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		<title>Nouns that decline only in the plural</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Despite the fact that Polish can inflect pretty much everything – and nouns if nothing else enjoy a particular richness of declination options – there are groups of nouns that behave rather unusually. Today we&#8217;ll have a look on one of them – nouns that only decline in the plural. Yes, that&#8217;s right – the words in today&#8217;s list don&#8217;t change their form in the singular, no matter the case you fancy to use them in.</p>
<p>What do these words have in common? For one thing, they&#8217;re easy to recognize because of their <strong>–um</strong> ending. Even though the list isn&#8217;t comprehensive, you shouldn&#8217;t have problems recognizing new words of this type when you see them.</p>
<p>Secondly, all of them follow the same easy pattern for building the nominative plural form: the ending changes from <strong>–um</strong> to <strong>–a</strong>. Here&#8217;s how the other case forms are created, on the example of the word <strong>liceum</strong> – high school.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Nom</em>. <strong>lice<font color="#800000"><u>a</u></font></strong>       <br /><em>Gen</em>. <strong>lice<u><font color="#800000">ów</font></u></strong>       <br /><em>Dat</em>. <strong>lice<font color="#800000"><u>om</u></font></strong>       <br /><em>Acc</em>. <strong>lice<font color="#800000"><u>a</u></font></strong>       <br /><em>Ins</em>. <strong>lice<font color="#800000"><u>ami</u></font></strong>       <br /><em>Loc</em>. <strong>lice<font color="#800000"><u>ach</u></font></strong>       <br /><em>Voc</em>. <strong>lice<font color="#800000"><u>a</u></font></strong>!</p>
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<p><strong><u>akwarium</u></strong> – aquarium       <br /><strong>W klasie są dwa duże akwaria.</strong>       <br />In the classroom there are two big aquaria.       <br /><strong>Przyglądam się tym akwariom.</strong>       <br />I watch these aquaria.</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong><u>centrum</u></strong> &#8211; centre       <br /><strong>Centra dużych miast są często niebezpieczne.</strong>       <br />Centres of big cities are often dangerous.       <br /><strong>Zwiedzamy centra europejskich stolic.</strong>       <br />We visit the centres of European capitals.</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong><u>gimnazjum</u></strong> – junior high school (grades 7-9)       <br /><strong>W tym mieście są trzy gimnazja.</strong>       <br />There are three junior highs in this city.       <br /><strong>Ci chłopcy chodzą do różnych gimnazjów.</strong>       <br />These boys go to different junior highs.</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong><u>hospicjum</u></strong> – hospice       <br /><strong>Hospicja opiekują się nieuleczalnie chorymi.</strong>       <br />Hospices take care of the terminally ill.       <br /><strong>Wiele hospicjów ma problemy finansowe.</strong>       <br />Many hospices have financial problems.</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong><u>kolokwium</u></strong> – test or exam in a university course       <br /><strong>W tym tygodniu mamy dwa kolokwia.</strong>       <br />We have two tests this week.       <br /><strong>Ci studenci rozmawiają o kolokwiach i egzaminach.</strong>       <br />These students are talking about tests and exams. </p>
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<blockquote><p><strong><u>liceum</u></strong> – high school (grades 10-12)       <br /><strong>Moje dzieci chodzą do dobrych liceów.        <br /></strong>My children go to good high schools.       <br /><strong>Przestępczość w liceach jest niepokojąca.        <br /></strong>Violence in high schools is worrying.</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong><u>muzeum</u></strong> – museum       <br /><strong>Piszę artykuł o nowych muzeach w moim mieście.        <br /></strong>I&#8217;m writing an article about new museums in my city.       <br /><strong>Nie lubię muzeów.</strong>       <br />I don&#8217;t like museums.</p>
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<blockquote><p><strong><u>technikum</u></strong> – vocational high school       <br /><strong>Te technika kształcą przyszłych elektryków.</strong>       <br />These vocational schools educate future electricians.       <br /><strong>Uczniowie którzy nie chcą uczyć się w liceach idą do techników.</strong>       <br />The students who don&#8217;t want to study in high schools go to vocational schools.</p>
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