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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Esperanto

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

The basilica in Białystok, Poland, the birthplace of Esperanto’s creator
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Emilia Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Esperanto phrases in this lesson

UnuOO-noo
One

The number one, from which all Esperanto counting flows logically. Unu, du, tri, kvar, kvin, ses, sep, ok, naux, dek (ten).

Dudoo
Two

Part of the completely regular counting system. No irregularities. Du paj (two pieces) works with any noun.

Tritree
Three

Tri homoj (three people). Numbers in Esperanto do not change form based on gender or number.

KvarKVAHR
Four
Kvinkveen
Five
Sesses
Six
Sepsep
Seven
Okok
Eight
Naŭnow
Nine
Dekdek
Ten

Twenty is dudek (two-ten), thirty tridek (three-ten). Systematic and logical: dudek sep (27). No irregularities whatsoever.

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