STUDY GUIDE Learn Serbian. Have fun. LESSON 13 GRAMMAR VOCABULARY PRACTICE ANSWER KEY
GRAMMAR CARDINAL NUMBERS 1.000-10.000 In this lesson we are going to learn cardinal numbers from a thousand to ten thousand. Let s start with a thousand. hiljadu thousand dve hiljade two thousand tri hiljade three thousand četiri hiljade four thousand pet hiljada five thousand šest hiljada six thousand sedam hiljada seven thousand osam hiljada eight thousand devet hiljada nine thousand deset hiljada ten thousand These numbers are cardinal numbers and they tell us how many of something there is by showing us the quantity. A cardinal number answers the question How many? or Koliko? in Serbian. Their main use is counting - we use them to count objects, people, abstract things and so on. How do you say two thousand? Dve hiljade. 2
How do you say six thousand? Šest hiljada. How about nine thousand? Devet hiljada. How about ten thousand? Deset hiljada Notice that the thousands in Serbian are made of a single digit cardinal number and a thousand, just like in English. Example: četiri hiljade (four thousand) is made of the number četiri (four) and hiljade (a thousand) which is četiri hiljade in Serbian. Example: pet hiljada (five thousand) consists of the number pet (five) and hiljada (a thousand). It s the same for all the other numbers. One thing to remember: always write them separately as two words like šest hilljada, for example (six thousand). When using thousands to count in Serbian they will look like this: Example: hiljadu (one thousand) has the -u ending Example: dvehiljade, tri hiljade and četiri hiljade (two thousand, three thousand and four thousand) in Serbian have the -e ending (as in hiljade). Note that the number 2000 (dve hiljade) is not the number dva and the word hiljade. Hiljadu (thousand) is a feminine noun in Serbian and the number dva needs to be in the feminine form which is dve. Therefore, we have dve hiljade (two thousand). Example: pet, šest, sedam, osam, devet and deset hiljada (five, six, seven, eight, nine and ten thousand) have the -a endings (hiljada). There are no sound alternations with any of the thousands in Serbian 3
NUMBER COMBINATIONS 1.000-10.000 1017 hiljadu sedamnaest 1983 hiljadu devetsto osamdeset tri 2018 dve hiljade osamnaest 2024 dve hiljade dvadeset četiri 3658 tri hiljade šeststo pedeset osam 5506 pet hiljada petsto šest 7542 sedam hiljada petsto četrdest dva 9999 devet hiljada deveststo devedeset devet 10.000 deset hiljada LEARNING THE THOUSANDS Number Serbian English 1000 hiljadu one thousand 2000 dve hiljade two thousand 3000 tri hiljade three thousand 4000 četiri hiljade four thousand 5000 pet hiljada five thousand 6000 šest hiljada six thousand 7000 sedam hiljada seven thousand 8000 osam hiljada eight thousand 9000 devet hiljada nine thousand 10.000 deset hiljada ten thousand 4
VOCABULARY Serbian hiljadu dve hiljade tri hiljade četiri hiljade pet hiljada šest hiljada sedam hiljada osam hiljada devet hiljada deset hiljada English one thousand two thousand three thousand four thousand five thousand six thousand seven thousand eight thousand nine thousand ten thousand LESSON EXAMPLES Serbian Numbers hiljadu 1000 hiljadu jedan 1001 hiljadu jedanaest 1011 hiljadu sto jedanaest 1111 tri hiljade 3000 tri hiljade četiri 3004 tri hiljade četrnaest 3014 tri hiljade dvesta dvadeset četiri 3224 osam hiljada sto pet 8105 devet hiljada sedamnaest 9017 devet hiljada sedamsto sedam 9707 devet hiljada sedamsto sedamdeset sedam 9777 5
PRACTICE EXCERCISE #1 Translate into English: 1. pet hiljada five thousand (example) 2. sedam hiljada 3. dve hiljade 4. osam hiljada 5. šest hiljada EXERCISE #2 Translate into Serbian: 1. ten thousand deset hiljada (example) 2. thousand 3. three thousand 4. four thousand 5. nine thousand EXCERCISE #3 Write the numbers in digits: 1. sedam hiljada petsto pedeset dva 7552 (example) 2. devet hiljada trista dvadeset četiri 3. dve hiljade sedamsto šezdeset osam 4. hiljadu sto jedan 5. šest hiljada devetsto trinaest 6
EXCERCISE #4 Write the numbers in words: 1. 9138 devet hiljada sto trideset osam (example) 2. 2909 3. 6007 4. 8017 5. 4872 EXCERCISE #5 Translate into Serbian: 1. She has 8766 dinars Ona ima osam hiljada sedamsto šezdeset šest dinara (example) 2. He has 5709 dollars 3. There are 9629 books 4. There are 2318 students ANSWER KEY EXCERCISE #1 Translate into English: 1. pet hiljada five thousand (example) 2. sedam hiljada seven thousand 7
3. dve hiljade two thousand 4. osam hiljada eight thousand 5. šest hiljada six thousand EXCERCISE #2 Translate into Serbian: 1. ten thousand deset hiljada (example) 2. thousand hiljadu 3. three thousand tri hiljade 4. four thousand četiri hiljade 5. nine thousand devet hiljada EXCERCISE #3 Write the numbers in digits: 1. sedam hiljada petsto pedeset dva 7552 (example) 2. devet hiljada trista dvadeset četiri 9324 3. dve hiljade sedamsto šezdeset osam 2768 4. hiljadu sto jedan 1101 5. šest hiljada devetsto trinaest 6913 8
EXCERCISE #4 Write the numbers in words: 1. 9138 devet hiljada sto trideset osam (example) 2. 2909 dve hiljade devetsto devet 3. 6007 šest hiljada sedam 4. 8017 osam hiljada sedamnaest 5. 4872 četiri hiljade osamsto sedamdeset dva EXCERCISE #5 Translate into Serbian: 1. She has 8766 dinars Ona ima osam hiljada sedamsto šezdeset šest dinara. (example) 2. He has 5709 dollars On ima pet hiljada sedamsto devet dolara 3. There are 9629 books Ovde ima devet hiljada šeststo dvadeset devet knjiga 4. There are 2318 students Ovde ima dve hiljade trista osamnaest đaka Odlično! Samo tako nastavite! 9