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09 Numbers and Time
Let’s introduce numbers in Croatian. They are actually a diverse group of words,
some of them behave like adjectives, others like nouns, most like adverbs. I will
show just the simplest use, how to express 59 or some time in a day.
The numbers 0-9 are:
0 nula
1 jedan
2 dva
3 tri
4 četiri
5 pet
6 šest
7 sedam
8 osam
9 devet
The number 0 is never pronounced like the letter o, unlike in English. Numbers 10-19
are:
10 deset
11 jedanaest
12 dvanaest
13 trinaest
14 četrnaest
15 petnaest
16 šesnaest
17 sedamnaest
18 osamnaest
19 devetnaest
They are basically just 1-9 + -naest, with četiri shortened a bit. Most people
pronounce just an e in sequences -ae- in the words listed above.
Then, there are special words for 20, 30, etc, made in a similar pattern (but note the
stress marks):
20 dvadeset
30 trideset
40 četrdeset
50 pedeset
60 šezdeset
70 sedamdeset
80 osamdeset
90 devedeset
To express numbers like 35, use the following construction with i¨ and:
35 trideset i pet
It’s often shortened so these two numbers just get ‘glued together’:
35 tridesetpet
We can use those numbers to tell time. If you want to say that something happens
or will happen at some time, use just u¨ + number that specifies the hour:
Vlak dolazi u tri. The train comes at three o’clock. ®
You can, as in English, use the present tense for things that will happen in the near
future, especially if their time is known.
To specify where a train/bus/airplane is going to, use the preposition za¨ + A