No. 59 in Polish
raz
"Raz" in Polish means "once" or "one time."
In a sentence
Byłem tam raz, ale nie udało mi się zobaczyć wszystkiego.
I was there once, but I couldn't see everything.
Here, 'raz' means 'once', referring to a single occurrence in the past.
Jeszcze jeden raz spróbuję rozwiązać to zadanie.
I will try to solve this task one more time.
In this sentence, 'raz' means 'time', referring to an individual occurrence or attempt.
Raz, dwa, trzy, zacznijmy!
One, two, three, let's start!
Here, 'raz' is used as 'one' in counting to lead into an action or event.
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