एक / दुई / तीन

Numbers from One to Ten

Level 1Sounds Like ēka, du'ī ra tīna

Ten number words cover the counting you need first.

How It Works

Here are the numbers from one to ten.

1	2	3	4	5
एक	दुई	तीन	चार	पाँच

6	7	8	9	10
छ	सात	आठ	नौ	दस

The number goes before the noun: पाँच रुपैयाँ (five rupees), तीन कोठा (three rooms). A noun after a number usually stays singular.

छ means six, and it also means is. In छवटा the छ is the number, because वटा joins it. In मसँग छवटा किताब छन् the verb is छन्.

For people and things, use the counting words जना and वटा: चार जना, पाँचवटा. For amounts, use a measuring word: दुई कप चिया.

The standard word for ten is दस. You may also hear दश, which is a valid variant.

मसँग पाँच रुपैयाँ छ।
I have five rupees.
पाँच stands before the noun रुपैयाँ.
म दुई कप चिया पिउँछु।
I drink two cups of tea.
दुई goes before the measuring word कप.
हामी चार जना छौँ।
There are four of us.
चार जना counts people, with जना written apart.
दस जना केटा बजार जान्छन्।
Ten boys go to the market.
दस is the standard word for ten.
मसँग छवटा किताब छन्।
I have six books.
छवटा is six things; the verb छन् follows.

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