Numbers One to Ten
Count адзін, два, тры, чатыры, пяць, шэсць, сем, восем, дзевяць, дзесяць. Zero is нуль.
How It Works
The numbers:
- 0 нуль
- 1 адзін · 2 два · 3 тры · 4 чатыры · 5 пяць
- 6 шэсць · 7 сем · 8 восем · 9 дзевяць · 10 дзесяць
Spelling tips. Дзевяць and дзесяць start with дз (see dzekanye). Сем and восем have no soft sign at the end. Шэсць has э because ш is always hard.
What happens to the noun:
- 1 agrees with the noun: адзін дзень, адна хвіліна, адно акно.
- 2, 3, 4 take the nominative plural: два браты, тры кнігі. Два becomes дзве with feminine nouns: дзве кнігі.
- 5 to 10 take the genitive plural: пяць хвілін, дзесяць гадоў.
For now, learn a few useful phrases as whole chunks, such as пяць хвілін (five minutes). The linked entries explain each pattern in detail. To ask "how many?", use колькі.
Examples (6)
- Адзін, два, тры — пачынаем!
One, two, three, let's begin!
Word by Word: One, two, three, we-begin!
- У мяне два браты і адна сястра.
I have two brothers and one sister.
Word by Word: At me two brothers and one sister.
Два is followed by the plural браты; адна is feminine to match сястра.
- Тут тры кнігі і чатыры сшыткі.
There are three books and four notebooks here.
Word by Word: Here three books and four notebooks.
- Пачакай пяць хвілін.
Wait five minutes.
Word by Word: Wait five minutes.
From пяць on, the noun is in the genitive plural: хвілін.
- У нашай групе сем студэнтаў.
There are seven students in our group.
Word by Word: In our group seven students.
- Мне дзесяць гадоў.
I am ten years old.
Word by Word: To-me ten years.
Age is said with the dative: мне (to me).
Common Mistakes
Adding a soft sign to сем or восем.
У мяне семь кніг.У мяне сем кніг.The Belarusian numbers сем and восем end without a soft sign.
Using два with a feminine noun.
На стале два кнігі.На стале дзве кнігі.Кніга is feminine, so two is дзве.
Keeping the nominative after five or more.
Я купіў пяць кнігі.Я купіў пяць кніг.From пяць on, the noun goes into the genitive plural: кніг.
How It Connects
Related Patterns
- адзін / адна / адноThe Numeral Адзін
Адзін changes to match its noun: адзін, адна, адно.
Level 2 - два / тры / чатыры + Nominative PluralTwo to Four with the Nominative Plural
Explains the nominative plural after 2, 3 and 4.
Level 2 - пяць and Up + Genitive PluralFive and Up with the Genitive Plural
Explains the genitive plural after 5 and higher.
Level 2 - Numbers Eleven to One Hundred
The next set of numbers builds on these ten.
Level 2 - колькіQuestion Word Колькі
Колькі asks "how many?", and a number answers it.
Level 1 - Tsekanye and Dzekanye
Explains the дз at the start of дзевяць and дзесяць.
Level 1
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