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Numbers 0–100
Числа
Numbers are everywhere — prices, ages, phone numbers, addresses. The good news: generally once you know 0–10 and the tens, every other number is just those pieces stuck together. Pronunciation is in (brackets).
Zero to ten — learn these first
Everything else is built from these. Practise them until they're automatic.
| # | Russian | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | ноль | nol |
| 1 | оди́н | a-DIN |
| 2 | два | dva |
| 3 | три | tri |
| 4 | четы́ре | chi-TY-rye |
| 5 | пять | pyat |
| 6 | шесть | shest |
| 7 | семь | syem |
| 8 | во́семь | VO-syem |
| 9 | де́вять | DYE-vyat |
| 10 | де́сять | DYE-syat |
The tens
Notice the pattern: many tens are the small number + a "-dtsat" / "-desyat" ending.
| # | Russian | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | два́дцать | DVA-tsat |
| 30 | три́дцать | TRI-tsat |
| 40 | со́рок | SO-rak |
| 50 | пятьдеся́т | pyat-di-SYAT |
| 60 | шестьдеся́т | shest-di-SYAT |
| 70 | се́мьдесят | SYEM-di-syat |
| 80 | во́семьдесят | VO-syem-di-syat |
| 90 | девяно́сто | di-vya-NO-sta |
| 100 | сто | sto |
💡 со́рок (40) and девяно́сто (90) break the pattern — just memorise those two.
Building any number
For numbers in between, say the ten, then the unit — exactly like "twenty-one" in English
✓два́дцать оди́н(DVA-tsat a-DIN)21✓три́дцать пять(TRI-tsat pyat)35✓со́рок во́семь(SO-rak VO-syem)48✓девяно́сто де́вять(di-vya-NO-sta DYE-vyat)99
The teens (11–19)
Teens take the unit + -надцать ("-on-ten")
✓оди́ннадцать(a-DI-na-tsat)11✓двена́дцать(dvi-NA-tsat)12✓трина́дцать(tri-NA-tsat)13✓пятна́дцать(pyat-NA-tsat)15✓двадцать((for 20, back to the tens))20
💡 For your age: Мне два́дцать пять (mnye DVA-tsat pyat) — "I am 25".
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