Ordinal Numbers
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All ordinal numerals in LPQR end in "-ǐj"
If a cardinal numeral ends in "-j" or "-i", the corresponding ordinal numeral is formed by replacing the last letter with "-ǐj".
5 pjatj - pjatǐj
6 šestj - šestǐj (pronounced “[`ʃe:stɨj]”)
7 sjemj - sjemǐj (pronounced “[`se:mɨj]”)
8 vosjemj - vosj(e)mǐj (pronounced “[`vo:sjmɨj])
9 djevjatj djevjatǐj
10 djesjatj djesjatǐj
11 odin-nad-dcatj - odinnadcatǐj
…
20 dva-dcati -dvadcatǐj
30 tri-dcatj - tridcatǐj
40 čjetǐrj(e)djesjati - cjetǐrjdjesatǐ
50 pjatj-djesjati - pjatjdjesjatǐj
60 šestj-djesjati - šestjdjesjatǐj
…
Other cardinal numbers correspond to the following ordinal numbers:
1 odin - pjervǐj
2 dva - vtorǐj (pronounced [`vto:rɨj]")
3 tri - trjetǐj (pronounced "[`trje:tɨj]")
4 čjetǐrje - čjetǐrtǐj (pronounced "[t͡ʃje:t`vje:rtɨj]")
100 sto - stǐj,sotǐj
200 dva-stǐ - dvastǐj , dvasotǐj
300 tri-stǐ - tristǐj, trisotǐj
400 čjetǐrje-stǐ - čjetǐrjestǐj, čjetǐrjesotǐj
etc.
…
1000 tǐsjačja - tǐsjačjnǐj
2000 dva-tǐsjači - dvatǐsjačnǐj
etc.
…
milion - milionǐj
miliard - miliardnǐj
Ordinal numbers in LPQR do not change for gender or number and are not declined for case:
Singular: Plural
pjervǐj mužčina - pjervǐj mužčǐnǐ
pjervǐj ženšina - pjervǐj ženšinǐ
pjervǐj djerjevo - pjervǐj djerjevǐ
Where there is "official" numbering (house and apartment numbers in addresses, book pages, theater seats, university lecture halls), it is recommended to use cardinal numerals rather than ordinal ones.
stranica 7 (stranica sjemj, page 7), mjesto 21 (mjesto dvadcati-odin, seat 21 ), auditorium 314 (auditorium tristǐ-čjetǐrnaddcatj)
In this case, the cardinal numeral should follow the noun:
dom odin - house number one
odin dom - one house (not two, not three houses)
With the words "god"(year) and "vjek" (century) it is also recommended to use cardinal numerals:
two thousand and twenty-fourth year -god dva-tǐsjači-dvadzati-čjetǐrje
twenty-first century - vjek dvadzati-odin
How to read letters according to IPA signs:
c - like [t͡s]
ċ - like [k]
č - like [tʃ]
ǐ - like [ɨ]
j - after consonants is not pronounced, but softens the consonant sound (like a soft sign in Russian), in other cases like [j]
s - like [s]
š - before “i” or “j” approximately like [ɕː] or [ʃʲ] or [ʃtʃ], in other cases like [ʃ]
v - like [v]
z - like [z]
ž - like [ʒ]
Other letters. approximately like in German