B1 · 36 words
Numbers up to a thousand in Polish
The tens and hundreds, ordinals from sixth on, one and a half, a dozen and the collective numbers for children and couples.
Practise this list
From these 36 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
More about this list
From five on, the noun being counted is in the genitive plural: pięć złotych, sześćset metrów, dziewięćdziesiąt minut. The hundreds show how they are built: dwieście, trzysta and czterysta are older and irregular, from pięćset on you simply add -set. Ordinals decline like adjectives, and that is exactly what clock times and dates need: o szóstej“at six”siódmego maja“on the seventh of May” For children, for couples and for plural-only words Polish uses collective numbers, which English does not have: troje dzieci, czworo drzwi.
The words
Adjective (1)
potrójnytripleAdjectiveB1
Adverb (1)
dwukrotnietwice, two timesAdverbB1
Numeral (31)
trzynaściethirteenNumeralB1
czternaściefourteenNumeralB1
szesnaściesixteenNumeralB1
siedemnaścieseventeenNumeralB1
osiemnaścieeighteenNumeralB1
After od in the genitive: od osiemnastu.
dziewiętnaścienineteenNumeralB1
sześćdziesiątsixtyNumeralB1
siedemdziesiątseventyNumeralB1
osiemdziesiąteightyNumeralB1
dziewięćdziesiątninetyNumeralB1
czterystafour hundredNumeralB1
sześćsetsix hundredNumeralB1
siedemsetseven hundredNumeralB1
osiemseteight hundredNumeralB1
dziewięćsetnine hundredNumeralB1
półtoraone and a halfNumeralB1
With the genitive singular. Before a feminine noun it is strictly półtorej: półtorej godziny; before masculine and neuter półtora roku.
szóstysixthNumeralB1
Declined like an adjective. Clock times are feminine because godzina is understood: o szóstej.
siódmyseventhNumeralB1
ósmyeighthNumeralB1
One of the few words beginning with ó.
dziewiątyninthNumeralB1
jedenastyeleventhNumeralB1
A date is in the genitive: jedenastego listopada.
dwunastytwelfthNumeralB1
dwudziestytwentiethNumeralB1
trzydziestythirtiethNumeralB1
In compounds both parts decline: trzydziestego pierwszego.
setnyhundredthNumeralB1
trojethree (children, a mixed group)NumeralB1
Collective number with the genitive plural, like dwoje.
czworofour (children, a mixed group)NumeralB1
For a mixed group and for plural-only words: czworo drzwi.
obajboth (two men)NumeralB1
Only for two men; for a man and a woman oboje.
kilkanaściea dozen or so (eleven to nineteen)NumeralB1
With the genitive plural, and the verb in the neuter singular.
kilkadziesiątseveral dozen, a few dozenNumeralB1
kilkasetseveral hundred, a few hundredNumeralB1
Noun (m) (1)
tuzindozenNoun (m)B1
With the genitive plural.
Noun (f) (2)
dwójkaa two (mark, bus, group)Noun (f)B1
Numbers as nouns: jedynka, dwójka, trójka, czwórka, piątka — a bus, a tram, a school mark or a room.
piątkaa five (mark, bus, group)Noun (f)B1
Careful: in Polish schools a piątka is a very good mark and a szóstka the best.
This list belongs to Basic words: numbers, time, verbs — 17 lists and 676 words that can also be practised as a whole.