How to count in Slovak
Enter a number and read it spelled out in Slovak.
Language overview
The Slovak language (slovenčina, slovenský jazyk) is an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages group. Official language in Slovekia and in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia, it is spoken by about 5 million people.
Slovak numbering rules
- Digits are specific words, namely nula [0], jeden [1], dva [2], tri [3], štyri [4], päť [5], šesť [6], sedem [7], osem [8] and deväť [9]. The digits one and two are gendered forms: jeden/jedno/jedna (masculine/neuter/feminine) and dva/dve/dve (masculine/neuter/feminine).
- From eleven to nineteen, numbers are suffixed by “-násť” (“-teen”): jedenásť [11], dvanásť [12], trinásť [13], štrnásť [14], pätnásť [15], šestnásť [16], sedemnásť [17], osemnásť [18], and devätnásť [19].
- Tens are formed by adding ten (dsať/desiat) to the end of the digit root, with the obvious exception of ten itself: desať [10], dvadsať [20], tridsať [30], štyridsať [40], päťdesiat [50], šesťdesiat [60], sedemdesiat [70], osemdesiat [80], and deväťdesiat [90].
- For numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine, the unit comes directly after the ten, with no space (eg. dvadsaťjeden [21], tridsaťjeden [31]).
- Hundreds are formed the same way as the tens, i.e. by adding the suffix hundred (sto) to the digit, except for 100 (eg. sto [100], dvesto [200], tristo [300]). Sto being neuter, two hundred is dvesto, and not dvasto.
- Thousands follow the same rule, with the word tisíc, except fo 1,000 (eg. tisíc [1,000], dvetisíc [2,000], tritisíc [3,000]). Tisíc being neuter, two thousand is dvetisíc, and not dvatisíc.
Books
- In Spanish
- Gramática de eslovaco para eslavistas [
], Salustio Alvarado Del Campo (2003) - In French
- Parlons slovaque : une langue slave [
], Etienne Boisserie, Diana Jamborova, Vlasta Kreckova, L’Harmattan (2009)
Numbers list
| 1 – jeden 2 – dva 3 – tri 4 – štyri 5 – päť 6 – šesť 7 – sedem 8 – osem 9 – deväť | 10 – desať 11 – jedenásť 12 – dvanásť 13 – trinásť 14 – štrnásť 15 – pätnásť 16 – šestnásť 17 – sedemnásť 18 – osemnásť | 19 – devätnásť 20 – dvadsať 30 – tridsať 40 – štyridsať 50 – päťdesiat 60 – šesťdesiat 70 – sedemdesiat 80 – osemdesiat 90 – deväťdesiat | 100 – sto 1,000 – tisíc one million – milión one billion – miliarda |
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