Formy gramatyczne autosemantycznych części mowy w językach polskim i ukraińskim

Abstract

The author of this article analyses the common and differentiating grammatical forms of autosemantic parts of speech in the related Polish and Ukrainian languages, while examining the causes of differences between them. Relying on many years’ of his lecturing experience gained at a higher education institution, he focuses primarily on the issues that are the most complicated for Ukrainian students when studying Polish. One of the major differences is the presence of masculine personal forms of each part of speech in Polish. Hence, the forms are discussed in the inflection/conjugation systems of nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numerals, and verbs. Historical reasons for the selected grammatical phenomena play an important role in the article.