Ten film jest gorszy niż wczorajszy serial.

to be

Breakdown of Ten film jest gorszy niż wczorajszy serial.

• ten: this
• film: the movie
• niż: than

Questions & Answers about Ten film jest gorszy niż wczorajszy serial.

Why is it ten film and not something like ta film or just film?

In Polish, nouns have grammatical gender, and demonstratives must agree with that gender.

• film is masculine.
• The masculine singular form of “this/that” is ten.
• Feminine would be ta, neuter to.

So you say:

• ten film – this/that film (masc.)
• ta książka – this/that book (fem.)
• to dziecko – this/that child (neut.)

Using ta film is wrong because ta is feminine but film is masculine.

You can also say just Film jest gorszy… without ten. Then it means “The film / A film is worse…”, with the exact nuance (“the” vs “a”) coming from context, not from any article (Polish has no articles). Ten adds clarity and often a bit of contrast: this specific film, not some other one.

What is the difference between ten and tamten in this kind of sentence?