Free exercises · Numbers
Polish numbers practice
Polish numbers practice with real sentences: the noun after a number (dwa koty, pięć kotów), the number in every case, and writing numbers out in words. Pick what to practise, your level and how to answer, then fill in the gap.
Loading the questions…
Free, no sign-up. Answers here are not saved.
The 1 / 2–4 / 5+ rule
- 1 takes the nominative singular, and the number itself agrees in gender.
- 2, 3, 4, and any number ending in them (22, 34, 103), take the nominative plural. Except 12, 13 and 14, which count as 5+.
- 5 and up (and 11–19, the round tens and hundreds, and anything ending in 0, 1 or 5–9 above 20) take the genitive plural. So 21 is “twenty-one cats” with the 5+ form.
- Groups including men are the exception: from 2 up the number usually takes a special form and the noun goes into the genitive plural (2, 3 and 4 also have a second pattern, with the nominative plural).
| Number | students | cats | women | windows | Noun form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jeden student | jeden kot | jedna kobieta | jedno okno | nominative singular |
| 2 | dwóch studentów | dwa koty | dwie kobiety | dwa okna | nominative plural |
| 3 | trzech studentów | trzy koty | trzy kobiety | trzy okna | nominative plural |
| 4 | czterech studentów | cztery koty | cztery kobiety | cztery okna | nominative plural |
| 5 | pięciu studentów | pięć kotów | pięć kobiet | pięć okien | genitive plural |
| 11 | jedenastu studentów | jedenaście kotów | jedenaście kobiet | jedenaście okien | genitive plural |
| 12 | dwunastu studentów | dwanaście kotów | dwanaście kobiet | dwanaście okien | genitive plural |
| 21 | dwudziestu jeden studentów | dwadzieścia jeden kotów | dwadzieścia jeden kobiet | dwadzieścia jeden okien | genitive plural |
| 22 | dwudziestu dwóch studentów | dwadzieścia dwa koty | dwadzieścia dwie kobiety | dwadzieścia dwa okna | nominative plural |
| 25 | dwudziestu pięciu studentów | dwadzieścia pięć kotów | dwadzieścia pięć kobiet | dwadzieścia pięć okien | genitive plural |
| 100 | stu studentów | sto kotów | sto kobiet | sto okien | genitive plural |
Mam dziewiętnaście kluczy.
I have nineteen keys.
5 and up take the genitive plural.
Tu jest pięciu szefów.
There are five bosses here.
Counting men, the numeral takes the -u / -ch form and the noun goes into the genitive plural.
Widzę szesnaście jajek.
I can see sixteen eggs.
5 and up take the genitive plural.
The number has cases too
After a preposition or a verb that wants another case, the number changes along with the noun: from 5 up most cases share one form (pięć → pięciu), and 2, 3 and 4 have their own.
Tu jest trzydzieści pomarańczy.
There are thirty oranges here.
The numeral keeps its counting form in the nominative — and 5 and up push the noun into the genitive plural.
Myślę o dwudziestu mężczyznach.
I'm thinking about twenty men.
Outside the nominative the numeral just agrees with the noun — locative plural.
Szukam osiemnastu koni.
I'm looking for eighteen horses.
Outside the nominative the numeral just agrees with the noun — genitive plural.
Rozmawiam z osiemdziesięcioma pisarzami.
I'm talking with eighty writers.
Outside the nominative the numeral just agrees with the noun. The instrumental of 5 and up ends in -oma; the -u form is accepted too.
Counting: 1 to 5000
| Number | Polish | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | jeden | one |
| 2 | dwa | two |
| 3 | trzy | three |
| 4 | cztery | four |
| 5 | pięć | five |
| 6 | sześć | six |
| 7 | siedem | seven |
| 8 | osiem | eight |
| 9 | dziewięć | nine |
| 10 | dziesięć | ten |
| 11 | jedenaście | eleven |
| 12 | dwanaście | twelve |
| 13 | trzynaście | thirteen |
| 14 | czternaście | fourteen |
| 15 | piętnaście | fifteen |
| 16 | szesnaście | sixteen |
| 17 | siedemnaście | seventeen |
| 18 | osiemnaście | eighteen |
| 19 | dziewiętnaście | nineteen |
| 20 | dwadzieścia | twenty |
| 30 | trzydzieści | thirty |
| 40 | czterdzieści | forty |
| 50 | pięćdziesiąt | fifty |
| 60 | sześćdziesiąt | sixty |
| 70 | siedemdziesiąt | seventy |
| 80 | osiemdziesiąt | eighty |
| 90 | dziewięćdziesiąt | ninety |
| 100 | sto | one hundred |
| 200 | dwieście | two hundred |
| 300 | trzysta | three hundred |
| 500 | pięćset | five hundred |
| 1000 | tysiąc | one thousand |
| 2000 | dwa tysiące | two thousand |
| 5000 | pięć tysięcy | five thousand |
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.
Remember it next week, too
PolishUp’s today’s practice brings back every form you met, right before you would forget it, mixed with a few new ones. Ten minutes a day.
Start today’s practice