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Counting to ten in Azerbaijani

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Azerbaijani words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

The interior of the Palace of Shaki Khans
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Urek Meniashvili, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Azerbaijani phrases in this lesson

BirBEER
One

The building block of ordering. "Bir çay" (one tea) and "bir su" (one water) will get you far.

İkiee-KEE
Two

Use with fingers as backup. "İki bilet" means two tickets, useful at transport hubs.

ÜçOOCH
Three

The "ü" is like the French "u" or German "ü." Round your lips to get it right.

DördDURD
Four
BeşBESH
Five

The "ş" sounds like English "sh." Five is a useful number at markets and for splitting dishes.

Altıal-TUH
Six
Yeddiyed-DEE
Seven
Səkkizsek-KEEZ
Eight
Doqquzdog-GOOZ
Nine
OnON
Ten

Prices are in manat. Eleven is "on bir", ten plus one, and the pattern holds all the way up.

Where Azerbaijani is spoken

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