22 July 2014 by Pigmalijonas
After dešimt (ten), of course, go the following numbers:
11 vienuolika
12 dvylika
13 trylika
14 keturiolika
15 penkiolika
16 šešiolika
17 septyniolika
18 aštuoniolika
19 devyniolika
They behave the same way as dešimt: they require the plural genitive case:
vienuolika futbolininkų (11 footballers)
dvylika futbolininkių (12 female footballers)
However they have cases:
Nominative case: | trylika | keturiolika |
Their endings are just like those of feminine nouns (-a), except for the accusative case: the accusative case exactly like the nominative - without the nasal ą.
Mums reikia penkiolikos žaidėjų. We needs fifteen players.
Mes jau buvome devyniolikoje šalių. We have already been in nineteen countries.
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