Word
Dziesiątego lutego mam wizytę u lekarza o siódmej rano.
Meaning
On the tenth of February I have a doctor’s appointment at seven in the morning.
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Breakdown of Dziesiątego lutego mam wizytę u lekarza o siódmej rano.
ja
I
mieć
to have
rano
in the morning
lekarz
the doctor
Questions & Answers about Dziesiątego lutego mam wizytę u lekarza o siódmej rano.
Why is there no word for on before dziesiątego lutego?
In Polish, dates usually do not need a preposition.
So dziesiątego lutego naturally means on the tenth of February.
English says on February 10th, but Polish often just uses the date by itself:
- Spotkanie jest piątego marca. = The meeting is on March 5th.
Why are the words dziesiątego and lutego in those forms?
They are in the genitive case, which is very common in Polish date expressions.
- dziesiątego = of the tenth
- lutego = of February
You can think of it as something like on the tenth day of February.
Other examples:
- pierwszego stycznia = on the first of January
- trzeciego maja = on the third of May
Why is it mam wizytę? Is that the normal way to say I have an appointment?
Yes. Mam wizytę is a very natural Polish way to say I have an appointment.
Polish often uses mieć (to have) the same way English does here:
- Mam spotkanie. = I have a meeting.
- Mam egzamin jutro. = I have an exam tomorrow.
So mam wizytę u lekarza is a standard, everyday phrase.