AureliaeLacrimae Posted December 9, 2014 Report Share Posted December 9, 2014 Not to make this any more complicated, but these four numbers (unus, una, unum; duo, due, duo; tres, tria; milia) have their declensions! This, however, isn't the case with the rest of the CARDINAL numbers. All ordinal numbers have their declension, but about that later.Unus, una, unum has the pattern of 2nd declension for masculine and neuter nouns (like adjective bonus, bona, bonum), and 1st declension for feminine nouns. However, beware: unus has only SINGULAR! Why? It's one! For plural, you must have at least two, which is why duo, due, duo has only plural! Same is with tres, tria and milia. They too come only in plural. one N unus una unumG uniusD uniAcc unum unam unumV unus una unumAb uno una uno twoN duo due duoG duorum duarum duorumD duobus duabus duobusAcc duo(s) duas duoV duo due duoAb duobus duabus duobus threeN tres triaG triumD tribusAcc tres triaV tres triaAb tribus millionsN miliaG miliumD milibusAcc miliaV miliaAb milibusYou can also decline ''hundreds'' from ducenti (200) to nongenti (900), also in plural, so like boni, bonae, bona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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