No. 10 in Polish
roku
"Roku" in Polish means "of the year."
In a sentence
Pierwszy dzień w roku jest zawsze w styczniu.
The first day of the year is always in January.
Here, 'roku' is used in the context of time, referring to 'roku' as the genitive singular form of 'rok' (year), used after 'w' (in).
Obchodziłem jego urodziny w zeszłym roku.
I celebrated his birthday last year.
In this sentence, 'roku' is a temporal expression signifying 'last year', also in the genitive singular form after 'w zeszłym' (in the past).
Byliśmy na wakacjach dwa razy w tym roku.
We went on vacation twice this year.
'Roku' here refers to 'this year' and is influenced by 'w tym' (in this), again the genitive singular form.
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