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LESSON 13
GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY
PRACTICE
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GRAMMAR
CARDINAL NUMBERS 1.000-10. 00 0
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.
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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
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NUMBER COMBINATIONS 1.000-10. 00 0
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 THOUSAN DS
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
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VOCABULARY
Serbian English
hiljadu one 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
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
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PRACTICE
EXCERCISE #1
Translate into English:
# Serbian English
1. pet hiljada five thousand (example)
2. sedam hiljada
3. dve hiljade
4. osam hiljada
5. šest hiljada
EXERCISE #2
Translate into Serbian:
# English 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:
# Serbian English
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
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EXCERCISE #4
Write the numbers in words:
# English Serbian
1. 9138 devet hiljada sto trideset osam (example)
2. 2909
3. 6007
4. 8017
5. 4872
EXCERCISE #5
Translate into Serbian:
# English 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
(The answer is underlined and in bold)
Translate into English:
# Serbian English
1. pet hiljada five thousand (example)
2. sedam hiljada seven thousand
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# Serbian English
3. dve hiljade two thousand
4. osam hiljada eight thousand
5. šest hiljada six thousand
EXCERCISE #2
(The answer is underlined and in bold)
Translate into Serbian:
# English 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
(The answer is underlined and in bold)
Write the numbers in digits:
# Serbian English
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
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EXCERCISE #4
(The answer is underlined and in bold)
Write the numbers in words:
# English Serbian
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
(The answer is underlined and in bold)
Translate into Serbian:
# English 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
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