I can count to a hundred, understand and write down a phone number I hear, ask someone's age, and say mine: Men oʻttiz yoshdaman.
Sonlar: numbers, age, and phone numbers
Sonlar: numbers, age, and phone numbers
Why: count to a hundred, give a phone number, and say how old you are.
The numbers 0 to 10 and the tens are in the tables. A compound number is the ten and the unit, two words, with no hyphen and no “and”: oʻn bir — 11, yigirma besh — 25, toʻqson toʻqqiz — 99. A hundred is yuz, a thousand — ming. “How many?” is necha.
Age is a set pattern, not just the number as in English “I'm thirty”: number + yoshda + the personal ending:
• Men oʻttiz yoshdaman. — I'm thirty.
• Siz qirq yoshdasiz.
• Anna oʻttiz yoshda. — no ending in the third person.
Learn the age question as a whole: Yoshingiz nechada? Informally: Sen necha yoshdasan? About someone else: U necha yoshda?
Phone numbers — two set phrases: Telefon raqamingiz necha? — Mening raqamim …
Trap words: son means “number”, not English “son” (that is oʻgʻil); yuz is “hundred” (another word yuz comes later); yosh is “age” and “young”.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “yigirma va besh” → yigirma besh.
• NOT “Men oʻttiz”, NOT “Men oʻttiz yosh” → Men oʻttiz yoshdaman.
Numbers from zero to ten
| Figure | Word |
|---|---|
| 0 | nol |
| 1 | bir |
| 2 | ikki |
| 3 | uch |
| 4 | toʻrt |
| 5 | besh |
| 6 | olti |
| 7 | yetti |
| 8 | sakkiz |
| 9 | toʻqqiz |
| 10 | oʻn |
Tens, a hundred, and a thousand
A compound number is the tens and the units: two words, with no “and”.
| Figure | Word |
|---|---|
| 20 | yigirma |
| 30 | oʻttiz |
| 40 | qirq |
| 50 | ellik |
| 60 | oltmish |
| 70 | yetmish |
| 80 | sakson |
| 90 | toʻqson |
| 100 | yuz |
| 1000 | ming |
| 11 | oʻn bir |
| 25 | yigirma besh |
| 99 | toʻqson toʻqqiz |
Age: number + yoshda + personal ending
| Who | How old |
|---|---|
| I | Men … yoshdaman |
| you (informal) | Sen … yoshdasan |
| you (formal) | Siz … yoshdasiz |
| he, she | U … yoshda |
| we | Biz … yoshdamiz |
| question (formal) | Yoshingiz nechada? |
| question (informal) | Sen necha yoshdasan? |
| question about someone else | U necha yoshda? |
Lesson notes
Sonlar: numbers, age, and phone numbers
Why: count to a hundred, give a phone number, and say how old you are.
The numbers 0 to 10 and the tens are in the tables. A compound number is the ten and the unit, two words, with no hyphen and no “and”: oʻn bir — 11, yigirma besh — 25, toʻqson toʻqqiz — 99. A hundred is yuz, a thousand — ming. “How many?” is necha.
Age is a set pattern, not just the number as in English “I'm thirty”: number + yoshda + the personal ending:
• Men oʻttiz yoshdaman. — I'm thirty.
• Siz qirq yoshdasiz.
• Anna oʻttiz yoshda. — no ending in the third person.
Learn the age question as a whole: Yoshingiz nechada? Informally: Sen necha yoshdasan? About someone else: U necha yoshda?
Phone numbers — two set phrases: Telefon raqamingiz necha? — Mening raqamim …
Trap words: son means “number”, not English “son” (that is oʻgʻil); yuz is “hundred” (another word yuz comes later); yosh is “age” and “young”.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “yigirma va besh” → yigirma besh.
• NOT “Men oʻttiz”, NOT “Men oʻttiz yosh” → Men oʻttiz yoshdaman.