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This page is about numbers in Nepali. Including the cardinal (counting) and ordinal (order) numbers. Each of which is used in a different situation.
| One: एक ēka |
Two: दुई du'ī |
Three: तीन tīna |
Four: चार cāra |
| Five: पाँच pām̐ca |
Six: छ cha |
Seven: सात sāta |
Eight: आठ āṭha |
| Nine: नौ nau |
Ten: दस dasa |
Eleven: एघार ēghāra |
Twelve: बाह्र bāhra |
| Thirteen: तेह्र tēhra |
Fourteen: चौध caudha |
Fifteen: पन्ध्र pandhra |
Sixteen: सोह्र sōhra |
| Seventeen: सत्र satra |
Eighteen: अठार aṭhāra |
Nineteen: उन्नाइस unnā'isa |
Twenty: बीस bīsa |
| Thirty three: तेत्तिस tēttisa |
One hundred: एक सय ēka saya |
Three hundred and sixty: तीन सय साठी tīna saya sāṭhī |
One thousand: एक हजार ēka hajāra |
Here are some examples in Nepali for the cardinal numbers above.
| Two thousand and fourteen: दुई हजार चौह्र du'ī hajāra cauhra |
One million: एक लाख ēka lākha |
| I'm thirty years old: म तेह्र बषको भए। ma tēhra baṣakō bha'ē. |
I have 2 sisters and one brother: मेरो दुई जना बहिनी र एक जना भाई छ। Mērō du'ī janā bahinī ra ēka janā bhā'ī cha. |
Now we move on to the ordinal numbers, which helps us organize things by order or rank.
| First: प्रथम Prathama |
Second: दोश्रो dōśrō |
Third: तेश्रो tēśrō |
Fourth: चौथो cauthō |
| Fifth: पाँचौं pām̐cauṁ |
Sixth: छैठौं chaiṭhauṁ |
Seventh: सातौ sātau |
Eighth: आठौं āṭhauṁ |
| Ninth: नवौं navauṁ |
Tenth: दसौं dasauṁ |
Eleventh: एघारौं ēghārauṁ |
Twelfth: बाह्रौं bāhrauṁ |
| Thirteenth: तेह्रौं tēhrauṁ |
Fourteenth: चौधौं caudhauṁ |
Fifteenth: पन्धौं pandhauṁ |
Sixteenth: सोह्रौं sōhrauṁ |
| Seventeenth: सत्रौं satrauṁ |
Eighteenth: अठारौं aṭhārauṁ |
Nineteenth: उनाईसौं unā'īsauṁ |
Twentieth: बिसौं bisauṁ |
And here are a couple sentences related to the ordinal numbers above.
| English is my first language: अग्रेजी मेरो पहिलो भाषा हो। agrējī mērō pahilō bhāṣā hō. |
Her second language is Spanish: स्प्यानीस् उनको ढोह्रो भाषा हो। Spyānīs unakō ḍhōhrō bhāṣā hō. |
| Once: एक पटक Ēka paṭaka |
Twice: दुई पटक du'ī paṭaka |
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