Numbers 0–10
Numbers 0–10
The first ten numbers show up constantly — ages, prices, phone numbers, quantities — and they set up the pattern the rest of the number system builds on.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
jeden Changes Like an Adjective
jeden, jedna, jedno
one
Unlike the other numbers, 'one' agrees with the gender of the noun it counts: jeden dom (one house, masculine), jedna książka (one book, feminine), jedno okno (one window, neuter). From two onward, the number itself stays the same regardless of gender — jeden is the only number you have to match to what you're counting.
Age Uses 'To Have', Not 'To Be'
Mam dwadzieścia lat.
I am twenty years old.
Literally, this sentence says 'I have twenty years' — Polish expresses age with mieć (to have), never być (to be). Saying 'Jestem dwadzieścia lat' to mean 'I am 20' is a direct but incorrect translation from English; native speakers always reach for mieć here.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- English
- zero
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- one
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- two
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- three
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- four
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- five
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- six
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- seven
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- eight
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- nine
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- ten
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- How old are you?