Welcome, agent! Besides your undercover name you also need a code number, like Agent 007. Since this one is already taken you have to learn numbers and chose your own. Good luck!
FIY: If you are a web developer it will be much easier for you to learn Russian numbers. Example: null = a zero, nothing. Russian "0" and null sound almost the same.
Decimal is associated with 10. "10" in Russian is "dec-ya-tea".
Remember if you want to talk like a spy you need to see the patters of the language. Look for similarities! Sound "tea", like in the one you drink, dominate most of the Russian numbers. There is also “dec” for decimal. The “se-m” sound, like in semi truck but with no ‘i’, represents 7 and 8 ("sem" and "vo-sem"). Also all the tens have a part of the original numbers like: “dva”, “tree”, “p-ya-tea”, “sem”.
How the table works:
The name of the number is on the intersection. For example 22 will be [dva-d-tsa-tea dva]. For pronunciation visit this website where a nice Russian lady can pronounce each number for you.
Numbers 11-19
You know how you add 'teen' for your 13 -19 numbers? Well, in Russian it is "na-d-sa-tea” and it covers 11-19. Remember the "tea" sound, it is the closest word in English which is simple enough to represent this Russian sound. When you start conversing with native speakers, the correct sound will appear by itself.
11 - [odin - na-d-sa-tea ]
12 - [dve - na-d-sa-tea]
13 - [tree - na-d-sa-tea]
14 - [che-tear - na-d-sa-tea ]
15 - [p-yat - na-d-sa-tea]
16 - [shes-tea - na-d-sa-tea]
17 - [sem - na-d-sa-tea ]
18 - [vo-sem - na-d-sa-tea]
19 - [dev-ya-tea - na-d-sa-tea]
Let me know if you have any questions.
Here is a pick of a Russian cat.
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