Slovenian Language

Numerals

Slovene has cardinal, ordinal, disjunctive and multiplicative numbers. The cardinal numbers are:

1= én êna êno	11=ena'jst	10=desét	100=sto'
2= dva' dvé	12=dvana'jst	20=dva'jset	200=dvésto
3= trije tri	13=trina'jst	30=trídeset	300=trísto
4= štirje štiri	14=š^tirina'jst	40=š^tirideset	400=štiristo
5=pét	15=petna'jst	50=pétdeset	500=pétsto
6=š^est	16=š^estna'jst	60=š^estdeset	600=šésto
7=sédem	17=sedemna'jst	70=sédemdeset	700=sédemsto
8=o'sem	18=osemna'jst	80=o'semdeset	800=o'semsto
9=devét	19=devetna'jst	90=devétdeset	900=devétsto
10=desét	20=dva'jset

1000=tisoč	1,000,000=milijon	21=ênaindva'jset	151=sto' ênainpétdeset
2000=dva' tisoč	2,000,000=dva' milijo'na	45=pétinš^tirideset	1003=tisoč tri etc.
3000=tri tisoč	3,000,000=trije milijo'ni	92=dva'indevétdeset	1800=tisoč o'semsto
4000=štiri tisocč	1,000,000,000=milijarda	73=tríinsédemdeset	1800=tisoč o'semsto
5000=pét tisoč	2,000,000,000=dvé milijardi	104=sto' štiri	117=sto' sedemna'jst
100,000=sto' tisoč

The ordinal numbers for the values 1-4 are: pr'vi, dru'gi, trétji, četrti. From 5 on up,we add the ending -i to the cardinal: pét - pêti, ena'jst - ena'jsti, tisoč - tisoči, but sto': stôti. 101st is, sto' prvi.

We form the disjunctive numbers from the cardinals with -er: petér, sedmér, etc. Remember: četvér, tro'j, dvo'j and eno'j for the values 4, 3, 2, 1.

We obtain the multiplicative numbers from the disjunctive numbers with en: eno'jen, petéren.

From the cardinal numbers, we get by adding -krat expressions like ênkrat once, dva'krat 'twicé, etc. (also from ordinals: (pr'vikrat "first time", etc.), and from the ordinals with -ič added we get expressions like prvič 'first timé, drugič, stotič, etc.

Written by Aleksandra Ceferin on 03/11/00 | permalink |

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Aleksandra Ceferin (M.A., B.A., Dip.Ed.) has introduced Slovenian language as a school subject in Australian school system and founded the Slovenian Teachers' Association of Victoria in 1976. She has extensive experience in language education: as teacher, lecturer, curriculum coordinator, course writer, language consultant and manager, VCE State Reviewer and Chief Examiner. Since 1998 she has been the President of ISSV and the manager and chief editor of its projects. Aleksandra visits Slovenian annually, establishing and maintaining contacts with Slovenia, and initiating exchanges and cooperation between organizations. In 2004 she was the recipient of the National Education Award of RS Slovenia.