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Counting to ten in Russian

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Russian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

Peterhof Palace near Saint Petersburg
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Ninara from Helsinki, Finland, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Russian phrases in this lesson

Одинa-DEEN
One

Russian numbers change form depending on the gender of the noun. Один (masculine), одна (feminine), одно (neuter). For ordering, один or одно covers most situations.

Дваdva
Two

Два for masculine/neuter, две for feminine nouns. After два, три, четыре the noun takes genitive singular; after five and above it takes genitive plural.

Триtree
Three
Четыреchye-TY-rye
Four
Пятьpyat
Five

The soft sign at the end (ь) softens the "т." From five upward, nouns take the genitive plural form, so the grammar shifts noticeably.

Шестьshest
Six
Семьsyem
Seven
ВосемьVO-syem
Eight
ДевятьDYE-vyat
Nine
ДесятьDYE-syat
Ten

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