Statkami

Statkami is the instrumental plural form of the Polish noun statek, meaning a ship or vessel. In Polish grammar, the instrumental case marks the means or instrument by which an action is performed, so statkami designates ships as the instrument of an activity or the means of transport.

The basic forms related to this noun are: singular nominative statek, singular instrumental statkiem; plural nominative statki, plural instrumental statkami. Use of statkami appears in sentences describing actions carried out by ships or using ships as the means of transportation. For example: Towary zostały przewiezione statkami. (The goods were transported by ships.)

Statkami is typically found in formal or descriptive prose, especially in contexts related to shipping, logistics, or maritime history. It contrasts with statki (ships as the subject or object in nominative), and with statkiem (singular instrumental, used when referring to a single ship as the means).

Notes on usage: as with other instrumental plural forms in Polish, statkami is not used with prepositions to indicate accompaniment; rather, it functions to specify the instrument or means in a clause. Its interpretation depends on the surrounding verb and noun phrases.

See also: statek, statki, Polish grammar, instrumental case.