Counting to a Thousand
Learn each number as one word that does not change.
How It Works
| Number | Latin | Number | Latin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | undecim | 19 | undeviginti |
| 12 | duodecim | 20 | viginti |
| 13 | tredecim | 30 | triginta |
| 14 | quattuordecim | 40 | quadraginta |
| 15 | quindecim | 50 | quinquaginta |
| 16 | sedecim | 100 | centum |
| 17 | septendecim | 200 | ducenti |
| 18 | duodeviginti | 1000 | mille |
Eighteen and nineteen are said as two from twenty and one from twenty: duodeviginti and undeviginti.
The tens from sixty on also end in -ginta: sexaginta, septuaginta, octoginta, nonaginta. They are used as they stand, just like viginti and triginta.
The noun follows the number in the same form it would have anyway: viginti naves, centum cives, mille libri.
Examples (5)
- Duodecim pueri in schola sunt.
Twelve boys are in the school.
Duodecim stays the same, and pueri is the nominative plural.
- Triginta monachi in monasterio sunt.
Thirty monks are in the monastery.
Triginta does not change.
- Centum cives in foro sunt.
A hundred citizens are in the forum.
Centum does not change.
- Mille libri in bibliotheca sunt.
A thousand books are in the library.
Mille stays the same in the singular.
- Iesus duodecim apostolos vocat.
Jesus calls twelve apostles.
Duodecim stays the same, and apostolos is the accusative plural.
Common Mistakes
Giving centum an adjective ending.
Centi cives in foro sunt.Centum cives in foro sunt.Centum is the same for every noun. The hundreds from two hundred up are adjectives, as in ducenti, but one hundred is not.
How It Connects
Learn This First
The bigger numbers are built from the first ten.
Related Patterns
- First, Second, Third: primus, secundus, tertiusFirst, Second, Third
First, second, third and on.
Level 3 - duo / tres (Two and Three)Two and Three in Every Case
Numbers that do change.
Level 4 - Roman Numerals
The same numbers in letters.
Level 1 - semel, bis, ter, singuli, bini (Once, Twice, Three Times, One Each, Two Each)Once, Twice, One Each
Once, twice, three times.
Level 6
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Patterns that build on this one.
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