- one = один, pronounced “ah-DEEN” or Раз, pronounced “raz. " 2) two = два, pronounced “dvah” 3) three = три, pronounced “tree” 4) four = четыре, pronounced “chih-TEE-reh” 5) five = пять, pronounced “pyaht” 6) six = шесть, pronounced “shayst” 7) seven = семь, pronounced “seeaym” 8) eight = восемь, pronounced “VOH-seeaym” 9) nine = девять, pronounced “DYEH-veht” 10) ten = десять, pronounced “DYEH-seht”
Stress is very important in speaking Russian, not only for an authentic accent but also because some words have different meaning when the stress is on a different syllable.
Russian numbers have different forms depending on how they are used in sentences. [4] X Research source
The number “1” has a masculine, feminine, and neuter form. Unless specified, use the masculine form. Masculine: “One brother” is “Один брат,” “1” is pronounced “ah-DEEN. " Feminine: “One sister” is “одна сестра,” “1” is pronounced “ahd-NAH. " Neuter: “One window” is “Одно окно,” “1” is pronounced “ahd-NOH. " The number “2” has two forms, masculine and feminine. The masculine is “два,” pronounced “dvah” and the feminine is “две,” pronounced “dv’eh. “[5] X Research source Numbers “3” through “10” stay in masculine form regardless of the noun’s gender.
Most of the time numbers are used in the nominative case such as when the number is the subject of a sentence or modifies the subject of the sentence. This means you can usually use them in their regular form.
