Bulgarian/Numbers

The numbers

Число (chisló) = Number

Cardinal numbers

1 to 10

Different forms of the words for the numbers 1 and 2 are used for masculine, feminine and neuter gender.

едно (ednó) = one (neuter)
- един (edin) = one (masculine)
- една (edna) = one (feminine)
две (dve) = two (neuter and feminine)
- два (dva) = two (masculine)
три (tri) = three
четири (chétiri) = four
пет (pet) = five
шест (shest) = six
седем (sédem) = seven
осем (ósem) = eight
девет (dévet) = nine
десет (déset) = ten

When referring to men or groups of men and women, often different forms are used: двама, трима, четирима, петима, шестима, (седмина, осмина, деветима).

11 to 20

Informally the final "т" is not pronounced. These are the shortened versions of the numbers. The long (and very formal) versions end in -десет instead of -йсет.

единайсет (edináyset) = 11
дванайсет (dvanayset) = 12
тринайсет (trináyset) = 13
четиринайсет (chetirináyset) = 14
петнайсет (petnáyset) = 15
шестнайсет (shestnáyset) = 16
седемнайсет (sedemnáyset) = 17
осемнайсет (osemnáyset) = 18
деветнайсет (devetnáyset) = 19
двайсет (dváyset) = 20

Ordinal numbers

masc./fem./neuter

първи = first
втори = second
трети = third
четвърти = fourth
пети = fifth
шести = sixth
седми = seventh
осми = eighth
девети = ninth
десети = tenth