Numbers From 0 to 10
Eleven number words, from nul to dek.
How It Works
| Number | Word | Number | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | nul | 6 | ses |
| 1 | unu | 7 | sep |
| 2 | du | 8 | ok |
| 3 | tri | 9 | naŭ |
| 4 | kvar | 10 | dek |
| 5 | kvin |
The words ses and sep sound alike, so say them clearly when you give a phone number or a room number.
When a number counts things, it takes neither -j nor -n. In du katojn the endings sit on katoj, and du stays du. The word unu is the same: it never takes -n.
Numbers can also stand alone, as in Kvin kaj kvin faras dek (five and five make ten).
Examples (4)
- Unu, du, tri, kvar, kvin: ni estas kvin!
One, two, three, four, five: there are five of us!
Counting aloud uses the plain number words, and the last one answers how many.
- Kvin kaj kvin faras dek.
Five and five make ten.
Faras means makes; the numbers stay plain.
- La telefonnumero estas nul, ses, sep, ok, naŭ.
The phone number is zero, six, seven, eight, nine.
A phone number is read one number word at a time.
- Paulo kaj Kenji spektas ludon: Brazilo unu, Japanio nul.
Paulo and Kenji watch a game: Brazil one, Japan zero.
Nul is zero; scores use the plain number words.
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