No. 886 in Polish
rok
"Rok" in Polish means "year" in English.
In a sentence
Każdego roku jeździmy nad morze.
Every year we go to the seaside.
Here 'roku' is in the genitive case to express the idea 'of each year'.
W zeszłym roku zrobiłem prawo jazdy.
Last year I got my driving license.
In this sentence, 'roku' is used in the locative case to indicate a point in time, 'during last year'.
Rok 1999 był dla mnie bardzo ważny.
The year 1999 was very important to me.
'Rok' here is in the nominative case as the subject of the sentence, which identifies a specific year.
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