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Russian cardinal numerals

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The basic numerals in Russian are numbers from 1 to 10 (1- один, 2 - два, 3 - три, 4 - четыре, 5 - пять, 6 - шесть, 7 - семь, 8 -восемь, 9 - девять, 10 - десять) and numbers сто (100), тысяча (1000). Almost all other numerals are formed on the basis of these numerals, taking into consideration minor stem changes:

• Numerals from 11 to 19 are words formed by adding -надцать (-на means on, -дцать is a contraction of десять ten) to the stem of numerals from 1 to 9.
• Numerals 20, 30, 50, 60, 70, and 80 have the numarals from 2 to 8 as the initial part, and -дцать or -десят on their end (modified word десять). Note that numerals сорок (40) and девяносто (90) do not match this pattern.
• Hundreds from 200 to 900 (numerals 200, 300, 400 etc.) end in -сти, -ста or -сот, modifications of the word сто hundred.

Thus, Russian basic cardinal numerals (their nominative case forms) are as follows:

	Units		Teens		Tens		Hundreds
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	один два три четыре пять шесть семь восемь девять	11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19	одиннадцать двенадцать тринадцать четырнадцать пятнадцать шестнадцать семнадцать восемнадцать девятнадцать	10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90	десять двадцать тридцать сорок пятьдесят шестьдесят семьдесят восемьдесят девяносто	100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900	сто двести триста четыреста пятьсот шестьсот семьсот восемьсот девятьсот

Other important numerals are тысяча thousand, милллион and million.

Other numerals are compounds formed by two or more words written separately.

You can also see the list of Rusian cardinal numerals with audio samples and stresses on the following pages:

- Cardinal numbers from 0 to 100 (with audio and stresses)
- Cardinal numbers more than 100 (with audio and stresses)