Serbian Numbers & Counting

Numbers open the market, the café, and the bus timetable. Serbian numbers are regular — the only genuinely new idea is that what you count changes form after certain numbers.

One to Ten

Један agrees like an adjective (један град, једна кућа, једно село); два has a feminine twin, две (два града but две куће).

Teens and Tens

Teens add -наест; tens mostly add -десет:

Composites just stack: двадесет један (21), тридесет пет (35), деведесет девет (99).

The 2-3-4 Rule

Here's the Slavic specialty. What you count changes with the number:

Masculine: један град, два града, пет градова. The same rhythm — one / a few / many — runs through every Slavic language you'll ever study.

Saying Your Age

Age uses имати (to have) plus година in the right counting form:

Same 1 / 2–4 / 5+ pattern: годину / године / година.

Prices and Shopping

Serbia counts in динари (dinars, РСД):

Notice динара after сто — the genitive plural again. Numbers and cases are old friends in Serbian; once you hear the pattern at the market a few times, it locks in for good.