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Learning the Russian Numbers is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Russian language. But first we need to know what the role of Numbers is in the structure of the grammar in Russian.
Russian cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity.
Numbers from 21 and upwards are formed by using 20 + 1. 21 = двадцать один, 22 = двадцать два etc. Numbers like 30, 40, 50 are formed differently and have to be memorised:
30 – тридцать
40 – сорок
50 – пятьдесят
60 – шестьдесят
70 – семьдесят
80 – восемьдесят
90 – девяносто
Hundreds numbers are also formed differently:
100 – сто
200 – двести
300 – триста
400 – четыреста
Numbers from 500 to 900 are formed by adding the word «сот» (“hundred” or “of hundred”) to numbers 5 to 9.
Here are some examples:
| English Numbers | Russian Numbers |
|---|---|
| numbers | номера - nomera |
| one | один - odin |
| two | два - dva |
| three | три - tri |
| four | четыре - chetыre |
| five | пять - piatio |
| six | шесть - shestio |
| seven | семь - semio |
| eight | восемь - vosemio |
| nine | девять - deviatio |
| ten | десять - desiatio |
| eleven | одиннадцать - odinnadcatio |
| twelve | двенадцать - dvenadcatio |
| thirteen | тринадцать - trinadcatio |
| fourteen | четырнадцать - chetыrnadcatio |
| fifteen | пятнадцать - piatnadcatio |
| sixteen | шестнадцать - shestnadcatio |
| seventeen | семнадцать - semnadcatio |
| eighteen | восемнадцать - vosemnadcatio |
| nineteen | девятнадцать - deviatnadcatio |
| twenty | двадцать - dvadcatio |
| hundred | сотня - sotnia |
| one thousand | тысяча - tыsiacha |
| million | миллион - million |
Notice the structure of the Numbers in Russian.
Russian Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Russian. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Russian vocabulary.
| English Numbers | Russian Numbers |
|---|---|
| Ordinal Numbers | |
| first | первый - pervыi |
| second | второй - vtoroi |
| third | третий - tretii |
| fourth | четвертый - chetvertыi |
| fifth | пятый - piatыi |
| sixth | шестой - shestoi |
| seventh | седьмой - sediooi |
| eighth | восьмой - vosiooi |
| ninth | девятый - deviatыi |
| tenth | десятый - desiatыi |
| eleventh | одиннадцатый - odinnadcatыi |
| twelfth | двенадцатый - dvenadcatыi |
| thirteenth | тринадцатый - trinadcatыi |
| fourteenth | четырнадцатый - chetыrnadcatыi |
| fifteenth | пятнадцатый - piatnadcatыi |
| sixteenth | шестнадцатый - shestnadcatыi |
| seventeenth | семнадцатый - semnadcatыi |
| eighteenth | восемнадцатый - vosemnadcatыi |
| nineteenth | девятнадцатый - deviatnadcatыi |
| twentieth | двадцатый - dvadcatыi |
| once | раз - raz |
| twice | дважды - dvazdы |
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