Level: Beginners (A1/A2)
Category: Numbers and Dates
Polish Ordinal Numbers Table of contents
What are ordinal numbers?
They are 'first', 'second', 'third' etc.
They are very useful to learn!
When to use ordinal numbers in Polish
There are many situations and sentences where you will need to use ordinal numbers. They include:
- When talking about dates in Polish
- When talking about the time (for example when saying something is "1 o'clock" = godzina pierwsza.
- and of course when saying things like "this is the first ..." .
What are the Polish ordinal numbers?
The table below shows them in masculine form. Remember they can be fem. (replace -y with -a) or neut. form too (replace with -e)
| English | Polish |
|---|---|
| First | pierwszy |
| Second | drugi |
| Third | trzeci |
| 4th | czwarty |
| 5th | piąty |
| 6th | szósty |
| 7th | siódmy |
| 8th | ósmy |
| 9th | dziewiąty |
| Tenth | dziesiąty |
| Eleventh | jedenasty |
| 12th | dwunasty |
| 13th | trzynasty |
| 14th | czternasty |
| 15th | piętnasty |
| 16th | szesnasty |
| 17th | siedemnasty |
| 18th | osiemnasty |
| 19th | dziewiętnasty |
| 20th | dwudziesty |
| 21st | dwudziesty pierwszy |
| 30th | trzydziesty |
| 100th | setny |
| 200th | dwusetny |
| 300th | trzechsetny |
| 400th | czterechsetny |
| 500th | pięćsetny |
| 1000th | tysięczny |
| 1000000th | milionowy |
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