Learning the Russian language can be a fun adventure! One of the key parts of speaking with others is understanding numbers.

Let’s start by learning the Russian words for the numbers 1 to 10. Here’s a simple list to help you out:

1. один (a-DEEN) - one
2. два (dva) - two
3. три (tree) - three
4. четыре (chee-TY-re) - four
5. пять (pyat) - five
6. шесть (shest) - six
7. семь (syem) - seven
8. восемь (VO-syem) - eight
9. девять (DYE-vyat) - nine
10. десять (DYE-syat) - ten

Important Tips

• How to Pronounce: Russian sounds can be very different from English. It's important to listen carefully to how each word is pronounced. Sometimes, where you put the stress in a word can change what it means!

• Gender and Cases: The numbers themselves don’t change based on whether they are describing a boy, girl, or thing. However, they can change the look of other words in a sentence.

Simple Sentences

Now, let’s use these numbers in some easy sentences:

1. У меня один дом. (Oo men-YA o-DEEN dom)
   (I have one house.)

2. Я вижу три яблока. (Ya VEE-zhu tree YAB-lika)
   (I see three apples.)

3. Мы купили пять книг. (My koo-PEE-lee pyat KNEEG)
   (We bought five books.)

Going Beyond Ten

Once you feel comfortable with numbers 1 to 10, you can learn numbers 11 to 20. The numbers from 11 to 19 are made by adding a special ending to the basic numbers.

For example:

• одиннадцать (a-DEEN-nad-tsat') - eleven
• двенадцать (dvy-NA-dtsat') - twelve
• тринадцать (tree-NAD-tsat') - thirteen

Getting to know these basic numbers will help you a lot in understanding and talking in Russian.

Practice saying them in your daily life to make learning even easier and more fun!