GENITIVE PLURAL - the table of endings NOUNS GENDER ENDINGS nominativ singular GENITIVE PLURAL masculine -ów -y -i pomidor (tomato), kolega (fiend) talerz (plate), nóż (knife) nauczyciel (teacher), pokój (room) pomidorów, kolegów talerzy, noży nauczycieli, pokoi feminine, neuter  -Ø -y -i kobieta (woman), miasto (city) noc (night) kawiarnia (coffee bar)   kobiet, miast nocy kawiarni     The masculine nouns with the final hard consonants of the stem: -b, -p, -d, -t, -f, -w, -ch, -ł, -m, -n, -r, -s, -z;take in genitive plural the ending –ów The feminine & neuter nouns with the final hard consonants of the stem keep in genitive plural the stem (sometimes with few vocalic alternations) without any ending.   The masculine & feminine nouns nouns with the final soft consonants of the stem: dzi/-dź, -ci/-ć, , -j, -l, -ni/-ń, -si/-ś, -zi/-ź, take in genitive plural the ending –i (there are some exception) The masculine non-personal & feminine nouns with the final functionally soft consonants of the stem: -dz , - dż , -c, -cz, -rz, -ż, -sz; take in genitive plural the ending –y (there are some exceptions).   ATTENTION:  truskawka – BUT: Nie lubię truskawek (I DON'T LIKE STRAWBERRYS) jabłko – BUT: Nie lubię jabłek (I DON'T LIKE APPLES) GENITIVE PLURAL - adjectives GENDER ENDINGS nominativ singular GENITIVE PLURAL macsuline, feminine, neuter -ych -ich mały (small) słodki (sweet) małych słodkich  wstecz / back