Declining Numeral Phrases

Level 6

Numerals and their nouns change with the phrase's syntactic role.

How It Works

Numerals and their nouns change with the phrase's syntactic role. The nominative pattern pet knjig does not remain unchanged after every preposition; compare s petimi knjigami.

Compare pet knjig with s petimi knjigami: the preposition requires an instrumental phrase, including the numeral. O treh mestih uses locative. A memorized nominative counting phrase is only the starting point for the full paradigm.

Examples (3)

  1. Prišel je s petimi knjigami.

    He came with five books.

  2. Govorim o treh mestih.

    I am talking about three towns.

  3. Pomagam štirim otrokom.

    I help four children.

How It Connects

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Declining Numeral PhrasesLevel 6

Learn This First

Apply case to the whole numeral phrase rather than retaining its nominative shape.