Hello Listeners! Have you ever driven in a foreign country, such as Poland?

Dzień dobry Benjamin,

Thanks for posting and my apologies for the late reply.

"Szósty is an ordinal number, the equivalent of "sześć".

The Genitive case applies to "grudnia".

If you say "szóstego grudnia" it means that something takes places on that day.

Please compare:

Dzisiaj jest szósty grudnia. - Today is Dec 6th.

Przyjadę szóstego grudnia - I will arrive on Dec 6th.

Hope that helps.

Best,

Hanna

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Dobry wiezcór.

Building on another's comment, you clarified with the example "Szósty Grudnia" (Dec 6th) as a genitive form, but I'm confused because isn't the genitive form of Szósty: Szóstego, or am I thinking of a different rule?

Well done, Jonathan 👍

Let us know if you have any questions.

Best,

Hanna

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Ktory dzisiaj jest? drugi😄👍

Cześć Larry,

Thank you for posting.

If you want to state that something happened in 1965 you do not divide the year into two numbers, but you read it as a whole instead. So, it would be "w tysiąc dziewięćset sześćdziesiątym piątym roku". However, your explanation with Nominative and Locative also should work. Only be careful with the dates like 2000 ("w dwutysięcznym roku") and for example 2001 ("w dwa tysiące pierwszym roku").

Miłego dnia!

Hanna

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Cześć Hanna,

Say, for example, that you want to state that something happened in 1965. My understanding is that the “19” would be in nominative case and the “65” would be in locative case (thus locating the event in the year it occurred). However, as you state so well, in real-life conversations one can hear dates expressed in different ways so it’s good to know them. This can be a challenging area for English-speakers and your answers really help.

Miłego dnia!

Cześć Gabriel Volpe,

Thank you for posting.

Yes, you're right - we say "szósty grudnia" (Genitive), not "szósty grudzień".

In this lesson, the focus is put on Polish ordinal numbers, and probably this is why the authors of this lesson decided not to complicate it more. By the way, many Poles tell dates without using Genitive, even though it is incorrect, so it is good to know both expressions!

Should you have any questions, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Hanna

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The lesson says, for example, that "szósty grudzień" means "Sixth December". I guess that's the literal way of expressing each individual word but not how you put them together, is it?

In English, you would say either "Sixth of December" or "December Sixth". Isn't it in Polish "Szósty grudnia"?

Thanks!

Hi Larry,

Dziękuję, to miłe!

Dziewiąty (oridinal) sierpnia - to tell dates

Dziewiątego (Genitive) sierpnia - to tell when something takes place, occurs

Can you give us an example with the locative form of numbers?

You can use locative case with the month, for example - "w sierpniu" - to tell when something takes place or happens

Dzisiaj jest dziewiąty sierpnia.

Dziewiątego sierpnia jadę do Chin.

W sierpniu jadę do Chin.

Let us know if you need a more detailed explanation or have other questions.

Best,

Hanna

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Cześć. Świetna odpowiedź! Dziękuję bardzo.

Depending on what one wants to say, speaking and writing dates can use ordinal, genitive or locative forms of numbers. I haven’t been able to find consistent information about when each form is used. Could you either give or advise where we could see some examples? Your explanations are always good and make me feel like I’m really learning Polish.

Hi Larry,

Thank you for posting.

"Dziewiąty sierpień" is incorrect, because it means "the ninth August", not "the ninth of August". It sounds like there would be nine Augusts.

Many Polish people do this mistake and use the nominative form of the month, but it is incorrect. It's a very common mistake.

You should use the Genitive form of the month, like sierpnia, września, grudnia, not the nominative (sierpień, wrzesień, grudzień).

Should you have any questions, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Hanna

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Cześć. I’m confused. The assessment asked “How do you say ninth august in Polish.” I answered dziewiąty sierpień but the quiz answer given is dziewiąty sierpnia which would seem to be ninth of August. When would one use dziewiąty sierpień instead of dziewiąty sierpnia? Thank you.

HI Erik

It is interesting to find out how it works in different countries, isn't it? Thank you for your comment!

Cheers:sunglasses:

Basia

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It is hard to generalize for America as a whole but most folks value punctuality. I live in Atlanta, GA so there are often unexpected traffic delays and so part of our culture is working with the commutes. Often if I have an important meeting I leave quite early and I give my colleagues an early arrival time prior to the actual start (say 10:30 for a 11:00 start). Anyways, a very helpful lesson!

Hej Hussam

Faktycznie jest ;-)

Pozdrawiam

Piotr

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Dziś jest piękny dzień :smile:

Hello Darren

Thank you for your e-mail. She is saying "dwudziestego drugiego" which is Genetive cased version of "dwudziesty drugi".

Let me know in case you any other questions.

Best

Piotr

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My Main Question is how do you say twenty second. The way she sais it is different from how im reading it.(dwudziesty drugi) It sounds like she is saying somthing different.

I do not understand why in these lessons vocab's the word byc keeps being repeated.