Modern Greek/Lesson 06.1

Lesson 6.1: Numbers 1-10 This lesson will teach you the cardinal numbers 1-10, i.e. as used for counting. 1 - 10 The numbers 1 - 10 are listed below, along with some sample English words derived from the Greek, which might help you learn them. Number Greek English Derivatives1 ένα Unary2 δύο Duet3 τρία Trio, Trilogy4 τέσσερα Tesseract5 πέντε Pentagon6 έξι Hexagon7 επτά or εφτά Heptathlon8 οκτώ or οχτώ Octopus9 εννέα or εννιά Ennead10 δέκα Decathlon The Exceptions The numbers above are all strictly speaking the neutral form of the numbers, which are used when counting generally. As seen in previous lessons there are masculine, feminine, neutral, and singular and plural nouns. Obviously there is no plural form of "1" and no singular form of any number bigger than 1. Also in all cases but three the masculine, feminine and neutral are the same. The only exceptions are 1, 3 and 4. These are the nominative forms. Number Masc. Fem. Neut.1 ένας μια ένα3 τρεις τρεις τρία4 τέσσερις τέσσερις τέσσερα A further grammatical note The forms listed here are all in the nominative case. The numbers are declinable and so change for the accusative and genitive. Summary We have learnt the cardinal numbers 1 - 10. We have learnt that there are three exceptions that decline with gender. Exercises Now try the exercises here