Questions & Answers about Piątego marca mam wizytę u dentysty.
Why is it piątego, not piąty?
Because Polish dates use the ordinal number in the genitive case.
So piątego marca literally means something like of the fifth of March.
There is an implied word dnia (day) in the background:
- piątego marca = (piątego dnia) marca = on the fifth of March
That is why you do not use the basic dictionary form piąty here.
Examples:
- pierwszego maja = on the first of May
- dziesiątego lipca = on the tenth of July
Why is marca used instead of marzec?
Because month names also change case in dates.
- marzec = March
- marca = of March / in March in this date structure
After a day number, the month is normally in the genitive:
- piątego marca
- dwunastego czerwca
- trzeciego listopada
So in dates, you usually learn them like this:
- 1 marca
- 5 marca
- 20 marca
not 5 marzec.
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