Vocabulary: Numbers (1-30)

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, ८, ९ and  respectively. For example, 1, 12, 53, 79 and 42 will be १, १२, ५३, ७९ and ४२ respectively when we write it in Devanagari Script.

1 =  एक  (ek)

2 =  दुई (dui)

3 =  तीन (teen)

4 =  चार (char)

5 =  पाँच (pach)

6 =  छ (cha)

7 =  सात (sat)

8 =  आठ (ath)

9 =  नौ (nau)

10 =  दश (dash)

11 =  एघार (eghara)

12 =  बाह्र (bahra)

13 =  तेह्र (tehra)

14 =  चौध (chaudha)

15 =  पन्ध्र (pandhra)

16 =  सोह्र (sohra)

17 =  सत्र (satra)

18 =  अठार (athara)

19 =  उन्नाईस (unnais)

20 =  बीस (bis)

21 =  एक्काईस (ekkais)

22 =  बाईस (bais)

23 =  तेईस (teis)

24 =  चौबीस (chaubis)

25 =  पच्चीस (pacchis)

26 =  छब्बीस (chabbis)

27 =  सत्ताईस (sattais)

28 =  अट्ठाईस (athais)

29 =  उन्तीस (untis)

30 =  तीस (tis)

And that’s till 30. 30 onwards in other chapters which you can access in the vocabulary page.

EXAMPLES

उन्नाईसवटा कलमहरु (unnais wata kalam haru)

=Nineteen Pens

सात र बीस (sat ra biis)

= Seven and Twenty

६ महिना (cha mahina)

= 6th Month