0 - nula - нула
1 - jedan - један
2 - dva - два
3 - tri - три
4 - četiri - четири
5 - pet - пет
6 - šest - шест
7 - sedam - седам
8 - osam - осам
9 - devet - девет
10 - deset - десет
11 - jedanaest - једанаест
12 - dvanaest - дванаест
13 - trinaest - тринаест
14 - četrnaest - четрнаест
15 - petnaest - петнаест
16 - šesnaest - шеснаест
17 - sedamnaest - седамнаест
18 - osamnaest - осамнаест
19 - devetnaest - деветнаест
20 - dvadeset - двадесет
Many thanks to the blog follower who added the reply to the question about the numbers from 20-100! Hope this AUDIO helps as well!
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Numbers like 21 are written separately, for example: dvadeset jedan (except when filling in cheques and similar)
A small detail changes the whole message. Numbers enter Serbian through prices, addresses, ages and telephone numbers long before they become an abstract counting exercise.
Notice the mirror inside January number practice
Numbers enter Serbian through prices, addresses, ages and telephone numbers long before they become an abstract counting exercise. The pattern becomes visible through comparison. Read the Serbian examples as complete thoughts, not as containers for isolated vocabulary. Notice which word changes the meaning most strongly, and allow the surrounding words to show its grammatical job.
Five careful lines for January number practice
| Latinica | Ćirilica | English |
|---|---|---|
| Imam trideset dve godine. | Имам тридесет две године. | I am thirty-two years old. |
| Ova knjiga košta devetsto dinara. | Ова књига кошта деветсто динара. | This book costs nine hundred dinars. |
| Autobus broj sedam kasni pet minuta. | Аутобус број седам касни пет минута. | Bus number seven is five minutes late. |
| Na trećem spratu živi šestoro ljudi. | На трећем спрату живи шесторо људи. | Six people live on the third floor. |
| Moj broj telefona ima deset cifara. | Мој број телефона има десет цифара. | My telephone number has ten digits. |
A rhythm from recognition to speech with January number practice
Move from Imam trideset dve godine. towards Moj broj telefona ima deset cifara., but stop at the sentence that feels least comfortable. Record one reading and listen for the endings, and then use that thought as the beginning of a two-line exchange. Tomorrow, return through a different sentence so that the order of the table cannot do the remembering for you.
Five moves before the trail disappears from January number practice
- Translate into English: Imam trideset dve godine.
- Rebuild in Serbian from memory: “This book costs nine hundred dinars.”
- Write the third sentence in Cyrillic without copying it.
- Change one detail in Na trećem spratu živi šestoro ljudi. and keep the sentence grammatical.
- Create a new question connected with Moj broj telefona ima deset cifara..
Check the map you have made through January number practice
- I am thirty-two years old.
- Ova knjiga košta devetsto dinara. / Ова књига кошта деветсто динара.
- Аутобус број седам касни пет минута.
- Answers vary; the changed word must still agree with the rest of the sentence.
- Answers vary; keep the question directly connected with the situation.