If you're trying to learn Esperanto Numbers you will find some useful resources including a course about Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers... to help you with your Esperanto grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Esperanto. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Esperanto Numbers displayed below is vital to the language. Esperanto cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity.
In Esperanto, numbers from zero to ten are unique and therefore need to be memorized individually: nul, unu, du, tri, kvar, kvin, ses, sep, ok, naŭ, dek. Numbers from eleven and onwards are formed by using the following pattern: for example, eleven can be formed by using ten plus one: 11= dek unu. Twenty is written as one word: dudek (“two ten”). 22 = dudek du. 45 = kvardek kvin. 100 = cent. 136 = cent tridek ses. 200 = ducent. 1 000 (not “1,000”) = mil. 1 523 = mil kvincent dudek tri. Notice that hyphens and commas are not used as they are in English and some other languages.
Here are some examples:
| English Numbers | Esperanto Numbers |
|---|---|
| numbers | nombroj |
| one | unu |
| two | du |
| three | tri |
| four | kvar |
| five | kvin |
| six | ses |
| seven | sep |
| eight | ok |
| nine | naŭ |
| ten | dek |
| eleven | dek unu |
| twelve | dek du |
| thirteen | dek tri |
| fourteen | dek kvar |
| fifteen | dek kvin |
| sixteen | dek ses |
| seventeen | dek sep |
| eighteen | dek ok |
| nineteen | dek naŭ |
| twenty | dudek |
| hundred | cent |
| one thousand | mil |
| million | miliono |
Notice the structure of the Numbers in Esperanto.
Esperanto Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Esperanto. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Esperanto vocabulary.
| English Numbers | Esperanto Numbers |
|---|---|
| Ordinal Numbers | |
| first | unua |
| second | dua |
| third | tria |
| fourth | kvara |
| fifth | kvina |
| sixth | sesa |
| seventh | sepa |
| eighth | oka |
| ninth | naŭa |
| tenth | deka |
| eleventh | dekunua |
| twelfth | dekdua |
| thirteenth | dektria |
| fourteenth | dekkvara |
| fifteenth | dekkvina |
| sixteenth | deksesa |
| seventeenth | deksepa |
| eighteenth | dekoka |
| nineteenth | deknaŭa |
| twentieth | dudeka |
| once | foje, unufoje |
| twice | dufoje |
Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers have a very important role in Esperanto. Once you're done with Esperanto Numbers, you might want to check the rest of our Esperanto lessons here: Learn Esperanto. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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