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Polish demonstrative pronouns exercises
Polish demonstrative pronouns exercises with real sentences: ten and tamten in the case, gender and number of the noun, with the rule after every answer. Choose singular or plural, your level and how to answer, then fill in the gap.
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This and that: ten, tamten
ten means “this” (or just “the one we mean”), and tamten means “that one over there”. The second is the first with a prefix, apart from the feminine accusative. In the singular the masculine splits into people, animals and things; only the accusative tells them apart, where people and animals share one form and things take another; in the plural there are two groups: groups including men, and everything else.
| Case | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc. personal | masc. animate | masc. inanimate | feminine | neuter | men (masc. personal) | everything else | |
| Nominative | ten | ten | ten | ta | to | ci | te |
| Genitive | tego | tego | tego | tej | tego | tych | tych |
| Dative | temu | temu | temu | tej | temu | tym | tym |
| Accusative | tego | tego | ten | tę | to | tych | te |
| Instrumental | tym | tym | tym | tą | tym | tymi | tymi |
| Locative | tym | tym | tym | tej | tym | tych | tych |
| Case | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc. personal | masc. animate | masc. inanimate | feminine | neuter | men (masc. personal) | everything else | |
| Nominative | tamten | tamten | tamten | tamta | tamto | tamci | tamte |
| Genitive | tamtego | tamtego | tamtego | tamtej | tamtego | tamtych | tamtych |
| Dative | tamtemu | tamtemu | tamtemu | tamtej | tamtemu | tamtym | tamtym |
| Accusative | tamtego | tamtego | tamten | tamtą | tamto | tamtych | tamte |
| Instrumental | tamtym | tamtym | tamtym | tamtą | tamtym | tamtymi | tamtymi |
| Locative | tamtym | tamtym | tamtym | tamtej | tamtym | tamtych | tamtych |
Widzę te jabłka.
I can see these apples.
"ten" agrees with jabłko: neuter plural, accusative. A direct object takes the accusative.
Tu jest ta nauczycielka.
This teacher is here.
"ten" agrees with nauczycielka: feminine singular, nominative. The subject of the sentence stays in the nominative.
Myślę o tamtym tygodniu.
I'm thinking about that week.
"tamten" agrees with tydzień: masculine singular, locative. 'o' (about) takes the locative.
Nie ma tu tej siostry.
This sister isn't here.
"ten" agrees with siostra: feminine singular, genitive. 'nie ma' (there isn't) takes the genitive.
How these exercises work
- Each question is a real Polish sentence with a gap, and its English meaning above it.
- Choose the answer, or switch to Type to write it yourself (the Polish letters are on buttons under the gap).
- After every answer you see the right form, the full sentence and the rule behind it.
- Rounds of ten, as many as you like, with new sentences each time. Free, with no sign-up.
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