In EnglishInglese (anded in manymolti altri otherlinguaggi Indo-European languagesEuropei) the items being counted by a numeral are found following the numeral, and in the plural form. In RussianRusso, thela sintassi syntaxè isqualcosa somewhatdi morepiù complexcomplesso. The case of the item must first be considered. If the item needs to be in the nominative or inanimate accusative case, use the following rule.
The numeral один (1) should be used in the proper form to indicate gender (and, number, believe it or not). ForPer exampleesempio: '''один мальчик''' (oneun boyragazzo), '''одна девушка''' (oneuna girlragazza), '''одно животное''' (oneun animalanimale), '''одни джинсы''' (oneun [pairpaio ofdi] jeans). The plural form of the numeral (1) is a bit of an oddity, but its use will become clear with time. Following a form of один should come the item at hand in the nominative or inanimate accusative case, as appropriate.
The numerals два (or две), три, and четыре all require the following item to be presented in the genitive singular form. The numeral два has two forms: два for masculine and neuter items and две for feminine items. After the numeral два, each numeral has only a single form. See for example: две девушки (two girls), три кошки (three cats), четыре мальчика (four boys).
