Tens, Hundreds and Thousands

Level 2

Each ten has its own word: yigirma (20), oʻttiz (30), qirq (40), ellik (50), oltmish (60), yetmish (70), sakson (80), toʻqson (90). Then come yuz (100) and ming (1000).

How It Works

Once you know the numbers one to ten, you need only eight more words for the tens:

  • yigirma 20, oʻttiz 30, qirq 40, ellik 50
  • oltmish 60, yetmish 70, sakson 80, toʻqson 90

Add the units after the ten: yigirma besh (25), qirq ikki (42), toʻqson toʻqqiz (99). Watch the spelling: oʻttiz and toʻqson have the letter oʻ, while oltmish and yetmish have plain vowels.

Hundreds and thousands. yuz is 100 and ming is 1000. A number before them multiplies: ikki yuz (200), besh ming (5000), oʻn ming (10,000), yuz ming (100,000). Numbers after them add: yuz yigirma (120), ming besh yuz (1500). Next come million and milliard (billion). In speech, plain yuz and ming are normal; on receipts and in formal amounts you may also see bir yuz and bir ming.

Prices and years. Prices are read as one number: ellik ming soʻm (50,000 soʻm). A year with yil becomes an ordinal: 1991-yil is read ming toʻqqiz yuz toʻqson birinchi yil. See -(i)nchi (tartib son).

The noun stays singular. After any number, however large, the noun takes no -lar: yuz kitob (a hundred books), ming odam (a thousand people). See son + birlik ot. -ta can follow these numbers too: yigirmata (twenty of them).

Examples (5)

  1. Sinfimizda yigirma besh oʻquvchi bor.

    There are twenty-five students in our class.

    Word by Word: Class-our-in twenty five student exists.

    oʻquvchi stays singular after the number.

  2. Kitobda ikki yuz ellik bet bor.

    The book has 250 pages.

    Word by Word: Book-in two hundred fifty page exists.

    ikki yuz is two hundreds; ellik is then added.

  3. Bu kitob ellik ming soʻm.

    This book costs fifty thousand soʻm.

    Word by Word: This book fifty thousand soʻm.

  4. Stadionda besh ming odam bor edi.

    There were five thousand people at the stadium.

    Word by Word: Stadium-at five thousand person exists was.

  5. Oʻttiz daqiqa kuting.

    Wait thirty minutes.

    Word by Word: Thirty minute wait.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting -lar on the noun after a big number.

    Kitobda ikki yuz ellik betlar bor.
    Kitobda ikki yuz ellik bet bor.

    The number already shows there are many, so the noun stays singular: bet, not betlar.

  • Dropping the turned comma in oʻttiz and toʻqson.

    Ottiz daqiqa kuting.
    Oʻttiz daqiqa kuting.

    Oʻ is a separate letter. Without the turned comma the word is misspelled. Toʻqson (90) needs it as well.

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yigirmaoʻttizqirqellikoltmishyetmishsaksontoʻqsonyuz