"Ten chłopiec lubi mleko."

Translation: This boy likes milk.

[JonniKaitale]

What is the difference between "to" and "ten"? I am starting to understand the really basic logic in Polish grammar but I can't see the difference between those

[__CM__]

I think "to" is the form if the noun is neuter, whereas "ten" is the form if the noun is masculine

[Chris_Rzech]

What does neuter mean? Neutral?

[immery]

It's something like English "it"? But Polish language has less neuter nouns than English.

The obvious words for rodzaj (gramatical gender) and how it connects with płeć (sex) are:
kobieta-woman - feminine-rodzaj żeński
chłopiec-boy- masculine- rodzaj męski
dziecko- child- neuter-rodzaj nijaki

[Agent187]

Neuter, masculine, feminine, animate, inanimate, common, ... are all grammatical genders

[mdqadah]

With time you will know.

[James844856]

To is masculine
Ta is feminine
But ten is nuetral

[tegguinn]

No. ten - masculine; ta - feminine; to - neuter

[ShehryarFa1]

How do you know when something is neuter

[Jellei]

The Nominative form probably ends with -o, -ę or -um.

[Jedak]

Is there a way to say 'That boy likes milk.' ? Same for 'ta dziewczynka'; both times I wrote 'that' instead of 'this'. Is this incorrect?

[Szparag]

To say "that" you should use "tamten" for a boy and "tamta" for a girl.

[Jedak]

Thank you, I immediately realized / remembered when I started the next lesson. Doh!

[Number1183198]

When we use "ten", "to" or "ta"?

[Okcydent]

The complete set is: ten mężczyzna (this man), ta kobieta (this woman), to dziecko (this child), ci mężczyźni (these men), te kobiety (these women).

The difference lay in grammatical genre.

[Wintern3t]

He nee' some milk

[Ptrwbr]

You guys say it has nothing to do with sex but it clearly does. Its 2020 sexism isnt cool POLAND.. Get your life together #metoo

[Jellei]

Just to make sure: you're joking, right?

[lethal_gnome]

Sometimes I'd have "ten chłopiec" suggested to me as a translation for "boy" earlier on in the course.

[Jellei]

"Ten chłopiec" should be accepted as a translation of "the boy", but only accepted, never suggested. If it was suggested somewhere, please comment there.