Lesson 6. Rəqəmlər: numbers 0–100, age, and phone numbers

I can count to a hundred, say how old I am and ask the other person, write down a phone number by ear, and ask again: “I don't understand. Please repeat that. Speak more slowly.”

Rəqəmlər: numbers, age, and phone numbers

Numbers give your age, a phone number, and quantities. Learn the numbers up to 10 and the tens one by one (see the table); 11–99 follow a rule — first the ten, then the unit: on bir = 10 + 1, iyirmi beş = 20 + 5 — and are written as separate words, with no hyphen and no “and”: on bir, iyirmi beş, səksən yeddi. The pairs altı — altmış and yeddi — yetmiş sound alike: listen to the end of the word. Səkkiz is said [səkgiz]. Unlike English, a noun after a number takes no -lar: üç kitab “three books”, dörd stol — the number already says “more than one”. The same after neçə “how many”: Neçə kitab? Age is a set phrase, not “I am …”: “I'm 40” is Qırx yaşım var; “How old are you?” is Neçə yaşın (yaşınız) var? How it's built comes in module 2. Phone numbers: for now say the first three digits (050) one by one (sıfır, beş, sıfır) — counting in hundreds comes later — then in pairs: iki, iyirmi iki … If you don't understand: Başa düşmürəm “I don't understand”; Bir də deyin, zəhmət olmasa “Say it again, please”; Yavaş danışın “Speak more slowly”. Common mistakes: • iki kitablar → iki kitab. • NOT “Mən qırxam.” → Qırx yaşım var. • NOT “onbir” → on bir, two words.

Numbers up to a hundred

After a number and after neçə the word has no -lar: üç kitab, not üç kitablar.

0–9	Tens and one hundred	11–99: two words
0 — sıfır	10 — on	11 — on bir
1 — bir	20 — iyirmi	17 — on yeddi
2 — iki	30 — otuz	22 — iyirmi iki
3 — üç	40 — qırx	34 — otuz dörd
4 — dörd	50 — əlli	89 — səksən doqquz
5 — beş	60 — altmış	53 — əlli üç
6 — altı	70 — yetmiş	64 — altmış dörd
7 — yeddi	80 — səksən	78 — yetmiş səkkiz
8 — səkkiz	90 — doxsan	91 — doxsan bir
9 — doqquz	100 — yüz	97 — doxsan yeddi

Lesson notes

Rəqəmlər: numbers, age, and phone numbers

Numbers give your age, a phone number, and quantities. Learn the numbers up to 10 and the tens one by one (see the table); 11–99 follow a rule — first the ten, then the unit: on bir = 10 + 1, iyirmi beş = 20 + 5 — and are written as separate words, with no hyphen and no “and”: on bir, iyirmi beş, səksən yeddi. The pairs altı — altmış and yeddi — yetmiş sound alike: listen to the end of the word. Səkkiz is said [səkgiz]. Unlike English, a noun after a number takes no -lar: üç kitab “three books”, dörd stol — the number already says “more than one”. The same after neçə “how many”: Neçə kitab? Age is a set phrase, not “I am …”: “I'm 40” is Qırx yaşım var; “How old are you?” is Neçə yaşın (yaşınız) var? How it's built comes in module 2. Phone numbers: for now say the first three digits (050) one by one (sıfır, beş, sıfır) — counting in hundreds comes later — then in pairs: iki, iyirmi iki … If you don't understand: Başa düşmürəm “I don't understand”; Bir də deyin, zəhmət olmasa “Say it again, please”; Yavaş danışın “Speak more slowly”. Common mistakes: • iki kitablar → iki kitab. • NOT “Mən qırxam.” → Qırx yaşım var. • NOT “onbir” → on bir, two words.