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How do you say "sixty" in Russian?
шестьдесят
shest'desyat'
In Russian, "sixty" is шестьдесят.
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Pronunciation
Say SHEST-dih-syat' with the stress on the first syllable. Shest' means six.
Writing and usage
Шестьдесят combines shest' (six) and desyat' (ten). The Ш is one letter making the 'sh' sound.
Example sentence
Шестьдесят человек участвовали в опросе.
Sixty people participated in the survey.
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How to remember шестьдесят
Sixty is six-tens. Shest' desyat' sounds like 'chest desk yet'.
Related words
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- fifteen пятнадцать pjatnadcatʹ
- fifty-seven пятьдесят семь pyat'desyat' sem'
- fourteen четырнадцать četyrnadcatʹ
- late поздний pozdnij
- lazy ленивый lenivyj
- seventy-nine семьдесят девять sem'desyat' devyat'
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Questions about шестьдесят
How do you say "sixty" in Russian?
In Russian, "sixty" is шестьдесят. It is a noun.
How is шестьдесят written in Russian?
Шестьдесят combines shest' (six) and desyat' (ten). The Ш is one letter making the 'sh' sound.
How is шестьдесят used in a sentence?
Use шестьдесят as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Шестьдесят человек участвовали в опросе. (Sixty people participated in the survey.).
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