miesiące
The English word "months" is translated into Polish as miesiące.
miesiące refers to the plural form of a period of time consisting of approximately four weeks.
Which one should you use?
miesiące is the nominative plural form, which is used when the months act as the subject of a sentence. However, when you are specifying a specific number of months, such as "five months", the form changes to miesięcy.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of miesiące is miesiąc. While miesiące is the nominative plural, the form changes to miesięcy (genitive plural) when following a number to satisfy Polish case requirements.
What mistakes should you avoid?
English speakers often mistakenly use miesiące after a number. In Polish, when you specify a number of months, you must use the genitive plural form miesięcy instead.
Did you know?
- The Polish word miesiąc means both 'month' and 'moon'. This is because the lunar cycle was the original basis for counting months.
- When counting months in Polish, the rules for numbers 2, 3, and 4 are different from those for all numbers 5 and above. This creates a complex pattern where 'two months' uses one form and 'five months' uses another.
- Polish uses the word miesiące to describe periods of time, but the phrase miesiącami (the instrumental plural) is used to say something happens 'for months' or 'month after month'.
Examples in context
- Daj mi trzy miesiące.Give me three months.This sentence shows how to use miesiące when requesting a duration of time.Tatoeba #10604975 by polski_ren, translation #3151456 by CK
- Robiłem to trzy miesiące temu.I did that three months ago.This sentence demonstrates the use of miesiące when referring to a time in the past.Tatoeba #8809711 by digitcrusher, translation #6738057 by CK
- Jadę do Bostonu na trzy miesiące.I'm going to Boston for three months.This sentence shows how to use miesiące to express the duration of a trip.Tatoeba #10594021 by zakid, translation #2539485 by CK
- Czekamy na informację do końca lutego.We are awaiting information until the end of February.
- 35 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Katarzyna and Tomasz are talking about their travel plans.
- KatarzynaKiedy jedziesz do Włoch?When are you going to Italy?
- TomaszZa dwa miesiące.In two months.
- KatarzynaTo bardzo niedługo!That is very soon!
- TomaszTak, planuję to od miesięcy.Yes, I have been planning it for months.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
