Croatian Numbers

Welcome to the sixth Croatian lesson about numbers. This time we will learn about cardinal and ordinal numbers, followed by grammar rules, then animal names, finally a conversation in Croatian to help you practice your daily phrases.

Cardinal and Ordinal - Croatian
one jedan
first prvi
two dva
second drugi
three tri
third treći
four četiri
fourth četvrti
five pet
fifth peti
six šest
sixth šesti
seven sedam
seventh sedmi
eight osam
eighth osmi
nine devet
ninth deveti
ten deset
tenth deseti
eleven jedanaest
eleventh jedanaesti
twelve dvanaest
twelfth dvanesti
thirteen trinaest
thirteenth trinaesti
fourteen četrnaest
once jednom
fifteen petnaest
twice dvaput
sixteen šesnaest
Monday ponedjeljak
seventeen sedamnaest
Tuesday utorak
eighteen osamnaest
Wednesday srijeda
nineteen devetnaest
Thursday četvrtak
twenty dvadeset
Friday petak
seventy one sedamdeset jedan
Saturday subota
one hundred sto
Sunday nedjelja

Numbers Grammar Rules

Croatian cardinal numbers refer to the counting numbers, because they show quantity. For example: I speak two languages. Ordinal numbers on the other hand tell the order of things and their rank: my first language is Croatian. The examples below use numbers in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Croatian
I have three dogs [number + noun] imam tri psa
my daughter has two cats [number + noun] moja kćer ima dvije mačke
she speaks seven languages [verb + number] govori sedam jezika
my brother has one son [number + singular noun] moj brat ima jednog sina
this is my second lesson [ordinal number + noun] ovo je moj drugi sat
did you read the third book? [ordinal number + noun] jeste li pročitali treću knjigu?

We're not done yet! The following is a list of animals.

cow krava

goat koza

donkey magarac

horse konj

dog pas

cat mačka

mouse miš

bird ptica

Conversation in Croatian

Now we finally reach the last part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Croatian
Where are you from? odakle ste?
I'm from the U.S ja sam iz sad-a
I'm American ja sam iz amerike
Where do you live? gdje živite?
I live in the U.S živim u sad-u
What do you do for a living? čime se bavite?
I'm a student ja sam učenik

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