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Correct way to say the date in Polish?


balrog_99  8 | 11  
22 Jan 2013 /  #1
I was wondering the correct way to say the date in Polish. I have read two seemingly conflicting sources.

Today is the 22nd of January, 2013

Is it:

a) dwudziesty drugi stycznia dwa tysiące trzynaście

or

b) dwudziestego drugiego stycznia dwa tysiące trzynaście

Which one is more correct, or is there another way?
pawian  219 | 24592  
22 Jan 2013 /  #2
This first is better.
The other is more often used for talking about past events e.g., The January Uprising broke on .............

And it also could do with a slight improvement

b) dwudziestego drugiego stycznia dwa tysiące trzynaście

trzynastego.
Conservatist  - | 3  
22 Jan 2013 /  #3
Actually, the first one is correct and the second one is not (assuming you want to translate your sentence - today is ...).

You would use "dwudziestego drugiego" when saying something like "This happened on the 22nd ..." or "Let's meet on the 22nd ...".
pawian  219 | 24592  
23 Jan 2013 /  #4
You forgot about trzynaście/trzynastego.

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