Basic Polish in 7 Days (Fast Track): Days and dates, Telling the time, Family and more
Untimed topic quiz: 40 questions on Days and dates, Telling the time, Family and more, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 2: Days and dates, Telling the time, Family and more
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Question 1 of 40
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Answer: B. Wednesday
Środa is Wednesday. Sobota is Saturday, czwartek is Thursday and niedziela is Sunday.
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Question 2 of 40
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Answer: D. sobota
Piątek is Friday, so the next day is sobota (Saturday).
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Question 3 of 40
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Answer: B. tomorrow
Jutro means tomorrow. Today is dzisiaj and yesterday is wczoraj.
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Question 4 of 40
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Answer: A. With a small letter
Polish days and months start with a small letter, for example poniedziałek and maj.
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Question 5 of 40
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Answer: C. sobotę
After w meaning “on”, days that end in -a change to -ę: w sobotę, w środę, w niedzielę.
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Question 6 of 40
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Answer: D. July
Lipiec is July. June is czerwiec, April is kwiecień and March is marzec.
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Question 7 of 40
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Answer: C. trzeci
Dates use an ordinal number in the masculine form, because dzień (day) is masculine: trzeci maja.
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Question 8 of 40
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Answer: D. Monday, 10 November
Poniedziałek is Monday, dziesiąty is the 10th and listopada is November. October is październik.
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Dzisiaj jest poniedziałek, dziesiąty listopada.
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Question 9 of 40
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Answer: A. 7 August
Siódmego means “on the 7th” and sierpnia is August. September is wrzesień.
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Anna: Kiedy masz urodziny?
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Question 10 of 40
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Answer: C. On Saturday and Sunday
The shop is open from Monday to Friday (od poniedziałku do piątku) and closed (zamknięte) on the weekend.
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Question 11 of 40
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Answer: A. What time is it?
“Godzina” means hour or time. “At what time?” is “O której?”.
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Question 12 of 40
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Answer: A. It’s four o’clock
Czwarta is the feminine ordinal for four, used for the hour: it’s four o’clock. 14:00 is czternasta.
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Question 13 of 40
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Answer: D. siódmej
After o (at), the hour ends in -ej: o siódmej.
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Question 14 of 40
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Answer: D. ósma trzydzieści
Say the hour first (ósma), then the minutes (trzydzieści). Trzynaście is 13.
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Question 15 of 40
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Answer: B. siedemnasta
Hours use feminine ordinal numbers: 17:00 is siedemnasta. Siedemnaście is just the number 17.
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Question 16 of 40
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Answer: C. O dwudziestej.
“O której?” means “At what time?”, so answer with o + the hour: o dwudziestej (at 20:00).
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Question 17 of 40
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Answer: C. 9:00–18:00
Od dziewiątej do osiemnastej means from 9:00 to 18:00.
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Sklep jest otwarty od dziewiątej do osiemnastej.
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Question 18 of 40
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Answer: A. 11:20
Jedenasta is 11 and dwadzieścia is 20, so it is 11:20.
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Ewa: Przepraszam, która jest godzina?
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Question 19 of 40
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Answer: A. Tomorrow at 2 p.m.
Jutro is tomorrow, o drugiej is at two, and po południu means in the afternoon.
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Spotkanie jest jutro o drugiej po południu.
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Question 20 of 40
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Answer: A. 9:00–14:00
Sob. is short for sobota (Saturday): 9:00–14:00. The pharmacy is closed (nieczynne) on Sunday.
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Question 21 of 40
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Answer: A. sister
Siostra is sister. Brother is brat, daughter is córka and aunt is ciocia.
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Question 22 of 40
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Answer: A. mąż
Mąż is husband. Żona is wife, syn is son and brat is brother.
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Question 23 of 40
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Answer: B. mój
Brat is masculine, so “my” is mój.
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Question 24 of 40
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Answer: B. moja
Córka is feminine (it ends in -a), so “my” is moja.
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Question 25 of 40
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Answer: C. mój
Tata ends in -a, but it is a man, so it is masculine: mój tata.
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Question 26 of 40
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Answer: B. her
Jej means her and jego means his. They never change their form.
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Question 27 of 40
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Answer: D. brata
After mam (I have), words for men add -a: brata. Siostra changes to siostrę.
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Question 28 of 40
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Answer: A. The speaker’s daughter
The speaker says “moja córka, Zosia”: Zosia is her daughter. Adam is her husband (mąż).
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To jest moja rodzina. To jest mój mąż, Adam, a to moja córka, Zosia.
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Question 29 of 40
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Answer: C. A sister
Tomek says “Nie, ale mam siostrę”: no brother, but he has a sister.
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Kasia: Masz brata?
Tomek: Nie, ale mam siostrę. -
Question 30 of 40
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Answer: D. Ola’s brother
Ola says “Mam brata, Kubę”: I have a brother, Kuba. Her father is Piotr.
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Question 31 of 40
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Answer: B. tall
Wysoki means tall. Short is niski, young is młody and old is stary.
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Question 32 of 40
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Answer: C. wysoka
Siostra is feminine, so the adjective ends in -a: wysoka.
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Question 33 of 40
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Answer: A. młody
Brat is masculine, so the adjective ends in -y: młody.
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Question 34 of 40
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Answer: D. młody
Stary means old, so the opposite is młody (young).
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Question 35 of 40
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Answer: C. She has long hair
Długie means long and włosy means hair. Short hair is krótkie włosy.
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Question 36 of 40
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Answer: D. Jestem zmęczona.
A woman uses the feminine ending -a: zmęczona. Zmęczony is what a man says.
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Question 37 of 40
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Answer: D. Jest wysoki i wesoły.
“Jaki jest…?” asks what someone is like. Tata is masculine, so use the -y endings: wysoki, wesoły.
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Question 38 of 40
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Answer: A. Tall, with dark hair
Wysoki means tall and ciemne włosy means dark hair. Fair hair is jasne włosy.
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Mój mąż jest wysoki i ma ciemne włosy.
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Question 39 of 40
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Answer: C. Very cheerful
Bardzo wesoła means very cheerful. She is 80 (osiemdziesiąt lat).
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Moja babcia ma osiemdziesiąt lat, ale jest bardzo wesoła.
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Question 40 of 40
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Answer: B. He has blue eyes
Paweł has niebieskie oczy (blue eyes). He is tall, has short hair and is very nice (bardzo miły).
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