Latin/Numbers

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We've learned the basic terms for measuring time; now let’s learn the cardinal numbers this lesson. We’ll eventually need more lessons on numbers, but for now, just the basics.

Numbers are adjectives; the first three are declinable, although ūnus is only declinable in the singular, and others only in the plural; they are slightly irregular in some cases. All the rest we’ll be learning today are indeclinable; that is, they do not change their form even if modifying a noun of a case other than the nominative (except for the plural of thousand, which we'll briefly explain at the end of this list).

Practice
This seems like plenty of numbers to start with. Maybe in a future lesson we’ll do 21-99 and some of the hundreds, as well as ordinal numbers. Next lesson, though, we will get back to present tense verbs. Grātiās vōbīs agō et valēte!