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The Russian numbers: один (1), два (2), три (3), четыре (4), пять (5), and the full ladder to сто (100) and тысяча (1,000) below, each with its stress marked, with every compound in between (двадцать один, сорок пять) one tap away. The list is only half the story: Russian numbers change the noun that follows them.
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After один the noun stays in its dictionary form: один час, one hour. Один even agrees like an adjective: одна минута, одно окно.
After два, три and четыре the noun takes the genitive singular: два часа, три сестры. Два itself has a feminine form: две минуты. This also applies to compounds ending in 2 to 4: двадцать два часа.
After пять and everything up to двадцать, and after every number ending in 5-9 or 0, the noun takes the genitive plural: пять часов, двенадцать месяцев, сто рублей. Teens always count as plural, so одиннадцать часов despite the один inside.
The tens are transparent stacks: двадцать is two tens, compounds just chain (тридцать семь). The odd ones out are сорок (40, an old word for a bundle of furs) and девяносто (90).
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