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Numbers 0 to 10
Russian A1 · Unit 6
GoalCount from zero to ten and say the first numbers.
New words
ноль (nolʹ) · zeroоди́н (odín) · oneдва (dva) · twoтри (tri) · threeчеты́ре (chetýre) · fourпять (pyatʹ) · fiveшесть (shestʹ) · sixсемь (semʹ) · seven
Explanation
Russian numbers are short words, so learn the stress with each one: оди́н, четы́ре. Four of the first words end in the soft sign ь: ноль, пять, шесть, семь. The sign has no sound of its own; it only makes the last consonant soft, so say пять with a soft “t”. Три sounds like “tree” with a rolled r. The last three numbers, во́семь, де́вять and де́сять, are in the table and the cards below.
| Digit | Russian | Say |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | ноль | nolʹ |
| 1 | оди́н | odín |
| 2 | два | dva |
| 3 | три | tri |
| 4 | четы́ре | chetýre |
| 5 | пять | pyatʹ |
| 6 | шесть | shestʹ |
| 7 | семь | semʹ |
| 8 | во́семь | vósemʹ |
| 9 | де́вять | dévyatʹ |
| 10 | де́сять | désyatʹ |
Worked examples
Count on your fingers. Press each card: one, two, three, four.
Count the cups: оди́н, два, три, четы́ре, пять. There are five.
The last three numbers: eight, nine, ten.
Class activity
Count aloud from 0 to 10 on your fingers, then back from 10 to 0. Write the digits 0 to 10 on eleven small cards and the Russian word on the back. Shuffle them, turn one over and say the word before you check. Then count ten things in your room in Russian.
Practice
1
Press Listen. Is this a number from 0 to 10?
…
No. It is пятна́дцать (pyatnádtsatʹ), 15. The teen numbers come in the next lesson.
2
Write the digits 3, 6 and 1 in Russian words.
три, шесть, оди́н.
3
How many pencils are there? Say the number in Russian.
четы́ре (chetýre), four.
4
Which of these has a soft sign: два, три or пять?
пять (pyatʹ): it ends in ь.
5
Read the word aloud and write the digit.
7 (семь, semʹ).