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Serbo-Croatian has various types of numerals, which behave in different ways.

The cardinal numbers 1 to 10 are given below:

Some notes:

• jedan behaves like an adjective, declining for both gender and case. It also has a plural, which may be translated as some.
• dva is used for masculine and neuter nouns, while dve or dvije is used for feminine nouns.
• The word for both (oba) is considered a cardinal number and behaves exactly like dva
• dva, tri, and četiri decline for case; the other numbers do not.

The numbers 11-19 are formed by adding the suffix -naest to the numbers above (with some shortening):

Similarly, the multiples of 10 are formed by adding -deset:

Compound numbers are formed as in English, reading the components from left to right, with an optional i (and) between the last two numbers.

Nouns following the numbers are affected as follows:

• Since jedan behaves as an adjective, the noun following it is not affected, also in compound numbers.
• Nouns following dva, tri, and četiri are in genitive singular as a vestige of the Proto-Slavic dual number, also in compound numbers.
• Nouns following other numbers are in genitive plural.

Verbs are also affected:

• With jedan, the verb is singular.
• With dva, tri, and četiri, the verb is plural, and the past participle gets -la for masculine and neuter nouns, and -le for feminine nouns.
• With other numbers, the verb is singular, and the past participle is neuter.

Some examples:

with jedan:

one horse is running ― jedan konj trči

one bird was singing ― jedna ptica je trčala

twenty-one horses are running ― dvadeset jedan konj trči

I see fifty-one horses ― vidim petdeset jednog konja

with dva, tri, or četiri:

two horses are running ― dva konja trče

four horses were running ― četiri konja su trčala

two birds were singing ― dv(ij)e ptice su pjevale

the feathers of two birds ― perje dviju ptica

with other numbers:

five horses are running ― pet konja trči

five horses were running ― pet konja je trčalo

five birds were singing ― pet ptica su pjevalo

Ordinal numbers are adjectives in Serbo-Croatian. In general, they are formed by adding -i to the cardinal numbers, with the first few having a special form. The ordinal numbers 1-10 are given below:

Some notes:

• Since the ordinals are adjectives, they take the case of the noun they attach to.
• drugi also has the meaning other.

In fractions, the numerator is denoted by a cardinal number, while the denominator uses a special type of number. It is in general formed by adding -na to the ordinals. The fractional numbers for 2-10 are given below:

Some notes:

• The fractional is a feminine noun which is affected by the numerator following the rules above. For example:

one-eighth ― jedna osmina

three-eighths ― tri osmine

five-eighths ― pet osmina

• Alongside polovina/polovica for half, there also exists četvrt for quarter.