A1 · शुरुआती चैप्टर 13

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.

तुम क्या सीखोगे

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.

टिप्स और ट्रिक्स (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)

मुख्य शब्दावली (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?

सामान्य गलतियाँ

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

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

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

Wrong: Pet prijatelji.
सही: Pet prijatelja.

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

Wrong: Koliko je sat?
सही: 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

त्वरित अभ्यास (10)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Pet sat.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
5+ uses 'sati'.

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

Which is correct?

14

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: četrnaest
14 is četrnaest.

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

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)

Fill in the blank.

Ja ___ 20 godina.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: imam
Use 'imam' for 'Ja'.

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

Fill in the missing word.

50 is ____.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: pedeset
Correct suffix usage.

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

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

dvadeset-jedan

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: dvadeset jedan
No hyphens.

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

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Sto knjige.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Sto knjiga
Genitive plural.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Numbers 100 (Sto)

What is 4:30?

4:30 is...

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Pola + next hour.

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

Fill in the blank.

Koliko ___ sati?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
The verb 'je' is required.

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

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Imam četiri stolovi.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Imam četiri stola.
4 requires genitive singular.

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

Score: /10

सामान्य प्रश्न (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.