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Polish dates and time practice
Polish dates and time practice with real sentences: ordinal numbers, the date and the time, with the English and the rule after every answer. Choose your level and how to answer, then fill in the gap.
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Ordinals: first, second, third
Ordinals are adjectives: they agree with the noun in gender, number and case. In a compound ordinal both words change.
| English | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | first | pierwszy | pierwsza | pierwsze |
| 2. | second | drugi | druga | drugie |
| 3. | third | trzeci | trzecia | trzecie |
| 4. | fourth | czwarty | czwarta | czwarte |
| 5. | fifth | piąty | piąta | piąte |
| 6. | sixth | szósty | szósta | szóste |
| 7. | seventh | siódmy | siódma | siódme |
| 8. | eighth | ósmy | ósma | ósme |
| 9. | ninth | dziewiąty | dziewiąta | dziewiąte |
| 10. | tenth | dziesiąty | dziesiąta | dziesiąte |
| 11. | eleventh | jedenasty | jedenasta | jedenaste |
| 12. | twelfth | dwunasty | dwunasta | dwunaste |
| 20. | twentieth | dwudziesty | dwudziesta | dwudzieste |
| 21. | twenty-first | dwudziesty pierwszy | dwudziesta pierwsza | dwudzieste pierwsze |
| 30. | thirtieth | trzydziesty | trzydziesta | trzydzieste |
| 100. | hundredth | setny | setna | setne |
Dates
The month in a date is always in the genitive. To say on which day something happens, the day is an ordinal in the genitive too: literally “of the third of May”. After “today is” the day stays in the nominative.
| English | Polish |
|---|---|
| the first of January | pierwszego stycznia |
| the fourteenth of February | czternastego lutego |
| the third of May | trzeciego maja |
| the eleventh of November | jedenastego listopada |
| the twenty-fourth of December | dwudziestego czwartego grudnia |
| the thirty-first of December | trzydziestego pierwszego grudnia |
| Month | Name | In a date |
|---|---|---|
| January | styczeń | stycznia |
| February | luty | lutego |
| March | marzec | marca |
| April | kwiecień | kwietnia |
| May | maj | maja |
| June | czerwiec | czerwca |
| July | lipiec | lipca |
| August | sierpień | sierpnia |
| September | wrzesień | września |
| October | październik | października |
| November | listopad | listopada |
| December | grudzień | grudnia |
Telling the time
The hour is a feminine ordinal, agreeing with the unspoken word for “hour”: the nominative for “it’s … o’clock”, the locative for “at … o’clock”.
| Hour | It’s … o’clock | At … o’clock |
|---|---|---|
| one | pierwsza | pierwszej |
| two | druga | drugiej |
| three | trzecia | trzeciej |
| five | piąta | piątej |
| eight | ósma | ósmej |
| twelve | dwunasta | dwunastej |
Jest trzecia.
It's three o'clock.
"Która godzina?" — the hour is a feminine ordinal in the nominative: trzecia.
Tu jest jedenasta nauczycielka.
The eleventh teacher is here.
An ordinal is an adjective: "jedenasty" agrees with nauczycielka — feminine singular, nominative. The subject of the sentence stays in the nominative.
Dziś jest dwudziestego pierwszego października.
Today is the twenty-first of October.
A date is an ordinal in the genitive — "dwudziesty pierwszy" becomes "dwudziestego pierwszego", and the month follows in the genitive too (październik → października).
Myślę o osiemnastym muzeum.
I'm thinking about the eighteenth museum.
An ordinal is an adjective: "osiemnasty" agrees with muzeum — neuter singular, locative. 'o' (about) takes the locative.
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- Each question is a real Polish sentence with a gap, and its English meaning above it.
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