Bulgarian/Numbers

The numbers

Число (čislo) = 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 (čétiri) = four
• пет (pet) = five
• шест (šest) = 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 (edinájset) = 11
• дванайсет (dvanajset) = 12
• тринайсет (trinájset) = 13
• четиринайсет (četirinájset) = 14
• петнайсет (petnájset) = 15
• шестнайсет (šestnájset) = 16
• седемнайсет (sedemnájset) = 17
• осемнайсет (osemnájset) = 18
• деветнайсет (devetnájset) = 19
• двайсет (dvájset) = 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