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Numbers 11-100 and Basic Counting

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Chapter in 30 Seconds

Master the art of counting and time-telling to navigate daily life in Croatia with complete confidence.

  • Construct numbers from 11 to 100.
  • Apply noun agreement rules for quantities.
  • State your age and ask for the current time.
Count on your success: from eleven to one hundred.

ما ستتعلمه

Expand your counting skills to numbers up to one hundred. You'll learn how to form and use larger numbers in everyday contexts.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: Count objects and tell the time accurately in a social setting.

نصائح وحيل (4)

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The 14/16 rule

Remember that 14 and 16 lose a letter. It's 'četrnaest' and 'šesnaest'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Numbers 11-19 (Jedanaest do devetnaest)
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Consistency

Once you learn the base numbers, the tens are free points!
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Tens (Desetice): 20, 30, 40...
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The 'i' Bridge

Always visualize a bridge when you say 'i'. It connects the big tens to the small ones.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Forming Compound Numbers (e.g., dvadeset i jedan)
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Remember the Case

Always use genitive plural after 'sto'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Numbers 100 (Sto)

المفردات الرئيسية (6)

jedanaest eleven dvadeset twenty sto one hundred godina year sati hours koliko how much/many

Real-World Preview

coffee

Meeting at the cafe

Review Summary

  • Root + -naest
  • Root + -deset
  • Ten + i + Unit
  • 1 (nom. sing), 2-4 (gen. sing), 5+ (gen. plur)
  • Imam + Number + godina
  • Koliko je sati?

أخطاء شائعة

Age uses the genitive case, and 'jedan' must agree with the feminine noun 'godina'.

Wrong: Imam dvadeset i jedan godina.
صحيح: Imam dvadeset i jednu godinu.

Numbers 5 and above require the genitive plural form of the noun.

Wrong: Pet prijatelji.
صحيح: Pet prijatelja.

The idiom for asking time always uses the plural 'sati'.

Wrong: Koliko je sat?
صحيح: Koliko je sati?

Next Steps

You have mastered the numbers! Keep practicing, and soon you'll be counting in Croatian without even thinking about it.

Count objects in your room aloud

Write down the current time and your age

تدريب سريع (10)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Ja sam 25 godina.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Imam 25 godina.
Use 'imati'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing Age (Imam ... godina)

Fill in the missing connector.

Dvadeset ___ jedan.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: i
The connector 'i' is mandatory.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Forming Compound Numbers (e.g., dvadeset i jedan)

Choose the correct form.

Sada je ___ sat.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
1 uses 'jedan'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Telling Time (Koliko je sati?)

Fill in the blank: Imam ___ godina.

15

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: petnaest
15 is petnaest.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Numbers 11-19 (Jedanaest do devetnaest)

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Imam 20 godina.
Standard form.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Expressing Age (Imam ... godina)

Fix the mistake.

Find and fix the mistake:

Trideset dva.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Trideset i dva
Missing 'i'.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Forming Compound Numbers (e.g., dvadeset i jedan)

Choose the correct form.

90

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: devedeset
Correct spelling.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Tens (Desetice): 20, 30, 40...

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Imam pet jabuka.
5+ requires genitive plural.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Cardinal Numbers and Noun Agreement (1-4 vs. 5+)

Choose the correct form.

___ ljudi je ovdje.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Sto
Sto is invariant.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Numbers 100 (Sto)

Fill in the blank.

Vlak polazi u ___ sati.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Use numeral.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Telling Time (Koliko je sati?)

Score: /10

أسئلة شائعة (6)

It's a phonetic simplification to make it easier to say.
No, they are invariant.
No, never use hyphens in Croatian numbers.
It is 'dvadeset jedan'.
Yes, in standard Croatian, it is mandatory for numbers 21-99.
It will sound like you are speaking broken Croatian.