Counting to ten in Persian
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Persian 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 Persian phrases in this lesson
- یکyak
- One
- دوdoo
- Two
- سهseh
- Three
- چهارcha-HAR
- Four
- پنجpanj
- Five
- ششshesh
- Six
- هفتhaft
- Seven
- هشتhasht
- Eight
- نهnoh
- Nine
- دهdah
- Ten
Yak is the universal one. When counting you use it; when buying you say "یک تا" (one piece/unit). Persian numbers are fairly regular until you reach larger numbers.
Regular progression continues. Teens are formed by adding "dah": yāzdah (eleven), davazdah (twelve), trezedan (thirteen). Twenties through nineties follow predictable patterns once you know the base numbers.
Spelled like the word for no, but said "noh".
Twenty: bist (beest), thirty: si (see), forty: chahel (cha-HEL), fifty: panjāh (pan-JAH), sixty: shast (shast), seventy: haftād (haf-TAD), eighty: hashtād (hash-TAD), ninety: navad (na-VAD).