Numbers

1. Један, два, три

   JE-dan, dva, tri

   One, two, three

   Usage

   Basic counting numbers used in everyday situations

   Grammar Note

   један changes by gender: једна (feminine), једно (neuter). два is masculine/neuter; две is feminine

2. Четири, пет, шест

   če-TI-ri, pet, šest

   Four, five, six

   Usage

   Numbers used when counting or expressing quantities

   Grammar Note

   Numbers 5 and above require genitive plural. пет кафа: five coffees (кафа is genitive plural)

3. Седам, осам, девет, десет

   SE-dam, O-sam, DE-vet, DE-set

   Seven, eight, nine, ten

   Usage

   Numbers used for phone numbers, addresses, and counting

   Grammar Note

   Serbian numbers share Slavic roots. Numbers 7-10 are invariable (don't change by case)

4. Двадесет, тридесет, сто

   DVA-de-set, TRI-de-set, sto

   Twenty, thirty, one hundred

   Usage

   Larger numbers used for prices and quantities

   Grammar Note

   Multiples of 10 end in -десет (десет = ten). двадесет = два + десет (two × ten)

5. Колико то кошта?

   KO-li-ko to KOŠ-ta

   How much does that cost?

   Usage

   Asking the price of something in a shop or market

   Grammar Note

   то is the neuter demonstrative "that." колико + verb is the standard price inquiry pattern

6. Хиљаду динара

   HI-lja-du DI-na-ra

   One thousand dinars

   Usage

   Stating an amount in Serbian dinars, the local currency

   Grammar Note

   хиљаду (1000) requires the genitive plural динара. Serbian currency is the динар (dinar)

7. Прво, друго, треће

   PR-vo, DRU-go, TRE-će

   First, second, third

   Usage

   Ordinal numbers used for order or ranking

   Grammar Note

   Serbian ordinals function as adjectives and change for gender, number, and case. These are neuter singular forms

8. Имам педесет евра

   I-mam PE-de-set EV-ra

   I have fifty euros

   Usage

   Stating how much money you have when shopping or exchanging

   Grammar Note

   Numbers 5+ require genitive plural. евро → евра (genitive plural). Euros are widely accepted in Serbia

9. Колико је сати?

   KO-li-ko je SA-ti

   What time is it?

   Usage

   The standard way to ask what time it is

   Grammar Note

   сати is the genitive plural of сат (hour, masculine). Asking time in Serbian uses this genitive structure

10. Пола килограма јагода, молим

    PO-la ki-LO-gra-ma ja-GO-da, MO-lim

    Half a kilogram of strawberries, please

    Usage

    Buying produce by weight at a market

    Grammar Note

    пола + genitive singular for "half of." Follow with genitive plural for the item name

11. Имам двадесет седам година

    I-mam DVA-de-set SE-dam GO-di-na

    I'm 27 years old

    Usage

    Answering "Колико имате година?" (How old are you?)

    Grammar Note

    Serbian states age with "имати + numeral + година". The noun form depends on the last digit: 2–4 take "године", five and above take the genitive plural "година". 27 ends in "седам", hence "година"

12. Ове године навршавам двадесет осам година

    O-ve GO-di-ne na-vr-ŠA-vam DVA-de-set O-sam GO-di-na

    I turn 28 this year

    Usage

    Saying what age you will reach this year

    Grammar Note

    "Навршити / навршавати" means to reach a given age. 28 also ends in "осам", so the genitive plural "година" is kept, as in "Имам двадесет седам година"

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