Russian · TORFL Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 10
Какой у тебя номер?What is your number?
The numbers 1 to 10: один, два, три, четыре, пять, шесть, семь, восемь, девять, десять. And the question word какой (which / what kind), which agrees in gender: какой номер (m), какая семья (f), какое имя (n). "Какой у тебя номер?" asks about a specific thing. New words: number, which. Reading: the numbers (оди́н…де́сять); the soft sign ь in пять, шесть, во́семь.
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Пять человек— Five People
- IvanВмоейсемьепятьчеловек:мама,папа,двабратаия.In my family there are five people: mom, dad, two brothers, and me.
- MikeУменяестьестьоднасестра.I have one sister. (slip: doubled "есть"; say it once — "у меня есть одна сестра")
- IvanОдинраз«есть»:«уменяестьоднасестра».Значит,тричеловека.Say "есть" once: "у меня есть одна сестра". So, three people.
- MikeДа!Мама,папаисестра.Тричеловека.Ялюблюмоюсемью!Yes! Mom, dad, and sister. Three people. I love my family!
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Какой у тебя номер?— What Is Your Number?
- AnyaКакойутебяномер?Мой—три,два,один.What's your number? Mine is three, two, one.
- MikeЧтотвойномер?Извини?What your number? Sorry? (slip: что; for a specific number Russian uses какой)
- AnyaПрономерговорят«какой»:какойутебяномер?About a number we say "какой": какой у тебя номер?
- MikeПонял!Какойутебяномер?Мой—девять,восемь,семь.Got it! What's your number? Mine is nine, eight, seven.
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- один
numeralone
- два
numeraltwo
- три
numeralthree
- четыре
numeralfour
- пять
numeralfive
- шесть
numeralsix
- семь
numeralseven
- восемь
numeraleight
- девять
numeralnine
- десять
numeralten
- номер
nounnumber (m)
- какой/какая
det.which, what kind (m / f)
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Numbers 1-10 and какой
Explanation
The numbers 1 to 10: один, два, три, четыре, пять, шесть, семь, восемь, девять, десять. For now use them as-is, to count and to give a number. The question word какой means "which / what kind" and agrees in gender like an adjective: какой номер (m), какая семья (f), какое имя (n). "Какой у тебя номер?" asks for a specific number. Compare with что (ch13), which asks "what thing is this".
Examples
- Какойутебяномер?What is your number?
- У меня есть два брата и одна сестра.I have two brothers and one sister. (number + noun previewed)
- В семье пять человек.There are five people in the family.
- Какая большая семья!What a big family! (какая + семья, f)
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Числа и мягкий знак— Numbers and the soft sign
Today we read the numbers. Many end in the soft sign ь, which softens the consonant: пять = "pyat" (soft т), шесть, восемь, десять. It is not "pat" or "shest" — the end is soft. Also: in один the unstressed о → "a" — "a-DEEN", and in четыре the unstressed е is lighter. Count aloud from one to ten, listening for the soft endings. Trust your ear.
Count aloud from one to ten:
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