Numbers One to Ten

Level 1

Count: viens, divi, trīs, četri, pieci, seši, septiņi, astoņi, deviņi, desmit. With a feminine noun, say viena, divas, četras and so on: divi galdi but divas mājas.

How It Works

Masculine and feminine forms.

  • 1: viens / viena
  • 2: divi / divas
  • 3: trīs (the same for both)
  • 4: četri / četras
  • 5: pieci / piecas
  • 6: seši / sešas
  • 7: septiņi / septiņas
  • 8: astoņi / astoņas
  • 9: deviņi / deviņas
  • 10: desmit (the same for both)

When you just count, use the masculine forms: viens, divi, trīs. Zero is nulle.

Singular after one, plural after two and higher.

  • viens galds, viena māja (one table, one house)
  • divi galdi, divas mājas (two tables, two houses)
  • trīs galdi, trīs mājas (three tables, three houses)
  • desmit mājas (ten houses)

The plural endings are the ones in plural nouns.

Numbers with an object. When the counted thing is an object, the number takes the accusative too: Es gribu vienu kafiju (I want one coffee), Es redzu divus kaķus (I see two cats). Feminine plural forms look the same as before: Es gribu divas tējas. Trīs and desmit keep their form. The case forms are in numbers that agree.

Words that stay the same. Eiro never changes: viens eiro, divi eiro, desmit eiro (see prices in euros). Age uses gadi: Man ir pieci gadi (I am five), see saying your age.

Examples (6)

  1. viens galds, viena māja

    one table, one house

    Viens goes with a masculine noun, viena with a feminine one.

  2. Man ir divi brāļi un divas māsas.

    I have two brothers and two sisters.

    Word by Word: To-me are two brothers and two sisters.

    Brālis is masculine, so two is divi. Māsa is feminine, so two is divas.

  3. Mājā ir trīs istabas.

    The house has three rooms.

    Word by Word: In-house are three rooms.

    Trīs has the same form with masculine and feminine nouns.

  4. Es gribu vienu kafiju un divas tējas.

    I want one coffee and two teas.

    Word by Word: I want one coffee and two teas.

    As objects, viena becomes vienu, and divas keeps its form.

  5. Man ir desmit eiro.

    I have ten euros.

    Word by Word: To-me is ten euros.

    Desmit and eiro do not change.

  6. Viņai ir četri kaķi.

    She has four cats.

    Word by Word: To-her are four cats.

    Kaķis is masculine, so four is četri.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the masculine number with a feminine noun.

    divi mājas
    divas mājas

    Māja is feminine, so two is divas. Only trīs and desmit have one form for both genders.

  • Keeping the noun singular after two or more.

    divi galds
    divi galdi

    After divi and higher numbers, the noun is plural: galds → galdi.

How It Connects

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Numbers One to TenLevel 1

Words in This Pattern

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