Numbers 11 to 100

Level 1

Add -naest for the teens and -deset for the tens. A number like 25 is two words: dvadeset pet.

How It Works

TeensTens
11 jedanaest20 dvadeset
12 dvanaest30 trideset
13 trinaest40 četrdeset
14 četrnaest50 pedeset
15 petnaest60 šezdeset
16 šesnaest70 sedamdeset
17 sedamnaest80 osamdeset
18 osamnaest90 devedeset
19 devetnaest100 sto

To make a number in between, say the ten first and then the unit, with or without i: dvadeset pet or dvadeset i pet. Write them as separate words.

Prices in Bosnia use the mark: petnaest maraka.

After these numbers the noun is in the genitive plural: dvadeset godina, petnaest maraka. The numbers that end in jedan, dva, tri or četiri, such as 21 or 32, work differently, and a later entry covers them.

Examples (5)

  1. Imam dvadeset godina.

    I am twenty years old.

    Dvadeset is followed by the genitive plural godina.

  2. Karta košta petnaest maraka.

    The ticket costs fifteen marks.

    Petnaest is followed by maraka.

  3. Moj djed ima sedamdeset godina.

    My grandfather is seventy.

    Sedamdeset is a ten, so it ends in -deset.

  4. U razredu ima trinaest učenika.

    There are thirteen pupils in the class.

    Trinaest is formed with -naest.

  5. Sto posto!

    One hundred percent!

    Sto is one word and does not change.

Common Mistakes

  • Writing the number as one long word.

    Trideset-pet
    Trideset pet

    A number like 35 is written as two separate words: the ten, then the unit.

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Numbers 11 to 100Level 1

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Words in This Pattern

jedanaestdvanaestdvadesettridesetčetrdesetpedesetšezdesetsedamdesetosamdesetdevedesetsto