nič, ena, dva

Count from zero to ten: nič, ena, dva, tri, štiri, pet, šest, sedem, osem, devet, deset. For a telephone number, say one digit at a time. The standalone digit one is ena; before a masculine noun use en ključ.

When counting nouns, the noun’s gender and number matter: dva ključa, dve skodelici. For no items use nič; in a full sentence nimam ključev uses genitive plural. Keep telephone digits separate from noun counting.

želim čaj, dve jajci

The direct object uses the accusative: masculine inanimate čaj stays čaj, feminine kava becomes kavo, and neuter jajce stays jajce. With an adjective say črn čaj, črno kavo, veliko jajce.

For exactly two neuter eggs, use dve jajci. A request can be brief: Čaj, prosim. In a full sentence, use želim čaj. Negation changes the object to genitive: ne želim kave.

evro, evra, evri, evrov

Numbers eleven through nineteen end in -najst: enajst, dvanajst, trinajst. Tens include dvajset, trideset, štirideset. In compound numbers the unit comes first: dvaindvajset is twenty-two.

Prices follow regular counting patterns: en evro, dva evra, trije evri, štirje evri, pet evrov. The pattern depends on the final number: dvaindvajset evrov uses genitive plural, but sto dva evra uses dual. With spoken decimal prices, use whole euros and cents: dva evra in trideset centov. With a cost expressed as a direct-object amount, the nominative trije evri becomes tri evre: torta stane tri evre.

malo mleka, veliko rib

After an amount or measure, name the substance in the genitive: malo mleka, veliko rib, kilogram krompirja, steklenica mleka. This tells what the amount contains.

Count objects with number plus noun: šest jajc, devetnajst jabolk. Amount words malo and veliko take genitive; the adjective majhen instead agrees with a noun: majhna riba.

vsak dan, vse, sam

Vsak means every or each and agrees with its noun: vsak dan, vsaka skodelica, vsako jutro. These time phrases use accusative; masculine inanimate dan has the same surface form as nominative.

Vse means everything, but all before a noun agrees: vsa vrata, vsi stoli, vse skodelice. For doing something yourself say masculine sam or feminine sama: danes naročim sam/sama.

Learn čaj z mlekom, kruh s sirom and brez sladkorja as useful food chunks now. The instrumental after z/s becomes productive with transport in module 6; brez requires genitive.