Czech Numbers

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Basic numbers 0-99
0 = nula10 = deset20 = dvacet
1 = jeden, jedna, jedno11 = jedenáct21 = dvacet jedna
2 = dva, dvě12 = dvanáct
22 = dvacet dva
3 = tři13 = třináct
30 = třicet
4 = čtyři14 = čtrnáct
40 = čtyřicet
5 = pět15 = patnáct
50 = padesát
6 = šest16 = šestnáct
60 = šedesát
7 = sedm17 = sedmnáct
70 = sedmdesát
8 = osm18 = osmnáct
80 = osmdesát
9 = devět19 = devatenáct
90 = devadesát



The numbers one (jeden) and two (dva) agree in gender with the noun they modify:

jedenmasculine
jednafeminine
jednoneuter 
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dvamasculine
dvěfeminine
dvěneuter

</table> This is valid only if you use jeden or dva on its own. In compound numbers like 21, 22, 31, 32, 101, 102 you always use forms jedna/dva (regardless to the gender of the noun): dvacet jedna, dvacet dva, třicet jedna, třicet dva, sto jedna, sto dva.


Inflection after basic numbers
number adjective and noun inflection verb inflection
1in nominative singular:in 3rd person sg:
jeden mladý muž (one young man)jde (goes)
jedna mladá žena (one young woman)
jedno mladé kuře (one young chicken)
2, 3, 4in nominative plural:in 3rd person pl:
dva mladí muži (two young men)jdou (go)
dvě mladé ženy/mladá kuřata (two young women/chicken)
5 and higherin genitive plural:in 3rd person sg:
pět mladých mužů/žen/kuřat (five young men/women/chicken)jde (goes)


Nominative singular after "jeden" is hardly surprise. But nominative plural is used only after "dva" (plus "oba"="both"), "tři" and "čtyři". From "pět" on you have to use genitive plural; and notice that the verb is in singular:

Kočka pije mléko. A cat drinks milk.
Dvě (obě, tři, čtyři) kočky pijí mléko. Two (both, three, four) cats drink milk.
Pět (osm, čtyřicet šest, osmdesát jedna ...) koček pije mléko. Five (eight, forty-six, eighty-one ...) cats drink milk.


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