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Lesson 4 of 10
Counting to ten in Latin
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Latin words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Latin phrases in this lesson
- UnusOO-nus
- One
- DuoDOO-oh
- Two
- TresTREYS
- Three
- QuattuorKWAT-too-or
- Four
- QuinqueKWIN-kweh
- Five
- Sexseks
- Six
- SeptemSEP-tem
- Seven
- OctoOK-toh
- Eight
- NovemNO-wem
- Nine
- DecemDEH-kem
- Ten
Unus (masculine), una (feminine), unum (neuter). Gender agreement is required in Latin. When counting (one, two, three) use nominative forms.
Duo (masculine), duae (feminine), duo (neuter). Always plural in form, though it means exactly two.
Tres (masculine/feminine), tria (neuter). From three onward, declension becomes more uniform.
Roman numeral V.
Roman numeral VI.
September was once the seventh month.
Decem is indeclinable. Roman numerals (X for ten) were standard in writing; spoken numbers used these Latin words.