Can you write Polish numbers? Posted by Kasia on May 27, 2020 in Vocabulary
Learning Polish numbers is definitely very important, just like learning numbers in any language. They appear in every day conversations and once you know the structure of creating them in grammar, it’s actually pretty easy to write them.
I think my friends actually have more problems with Polish numbers’ pronunciation, than writing them down…
In Polish numbers from 0 to 11 are unique words that have to be memorized. Numbers from 12 to 19 are formed by using the following pattern: for example 13 can be formed by using 3 + naście while connecting them. 13 = trzynaście. Although these are good to memorize as well, since 14,15, 16 or 19 are exceptions, and the “beginning” is written slightly different (czternaście, piętnaście, szesnaście, dziewiętnaście).
The forms of numbers like 20, 30, 50 are unique and depend on the number:
20 – dwa + dzieścia
30 – trzy + dzieści
50 – pięć + dziesiąt
Starting from twenty all tens use a pretty simple logic. Tens where the second number is bigger than 0 are written by leaving a space and writing the last number. For numbers bigger than 100 and 1000, the same logic to write numbers as words you used for tens applies.
Lets take a look:)
0 – zero
1 – jeden
2 – dwa
3 – trzy
4 – cztery
5 – pięć
6 – sześć
7 – siedem
8 – osiem
9 – dziewięć
10 – dziesięć
11 – jedenaście
12 – dwanaście
13 – trzynaście
14 – czternaście
15 – piętnaście
16 – szesnaście
17 – siedemnaście
18 – osiemnaście
19 – dziewiętnaście
20 – dwadzieścia
21 – dwadzieścia jeden
22- dwadzieścia dwa
…
30 – trzydzieści
31 – trzydzieści jeden
32 – trzydzieści dwa
…
40 – czterdzieści
50 – pięćdziesiąt
60 – sześćdziesiąt
70 – siedemdziesiąt
80 – osiemdziesiąt
90 – dziewięćdziesiąt
100 – sto
101 – sto jeden
111 – sto jedenaście
125 – sto dwadzieścia pięć
…
200 – dwieście
300 – trzysta
400 – czterysta
500 – pięćset
600 – sześćset
700 – siedemset
800 – osiemset
900 – dziewięćset
1000 – tysiąc
1214 – tysiąc dwieście czternaście
If you need help with pronunciation of these numbers, check out this You Tube video by Ewelina! It is pretty long, about 17 minutes, but she really pays attention on how to pronounce numbers, while having the actual number written on the screen at the same time to make it easier for you!
Happy counting and writing!
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Comments:
Alan Kolesky:
What would make this post better would be a way to hear the pronunciation of the words.
John Rudiak:
Love this. And it’s a fact, numbers are extremely important.