
Before you begin:
If you have mastered counting from one to nine in Lesson 5 you now need to know only two more words (belas and puluh) to be able to count from 10 to 99.
Counting from 11 to 19 in Malay is simple when you remember how 13 to 19 are counted in English (as in four-teen, six-teen, eighteen, nine-teen). The "teen" in the second syllable is replaced by belas, that's all. Study the examples in the first column.
Counting the tens (10, 20, 30, 40, etc.) in Malay is like counting the tens in English (note the second syllable in forty, six-ty, eighty, nine-ty). The "ty" is replaced by puluh, that's all. Study the examples in the second column.
As for all the other numbers in-between 10 and 99 they are formed in exactly the same way as in English . Thus when you have a number such as 47 you only have to say forty (empat puluh) first, then seven (tujuh). For more examples see Column 3 in the table below. Good luck!
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A second reading (by Muhammad Nor Ismat, a native speaker)
sebelas = 11
dua belas = 12
tiga belas = 13
empat belas = 14
lima belas = 15
enam belas = 16
tujuh belas = 17
lapan belas = 18
sembilan belas = 19
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sepuluh = 10
dua puluh = 20
tiga puluh= 30
empat puluh = 40
lima puluh = 50
enam puluh = 60
tujuh puluh = 70
lapan puluh = 80
sembilan puluh = 90
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83 = lapan puluh tiga
21 = dua puluh satu
36 = tiga puluh enam
47 = empat puluh tujuh
54 = lima puluh empat
65 = enam puluh lima
78 = tujuh puluh lapan
82 = lapan puluh dua
99 = sembilan puluh sembilan
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Try to say the random numbers below (they change every day in accordance with the date) with the aid of the above table first.
When you are able to do so without looking at the table you would have mastered this lesson. Congratulations! Good work!
6 16 4 49 23 61 02
For those who want to know more:
When satu is added to another word it is often contracted to se and tagged on to the following word. Thus "satu" puluh (one ten or 10) becomes sepuluh.
This is also the case with sebelas (= 11 - remember that in Malay all numbers from 11 to 19 end in belas). |