"Ten or eleven of them lived there."

Translation: Bydlelo jich tam deset nebo jedenáct.

[PierreMDL]

Why not "Deset nebo jedenáct z nich tam bydlelo."?

[VladaFu]

Yes, this is acceptable, I willl add it.

[fischerfs]

i put "bydlelo tam deset nebo jedenáct od jich", and that was marked incorrect. what did i do wrong in this one?

[VladaFu]

1. you use the n- pronouns with prepositionas

2. you need z here, not od

"z nich" would be approriate here but does not fit the sentence that well anyway. It is not currently accepted and I do not immediately see any word order where it would sound natural.

[Paul378887]

Why ‘Bydlelo’ and not ‘Bydleli’?

[VladaFu]

Please review how numbers above four behave, they use the singular verb.

[jarauh]

Why not: Bydlelo tam jich deset nebo jedenáct.

[nueby]

"Jich" is an inconstant clitic with a stronger enclitic status than "tam".