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Maltese Numbers

This page is about numbers in Maltese. Including the cardinal (counting) and ordinal (order) numbers. Each of which is used in a different situation.

One: Wieħed
Two: Tnejn
Three: Tlieta
Four: Erbgħa
Five: Ħamsa
Six: Sitta
Seven: Sebgħa
Eight: Tmienja
Nine: Disgħa
Ten: Għaxra
Eleven: Ħdax
Twelve: Tnax
Thirteen: Tlettax
Fourteen: Erbatax
Fifteen: Ħmistax
Sixteen: Sittax
Seventeen: Sbatax
Eighteen: Tmintax
Nineteen: Dsatax
Twenty: Għoxrin
Thirty three: Tlieta u tletin
One hundred: Mija
Three hundred and sixty: Tliet mija u sittin
One thousand: Elf

Here are some examples in Maltese for the cardinal numbers above.

Two thousand and fourteen: Elfejn u erbatax
One million: Miljun
I'm thirty years old: Għandi tletin sena
I have 2 sisters and one brother: Għandi żewġ ħuti bniet u ħija

Now we move on to the ordinal numbers, which helps us organize things by order or rank.

First: L-ewwel
Second: It-tieni
Third: It-tielet
Fourth: Ir-raba'
Fifth: Il-ħames
Sixth: Is-sitt
Seventh: Is-seba'
Eighth: It-tmien
Ninth: Id-disa'
Tenth: L-għaxar
Eleventh: Il-ħdax
Twelfth: It-tnax
Thirteenth: It-tlettax
Fourteenth: L-erbatax
Fifteenth: Il-ħmistax
Sixteenth: Is-sittax
Seventeenth: Is-sbatax
Eighteenth: It-tmintax
Nineteenth: Id-dsatax
Twentieth: L-għoxrin

And here are a couple sentences related to the ordinal numbers above.

English is my first language: L-Ingliż huwa l-ewwel lingwa tiegħi
Her second language is Spanish: It-tieni lingwa tagħha hi l-Ispanjol
Once: Darba
Twice: Darbtejn

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