A2 · Elementary
💯 Big numbers, dates and prices الأعداد الكبيرة والتواريخ والأسعار
Tens, hundreds, thousands, “first, second…”, dates, years and clock times.
1. Tens and hundreds
Read each row across: the same digit gives the tens and the hundreds. Most tens end in -deset, most hundreds in -sto.
| Digit | × 10 | × 100 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | deset | sto |
| 2 | dvadeset | dvjesto |
| 3 | trideset | tristo |
| 4 | četrdeset | četiristo |
| 5 | pedeset | petsto |
| 6 | šezdeset | šesto |
| 7 | sedamdeset | sedamsto |
| 8 | osamdeset | osamsto |
| 9 | devedeset | devetsto |
Examples
- dvadeset i jedan
21 · 21 - sto pedeset
150 · 150 - tristo šezdeset pet
365 · 365 - devetsto devedeset devet
999 · 999
💡 Numbers are said in order, biggest first, just like in English. The “i” (and) in 21 is optional: dvadeset i jedan = dvadeset jedan.
2. Thousands and millions
“tisuća” and “milijun” follow the 1 / 2–4 / 5+ rule from “Numbers with nouns”.
| How many | thousand | million |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | tisuću | milijun |
| 2 · 3 · 4 | dvije tisuće | dva milijuna |
| 5+ | pet tisuća | pet milijuna |
Examples
- Stan košta dvjesto tisuća eura.
The flat costs 200,000 euros. · الشقة تكلف 200,000 يورو. - Zagreb ima oko osamsto tisuća stanovnika.
Zagreb has about 800,000 inhabitants. · في زغرب نحو 800,000 نسمة.
3. First, second, third…
Ordinal numbers are adjectives, so they change like adjectives: prvi dan, prva lekcija, prvo mjesto.
| Number | Masculine | Feminine |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | prvi | prva |
| 2. | drugi | druga |
| 3. | treći | treća |
| 4. | četvrti | četvrta |
| 5. | peti | peta |
| 10. | deseti | deseta |
| 20. | dvadeseti | dvadeseta |
| 100. | stoti | stota |
💡 Croatian writes ordinals with a dot after the digit: “5. kat” is read “peti kat” (fifth floor).
4. Months, dates and years
Croatian has its own month names. A date is “ordinal + month in the -a form”: 29. rujna = the 29th of September.
| Month | Name | Date form (of …) |
|---|---|---|
| January | siječanj | siječnja |
| February | veljača | veljače |
| March | ožujak | ožujka |
| April | travanj | travnja |
| May | svibanj | svibnja |
| June | lipanj | lipnja |
| July | srpanj | srpnja |
| August | kolovoz | kolovoza |
| September | rujan | rujna |
| October | listopad | listopada |
| November | studeni | studenoga |
| December | prosinac | prosinca |
Examples
- Danas je dvadeset deveti rujna.
Today is the 29th of September. · اليوم هو التاسع والعشرون من سبتمبر. - Rođendan mi je prvog svibnja.
My birthday is on the 1st of May. · عيد ميلادي في الأول من مايو. - Rođen sam tisuću devetsto devedesete.
I was born in 1990. · وُلدت عام 1990. - Došla sam u Hrvatsku dvije tisuće dvadeset četvrte.
I came to Croatia in 2024. · أتيت إلى كرواتيا عام 2024.
💡 “On” a date uses the -og form: prvog svibnja (on the 1st of May). In a year only the last number changes: dvije tisuće dvadeset četvrte.
5. Prices and clock times
Timetables use the 24-hour clock. “pola” (half) counts towards the next hour, like in German: pola tri = 2:30.
Examples
- Kava košta dva eura pedeset.
The coffee costs €2.50. · القهوة تكلف 2.50 يورو. - Koliko je sati? Pola tri.
What time is it? Half past two. · كم الساعة؟ الثانية والنصف. - Vlak polazi u četrnaest i petnaest.
The train leaves at 14:15. · ينطلق القطار في 14:15. - Vidimo se u osam sati.
See you at eight o’clock. · نلتقي في الساعة الثامنة.
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