Rano dzieci szybko myją zęby, żeby zdążyć na wschód słońca.

In the morning the children quickly brush their teeth to manage to see the sunrise.

Breakdown of Rano dzieci szybko myją zęby, żeby zdążyć na wschód słońca.

• dziecko: the child
• rano: in the morning
• szybko: quickly
• na: for

Questions & Answers about Rano dzieci szybko myją zęby, żeby zdążyć na wschód słońca.

Why is there no word for “the” before dzieci? How do I know if it means the children or just children in general?

Polish has no articles (a, an, the) at all, so dzieci can mean:

• children in general: “In the morning, children quickly brush their teeth…”
• the children (some specific children already known from context).

You understand whether it’s generic or specific only from context or from added words, e.g.:

• te dzieci – these / those children
• moje dzieci – my children
• tamte dzieci – those children (over there)

In your sentence, without any extra determiners, it most naturally sounds like a general habit of (some) children, but in a story it could refer to specific, previously mentioned children.

What exactly is rano? Why don’t we say w rano like “in the morning”?