Numbers 1–20

1. Numbers 1–20

Both versions of 7, 8, and 9 are correct. Εφτά, οχτώ, εννιά and the corresponding forms in 17–19 are common in everyday speech.

2. Numbers that change with gender

One, three, and four change to match the gender of the noun. The same pattern applies to thirteen and fourteen.

The other numbers from 2 to 20 do not change with gender.

3. Numbers in the accusative

Numbers agree with the noun’s gender, using the forms in section 2. For numbers 1–20, those forms stay the same in the accusative, except masculine ένας, which becomes έναν.

Feminine μια and neuter ένα have the same form in the nominative and accusative.

Compare these subject and object pairs. Τρεις is used with masculine and feminine nouns; τρία is used with neuter nouns. Neither number form changes in the accusative.

Masculine

Here the noun changes from σκύλοι to σκύλους, but τρεις stays the same.

Feminine

Neuter

4. Example sentences

• το ευρώ — euro

Ευρώ has the same form in the singular and plural.

5. Practice exercises

Translate into Greek. Write the numbers in words.

1. Two books.

2. One male friend.

3. One female friend.

4. Four children live here.

5. Four male friends.

6. Three books.

7. Maria has fourteen cats.

8. Five dogs are drinking water.

9. We have thirteen books.

10. I have twenty euros.