numbers

Cardinal, Ordinal And Nominal Numbers

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Let’s talk about mathematics today. This is a short post but should help you use cardinal, ordinal and nominal numbers in Nepali. It isn’t that difficult, to be honest! CARDINAL NUMBERS Cardinal numbers are numbers denoting quantity, meaning you use them to count. What are the Pope’s favourite numbers?= Cardinal Numbers They answer questions like … Read more

Handwritten Numbers And The Number System

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INTRODUCTION Handwritten numbers look slightly different to its print form, thus it is also important to learn how to write numbers when you are practicing Nepali. I have included the number system as well, because numbers are counted a bit differently in Nepali. ZERO TO FOUR FIVE TO NINE EXAMPLE NUMBERS THE NUMBER SYSTEM Unlike … Read more

Vocabulary: Numbers (100+)

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So far, we have learnt till hundred right? So what is beyond that? Someone said ‘what is one million’? Well, to start, Nepali follows a different type of counting. While others say ‘hundred thousands’ after ‘ten thousands’, we say ‘lakh’ after ‘ten thousands’. Also, the point of commas are different. The first three is spaced … Read more

Counting In Nepali

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Suppose you wanted to count something. You are presented with three objects, let’s say ‘Pens’. How do you count them? You would probably say ‘Three Pens’, right? Now, you might think that in Nepali, we would say ‘तीन कलम’ (tin kalam) to mean ‘Three Pens’. However, that is wrong! Why? Nepali uses words called ‘Counters’ … Read more

Vocabulary: Numbers (61-100)

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0 are written १, २, ३, ४, ५, ६, ७, ८, ९ and ०respectively. For example, 1, 12, 53, 79 and 42 will be १, १२, ५३, ७९ and ४२ respectively when we write it in Devanagari Script. 61 =  एकसट्ठी (eksatti) 62 =  बयसट्ठी (baisathi) 63 =  त्रिसट्ठी (trisathi) 64 =  चौंसट्ठी (chausathi) 65 … Read more

Grammatical Number

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INTRODUCTION Many languages across the world express distinction in counting. In English, words that can be counted are either singular or plural; in other languages such as Sanskrit, words can be dual as well (indicating a count of two). Some languages such as Japanese may have optional number marking as well! The category of nouns, pronouns, adjectives and … Read more

Vocabulary: Numbers (1-30)

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Perhaps one of the vastest number names belong to Nepali. Unlike in English, each number till 100 has a unique name. Most young people cannot even count beyond 40! For now, let’s just learn till 30. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0 are written १, २, ३, ४, ५, ६, ७, … Read more

Vocabulary: Numbers (31-60)

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0 are written १, २, ३, ४, ५, ६, ७, ८, ९ and ०respectively. For example, 1, 12, 53, 79 and 42 will be १, १२, ५३, ७९ and ४२ respectively when we write it in Devanagari Script. 31 =  एकतीस (ektis) 32 =  बत्तीस (battis) 33 =  तेत्तीस (tettis) 34 … Read more