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Numbers Cardinal Numbers 0 nulis
The numbers written in brackets are called plural numbers. They are only used with special plural nouns like metai (a year), durys (doors), rungtynės (a match). For example: Per dvejus metus mes žaidžiame devynerias rungtynes. In two years we play nine games. Plural numbers are declined like adjectives of the first declension ending in -ias, -ia. Let's overview how every number is declined. 1 vienas, viena are declined like adjectives of the first declension ending in -as, -a. 2-3 du, dvi, trys are declined in a special way. See declension of two, three. 4-9 keturi, keturios ... devyni, devynios are declined as adjectives of the first declension ending in -ias, -ia, except for the accusative case (which is -is, -ias - keturis, keturias). See the table in the prior-mentioned page. 10, 20 ... 90 dešimt, devyniasdešimt are not declined, meaning they stay the same in all cases. 11-19 vienuolika ... devyniolika are declined like nouns of the second declension ending in -a, except the accusative case is like the nominative. Note that 11-19 numbers are singular. Let's see an example: vienuolika, vienuolikos, vienuolikai, vienuolika, vienuolika, vienuolikoje, vienuolika (eleven). Or better see the table in the prior-mentioned page. 100 šimtas is declined like a noun of the first declension ending in -as. 1000 tūkstantis is declined like a noun of the first declension ending in -is. 21-29 ... 91-99 dvidešimt vienas, dvidešimt viena ... devyniasdešimt vienas, devyniasdešimt viena. Every component of these numbers is declined separately. The same applies to numbers like 121 šimtas dvidešimt vienas, 1001 tūkstantis vienas, 2134 du tūkstančiai šimtas trisdešimt keturi, etc. For example, the accusative case of 2134: Mes gavome du tūkstančius šimtą trisdešimt keturis eurus. We gained 2134 euro. Ordinal Numbers 1st pirmas, pirma
Collective Numbers Lithuanian has these nine collective numbers: vienetas, dvejetas, trejetas, ketvertas, penketas, šešetas, septynetas, aštuonetas, devynetas. They work like nouns of the first declension with the ending -as. Their meaning is best illustrated with the English word six-pack (šešetas). In Lithuanian collective numbers are most often met when signifying marks in schools. For example: Gavau septynetą iš matematikos. I got a seven in maths. |
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