| it was /there was | było |
| there were | były |
| once | raz |
| there was(were) once | było raz |
| four | cztery |
| four - coll. (Collective numbers are used before nouns denoting people of mixed sex, personal and animate neuter nouns (of which there are few), and non-masculine personal pluralia tantum. They are used with nouns in the gen., nom., acc. and voc. | czworo |
| children | dzieci |
| four children (mixed gender) | czworo dzieci |
| Once there were four children | Było raz czworo dzieci |
| Peter | Piotr |
| Susan | Zuzanna |
| Once there were four children: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. | Było raz czworo dzieci: Piotr, Zuzanna, Edmund i Lucja. |
