Latin/Numbers
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We've learned the basic terms for measuring time; now let’s learn the cardinal numbers this lesson. We’ll eventually need more lessons on numbers, but for now, just the basics.
Numbers are adjectives; the first three are declinable, although ūnus is only declinable in the singular, and others only in the plural; they are slightly irregular in some cases. All the rest we’ll be learning today are indeclinable; that is, they do not change their form even if modifying a noun of a case other than the nominative (except for the plural of thousand, which we'll briefly explain at the end of this list).
Numbers
edit| Latin numeral | Latin | English | Audio (Classical) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. | ūnus, ūna, ūnum | one | ||
| II. | duō, duae, duō | two | ||
| III. | trēs, tria | three | ||
| IV. | quattuor | four | ||
| V. | quīnque | five | ||
| VI. | sex | six | ||
| VII. | septem | seven | ||
| VIII. | octō | eight | ||
| IX. | novem | nine | ||
| X. | decem | ten | ||
| XI. | undecim | eleven | ||
| XII. | duodecim | twelve | ||
| XIII. | tredecim | thirteen | ||
| XIV. | quattuordecim | fourteen | ||
| XV. | quīndecim | fifteen | ||
| XVI. | sēdecim | sixteen | ||
| XVII. | septendecim | seventeen | ||
| XVIII. | duodēvīgintī | eighteen | Originally meant "two from twenty" | |
| XIX. | ūndēvīgintī | nineteen | Originally meant "one from twenty" | |
| XX. | vīgintī | twenty | ||
| C. | centum | one hundred | ||
| M. | mīlle | one thousand | In the plural mīllia, a neuter noun meaning "thousands", often used with genitive. Used with passus, us = adj a pace; mīlle passus = a mile, mīllia passuum = thousands of paces or miles) |
New Sentences
edit| Latin | English | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ūnus puer, duō virī, trēs puellae. | One boy, two men, three girls. | |
| Ūna fēmina, duae puellae. | One woman, two girls. | |
| Ūnum diārium, duō diāria, tria diāria. | One newspaper, two newspapers, three newspapers. | |
| Mārcus ūnum fīlium et duās fīliās habet. | Marcus has one son and two daughters. | |
| Domus ūnius virī. | The house of one man. | |
| Māter duōrum fīliōrum et duārum fīliārum. | The mother of two sons and two daughters. | |
| Paula pecūniam ūnī puellae et duōbus puerīs dat. | Paula gives money to one girl and two boys. | |
| Paula pecūniam tribus līberīs dat. | Paula gives money to three children. | |
| Est domus trium amīcōrum. | It is the house of three friends. | |
| Trēs altās nāvēs videt. | He sees three tall ships. | |
| Cum tribus agricolīs et ūnō mīlite ambulō. | I am walking with three farmers and one soldier. | |
| Quattuor et quīnque sunt novem. | Four plus five is nine/ four and five are nine. | |
| Ūndēvīgintī minus sex sunt tredecim. | Nineteen minus six is thirteen./ 19 – 6 = 13. | |
| Sunt duodecim mēnsēs in ūnō annō. | There are twelve months in one year. | |
| Quot sunt decem multiplicātum per duō? Vīgintī. | How many are (how much is) ten multiplied by two? Twenty. | |
| Decem multiplicātum per decem sunt centum. | 10 x 10 = 100. | |
| Quot annōs nātus (nāta) es? | How old are you/ how many years since you were born? | Gender must agree with person you are asking. |
| Quot annōs habēs? | How old are you/ How many years do you have? | |
| Gāius sedecim annōs nātus est. | Gaius is sixteen years old. | |
| Duodēvīgintī annōs nāta (nātus) sum. | I am eighteen years old. | |
| Centum annī sunt ūnum saeculum. | One hundred years are one century (of time). | |
| per mīlle annōs. | for a thousand years. | |
| Centum mīlitēs in ūnā centuriā sunt. | A hundred soldiers are in one century | Military unit. |
| Mīlle mīlitēs videō. | I see a thousand soldiers. | |
| Quattuor mīlia mīlitum videō. | I see four thousand soldiers. | |
| Gāius mīlle passus ambulat. | Gaius walks a mile | A thousand paces |
| Lūcia decem mīlia passuum ambulat. | Lucia walks ten miles. |
Practice
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| Step one | First learn the words using this lesson: |
| Step two | Next try learning and writing the sentencing using this: |
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This seems like plenty of numbers to start with. Maybe in a future lesson we’ll do 21-99 and some of the hundreds, as well as ordinal numbers. Next lesson, though, we will get back to present tense verbs. Grātiās vōbīs agō et valēte!