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have a big difference. As to their stem structure English and
Ukrainian numerals fall into:
1) simple or root numerals (прості числівники), such as
one, two, three (in English from one to twelve), один, два, три (In
Ukrainian one to ten and the numeral сорок);
2) derivative numerals (похідні числівники) formed with
the help of the suffixes –teen (from thirteen to nineteen), -ty (from
twenty to ninety) in English. In Ukrainian the numerals from 11 to
19 are formed by the way of adding the suffix –надцять (which is
created from the word group « на десяте» - одинадцять) to the
numerals of the first ten. Ukrainian numerals denoting tens are
formed with -дцять (тридцять). Both suffixes (English -ty and
Ukrainian -дцять) have in the basis of their meaning
“ten”/”десять”. The exception in Ukrainian are only two numerals
сорок, дев’яносто.
In both languages numerals million-мільйон, milliard-
мільярд are borrowed and have in their structure the Latin root
“thousand”/ “тисяча” (mille). The peculiarity of English numerals
hundred, thousand, and million is the fact that they do not have the
plural form, when they are placed after the cardinal numerals bigger
than 1, e.g.: two hundred/двісті, three thousand/ три тисячі, and
four million / чотири мільйони.
Compound numerals (складні числівники) in English
(from twenty-one to ninety-nine);
Composite numerals (складені числівники), such as nine
hundred and three in English and in Ukrainian двадцять один,
вісімсот вісімдесят are formed in both languages according to the
general principle.
Fractional numerals (дробові числівники) have as well a
similar way of formation. The difference is that in Ukrainian the
cardinal numeral for the numerator (кількісний числівник для
чисельника) is the nominative case and is combined with the
ordinal for the denominator (порядковий для знаменника), which
is the genitive case plural: п’ять шостих. In English numerals do

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