pole pola . 1 G pola p6 . D In . polu polo . ola A pole p fl V . pole pola . x lam i I polem po . L . polu polach ’ 2 — ciel f Example e, the cal . S in u lar . u g P l ral. N . ciele cieleta . i l i . c e c a i l G e c e at . D . n ciel t o m cieleci e .