Breakdown of To jest nasz trzynasty projekt, a to czternasty.
to
this
być
to be
a
and / whereas (contrast)
nasz
our
projekt
project
trzynasty
thirteenth
czternasty
fourteenth
Questions & Answers about To jest nasz trzynasty projekt, a to czternasty.
How are the words trzynasty and czternasty formed?
Ordinal numbers in the teens are built directly from their normal numbers. You take the teen number, like trzynaście (thirteen) or czternaście (fourteen), and replace the -ście ending with -sty. This gives you the masculine forms trzynasty and czternasty.
Why do trzynasty and czternasty end in -y here?
Ordinal numbers act exactly like adjectives in Polish. They must match the gender and case of the noun they describe. Because projekt is a masculine noun in the basic nominative case, the ordinal numbers take the standard masculine adjective ending -y.
Why does the sentence use a instead of i for the word and?
In Polish, a is used to contrast or compare two things, similar to saying while or and on the other hand. Because we are pointing out two distinct items in comparison (the 13th project vs. the 14th), a is the natural choice. The word i is mostly used to simply group items together.
Why don't we need to say a to jest czternasty projekt at the end?
Just like in English, Polish allows you to drop words that have already been clearly established. The verb jest (is) and the noun projekt are simply understood in the second half, making the sentence flow much more naturally.
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