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Basic Bootcamp S1 #4
Counting from 1-100 in Polish
CONTENTS
2 Polish
2 English
2 Vocabulary
2 Sample Sentences
3 Grammar
4 Cultural Insight
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POLISH
ENGLISH
1. A: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
VOCABULARY
SAMPLE SENTENCES
GRAMMAR
Even though numbers in Polish at first can seem quite difficult, in reality they are not that
complicated. We will show you a system that will help you memorize Polish numbers. What
we ask of you is perfect command of numbers one through ten. The rest will be very easy.
To be able to form numbers eleven through nineteen you simply have to add the part -naście,
which stands for "teen," to the numbers one through nine (please bear in mind, though, that
numbers one through nine undergo some small changes.) For example, while there is no
change in dwa + naście = dwanaście, the following change occurs for the number "sixteen":
szes + naście = szesnaście. Notice the change from sześć to szes in this example.
We have a very similar situation in creating multiples of ten. This time we have to add the
following parts to the numbers two through nine:
Number Polish
25 dwadzieścia pięć
33 trzydzieści trzy
49 czterdzieści dziewięć
99 dziewięćdziesiąt dziewięć
CULTURAL INSIGHT
It would be wise of you to master the numbers before you go to Poland. Even though in many
stores you will be able to see how much you have to pay, there will be places, like a farmer's
market, where you will be lost without a working knowledge of Polish numbers. Poles say
numbers very quickly, and more often than not, all those numbers sound very much alike to
the untrained ear.