Counting to ten in Assamese
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Assamese words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Assamese phrases in this lesson
- একEK
- One
- দুইDUI
- Two
- তিনিTI-ni
- Three
- চাৰিSA-ri
- Four
- পাঁচPAS
- Five
- ছয়SOI
- Six
- সাতXAT
- Seven
- আঠATH
- Eight
- নNO
- Nine
- দহDOH
- Ten
The base number. When counting objects, one has its own contracted form: এটা (E-ta, one item), which drops the k of এক. Say "eta", never "ek-ta". এক on its own is used in arithmetic, addresses, and phone numbers.
When counting items: দুটা (DU-ta). The -টা suffix is the general-purpose counter in Assamese and works for almost anything when you are unsure of the specific measure word.
Three items: তিনিটা (TI-ni-ta). Numbers are consistent from three upward; only one and two have slightly different counting forms.
Not "chari": চ is an s in Assamese, always. This one word will retrain your ear for the whole language.
Starts with the Assamese x, the scraped sound in the throat.
A single letter, and the shortest number on the list.
Twenty is বিশ (BIX), thirty is ত্ৰিশ (TRIX). Prices are often given as a bare number; দহ টকা (DOH to-KA) means ten rupees.