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21 - dvadeset (i) jedan
**************** As you see the rule is very simple, just add 20 + 1. As for writing, the two numbers are written separately, either with 'and' or without it in between, while for administrative purposes, ie. in documents, the numbers are written together eg. 'dvadesetjedan'.
**************** Practise saying the numbers below, and then listen to the answers in the GCast Widget on the right, under the Post named 'Tens-exercise'.
29
34
67
98
61
23
35
53
47
78
82
93
130
169
174
Begin with the meaning your listener needs. The tens are rhythmical landmarks; once their sound is secure, the numbers between them are much easier to assemble.
Build the bridge inside 10 20 30 100
The tens are rhythmical landmarks; once their sound is secure, the numbers between them are much easier to assemble. Put the new words into motion. 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 vivid lines for 10 20 30 100
| Latinica | Ćirilica | English |
|---|---|---|
| U sali ima dvadeset stolica. | У сали има двадесет столица. | There are twenty chairs in the hall. |
| Deda danas slavi sedamdeseti rođendan. | Деда данас слави седамдесети рођендан. | Grandpa is celebrating his seventieth birthday today. |
| Kupili smo četrdeset sadnica ruža. | Купили смо четрдесет садница ружа. | We bought forty rose seedlings. |
| Voz prelazi sto kilometara za jedan sat. | Воз прелази сто километара за један сат. | The train covers one hundred kilometres in one hour. |
| Na pijaci sam potrošila šezdeset dinara. | На пијаци сам потрошила шездесет динара. | I spent sixty dinars at the market. |
A route from recognition to speech with 10 20 30 100
Move from U sali ima dvadeset stolica. towards Na pijaci sam potrošila šezdeset dinara., but stop at the sentence that feels least comfortable. Ask the same idea as a question, 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 key disappears from 10 20 30 100
- Translate into English: U sali ima dvadeset stolica.
- Rebuild in Serbian from memory: “Grandpa is celebrating his seventieth birthday today.”
- Write the third sentence in Cyrillic without copying it.
- Change one detail in Voz prelazi sto kilometara za jedan sat. and keep the sentence grammatical.
- Create a new question connected with Na pijaci sam potrošila šezdeset dinara..
Check the echo you have made through 10 20 30 100
- There are twenty chairs in the hall.
- Deda danas slavi sedamdeseti rođendan. / Деда данас слави седамдесети рођендан.
- Купили смо четрдесет садница ружа.
- Answers vary; the changed word must still agree with the rest of the sentence.
- Answers vary; keep the question directly connected with the situation.