Numbers Above Ten

Level 2

Above ten, number words keep useful gender distinctions but follow new combinations. Learn teens, tens, hundreds and thousands without copying English word order.

How It Works

Eleven to Nineteen

Masculine counted nouns take forms such as אחד עשר, שנים עשר and שלושה עשר. Feminine nouns take אחת עשרה, שתים עשרה and שלוש עשרה. Keep the two halves consistent; do not combine masculine אחד with feminine עשרה.

Tens and Units

Use עשרים, שלושים, ארבעים, חמישים, שישים, שבעים, שמונים and תשעים for the tens. Add ו before a following unit: עשרים ואחד, עשרים ואחת. The counted noun determines the final unit’s gender.

Hundreds and Thousands

מאה is one hundred and מאתיים is two hundred. Count hundreds with feminine number forms, as in שלוש מאות. אלף and אלפיים mean one and two thousand; three thousand is שלושת אלפים. Larger figures have their own nested agreement, so learn each complete quantity before trying to generate it.

Examples (4)

  1. אחד עשר ספרים

    Eleven books.

    The teen is masculine.

  2. אחת עשרה מחברות

    Eleven notebooks.

    The teen is feminine.

  3. עשרים ושלושה ספרים

    Twenty-three books.

    ו joins the unit to the tens.

  4. שלוש מאות שקלים

    Three hundred shekels.

    שלוש counts feminine מאות, not שקלים directly.

Common Mistakes

  • Mixing masculine and feminine halves of eleven.

    אחד עשרה ספרים
    אחד עשר ספרים

    The masculine counted noun takes אחד עשר as a consistent whole form.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

Numbers Above TenLevel 2

Learn This First

Extend the small-number system while keeping numeral agreement distinctions.