No. 10,834 in Polish
dziesięciolatek
A ten-year-old child.
In a sentence
Dziesięciolatek biegał po boisku z kolegami.
The ten-year-old was running on the field with his friends.
Here, 'dziesięciolatek' is used as the subject of the sentence, referring to a ten-year-old child.
Mój młodszy brat jest dziesięciolatkiem.
My younger brother is a ten-year-old.
In this sentence, 'dziesięciolatek' is in the instrumental case, following 'jest' to describe someone's age.
Wczoraj poznałam dziesięciolatka, który gra na pianinie.
Yesterday, I met a ten-year-old who plays the piano.
The word 'dziesięciolatek' is used in the accusative case as the direct object of the verb 'poznałam'.
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