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    THE COLLECTIVE NUMERALS f20E, TPE, NETBEPO, ete. — Yueé rpée neréi. ] She has three children. | SLxouy saKasdrb HOMep Ha ABONAx. | would like to reserve a room for two. ABOE, TPOE, YETBEPO, NATEPO, LUECTEPO, CEMEPO...* The collective numerals define the number of people or objects connected in the mind of the speaker in a group. These numerals are used particularly often when the conversation refers to people. Compare: Tp naccaxvpa sown e Baron. Three passengers entered the carriage. Tpde naccaxrpos cums 6 xyné. Three passengers are sitting in the compartment of the train. © [sée, tpée... (Nom. and Acc. = Nom.) + Gen. pl. of nouns or personal pronouns Ade OPNUNaHTOE (two waiters), ToOe Apyséi (three friends), ¥@TBepo KoNnér (four colleagues) Hac 6tino 1pée Ha ecTpéve. slkyniina aB6e HOKHAL, There were three of us at the meeting. | bought two pairs of scissors. In the other cases, the collective numerals agree in case with the nouns they qualify. Ox npurnacin Ha Rene poxnéHus TONbKo ABOsx (Acc.) cBOAX Apysét (Acc.). He invited only two of his friends to his birthday party. The collective numerals have their own specific type of declension. ** “ The use of collective numerals is obligatory: while talking about people: — using personal pronouns Say: Hac 8 cemeé séraepo. There're four of us in the family. Don’t say: Mole cempé versipe. “Bocbmepo, AesrTepo, necaTepo are rarely used. **See p. 179, 34 — when we talk about a group of people, without using a noun or a pronoun B KOmnare Haxogvmce Tpde: AMPEKTOp, er saMecTMTenb n ceKpeTapuia. There were three people in the room: the director, his deputy and his secretary. Don't say: B Komnare Haxogvnuch TPH. —with the word aé7m (children) Yuer6 nrepo gerén. He has five children. © while talking about things: —with the nouns which don’t have singular forms AB6e HOXHMU, TPE CYTOK (two pairs of scissors, three days) —with the names of objects that come in pairs TPO€ AIbvK = TPM MapbI JbbK (three pairs of skis) The collective numerals are never used with other nouns denoting things. * The use of collective numerals is optional when they are used with nouns or pronouns which refer to * persons of masculine gender Tp6e CbIHOBEH = TPH CBiNa (three sons) Bde Apyséii = ABa Apyra (two friends) But: 7PM cecrpsi (three sisters) © a group that consists of both men and women Tp6e COTpYAHUKoB = Tpu COTpYAHNKa (three employers, colleagues) © children and baby animals Bde manbiéi = 18a manbIUté (two babies) wécTepo KOTAT = WeCT KOTST (six kittens) + Inall cases except for the Nom., animate nouns are used more frequently with cardinal numerals. Yueé aaoe neréi, Ova noéxana oTgbixaTb c ABYMs AeTbMA, She has two children. She went on holiday with her two children, ® In all cases except for the Nom. and Acc., inanimate nouns are used only with cardinal numerals. Mbl éxan 46TBep0 CYTOK. Mp1 xasn OKOs 4eTbIPEX CYTOK. We traveled for four days, We traveled for about four days. 35 ET ee ee ec? Paola) 1 Write out the expressions with the collective numerals. Example: apyr (3) — Tpoe Apyaeri - Gpar (2) vetu (3) pas (4) coTpyaHnk (5) uyeHiox (6) cytKn (2) 4ace (3) _ OPnNonrRon . cTynent (7) nN Transform the sentences by replacing the cardinal numerals with the collective ones. Example: Y Hac Tpv cbina, — Y Hac Tpoe cbiHoBeli. 1. Oty kHury Hanucann YeTbipe coasropa. 2. Y KOWKM pOAMNOCh NAT KOTAT. 3. Hag 9TH npoeKTom paGoraioT WeCTs COTPYAHUKOB. 4. Tpv cnopremena nokasann op“HakoBbili peaynuTat. 5, Hac Ha Beyepe 6biN0 nate patuysos. 3 Use the collective numerals instead of the digits. Example: Opuunatt: — CKOnbKo Bac? Kner: — Hac (3) Ogmumanr: — CxonbKo Bac? Knuent: — Hac Tpoe. 1, — Eon a ne owmGatocs, Bac 8 rpynne 2 (6) —Her, ceiiuac ye _ (7) 2. 3a ctonuKom B Kade cupenn (3); (2) yoke cnenann sakas, a TpeTui ews uayyan MeHio. 3. — Y Netposwix ectb geTn? ~ Aa. 4) 4, —Y Bac Gonbwan cemba? — He oven, Hac 8 cembe (8) 36 Pee eM Das) 4 Use the collective numerals instead of the digits. 1. Mbi sakasasn CTONMK Ha - (6) 2. Byepa no Tenesusopy nokaabisann dune «BoKaan ana ». (2) 3. Mos coBaka ponna uyeHikos. (5) 4. Vac ect (3) bpanuyscKux apysei, y (2) us Hx pycokne xéHbI 5. Yue’ (4) aeteii, wy acex (4) Npekpacuble MysbikanbHble CNOCOGHOCTH. 6. Us ero bponToBbx ppyseli 8 KBE OCTANOGE ToNbKO (4) 7. Od Hacrosuii TpyAoronnK, Kak rosopures, paboraeT 3a (3) 5 Use the collective or cardinal numerals instead of the digits. Insert the word: brackets in the correct form. Give variants where possible. Example: Nepea 8x00 B 6aHk cron (2) (oxpannun). Tlepea Bxonom e Oak cToaT AB0e OxpaHHUKoB /qBa OxpaHHHKa. 1, On kn B roctuHiue (4) - (cyte). 2. Bnpoexte yuactayior (4) _ —__— (pupa). 3. Ymeusa (3) —_—— (6par). 4. B arom knacce 25 yuexnkos. (5) va Hin — MHOCTpAHUts, octanbibie — pycckne, 5. Okono Merpo Haxonures (2) (Knock) 6. B cneayiownit Typ KoHkypea ebiwan (4) (yyactHua), 7. Mbi npounrann pyccKyto ckasky «(7) (koanéHoK)» 8. Mui sakasann B pectopatie cronnk Ha (3). 9. Mute Hyxto kyninre (2) (pyGawa) w (2) (6proxi). 37 The collective numerals are often used in proverbs, sayings and the titles of books, films and plays. Cémepo oaHoré He xayr. (proverb) ‘Seven don’t wait for one = it cannot be expected that seven people would wait for just one person. «Tp6e 8 n6gKe, He cunTds CcoBaKu» “Three Men in a Boat, to Say Nothing of the Dog!” (novel by J.K. Jerome)

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