Knowing numbers can be extremely helpful. If you know the numbers you can ask for prices, a person's age or telephone number. New Words
| daerah |
area |
| ditulis |
written |
| tinggi |
high, tall |
| kecil |
small, in conjunction with numbers: low |
| negara |
country |
| telepon |
telephone |
| kosong |
0, empty |
| nol |
0 |
| satu |
1 |
| dua |
2 |
| tiga |
3 |
| empat |
4 |
| lima |
5 |
| enam |
6 |
| tujuh |
7 |
| delapan |
8 |
| sembilan |
9 |
| sepuluh |
10 |
| sebelas |
11 |
| duabelas |
12 |
| tigabelas |
13 |
| empatbelas |
14 |
| limabelas |
15 |
| enambelas |
16 |
| duapuluh |
20 |
| duapuluh satu |
21 |
| tigapuluh |
30 |
| seratus |
100 |
| dua ratus |
200 |
| tiga ratus delapan puluh lima |
385 |
| seribu |
1000 |
| sembilan ribu delapan ratus tujuh |
9807 |
| tiga ratus duabelas ribu |
312000 |
| satu juta |
1000 000 |
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As you can see although satu means one you don't say "satu ratus" but seratus for one hundred. The same applies for seribu, but both satu juta and sejuta is correct.
Ini nomor besar - number big - this is a high number
Nomor kecil - number small - this is a low number
Nomor ganjil odd number
Nomor genap even number As in any language understanding numbers is very difficult in the beginning. You wil have to ask people to write the number down: Tolong ditulis! - please, written - please write it down
Note
The Rupiah has gone through some inflation in its life.
US$1 = Rp8500.00 (September 2000). You need to know
the high numbers to understand price |
Fractionsetengah 1/2
sepertiga 1/3
seperempat 1/4
tigaperempat 3/4 Who knows the numbers will have no problems with ordinal numbers. For all numbers except 1 simply add the prefix ke to the number. Ordinal numbers pertama 1st
kedua 2nd
ketiga 3rd
keseratus 100th Double and triplesdobel double
tiga kali triple
empat kali four times
Harga hotel ini empat kali harga hotel itu. - price hotel this four times price hotel that. - The price of this hotel is four times the price of that hotel.
A Twist
A couple, one tall and slim,
the other short and fat is called
nomor sepuluh |
Telephone numbers
After getting a belum for the question sudah nikah it may be time to ask:
Q: Nomor telepon kamu berapa? - number telephone you how much? - What is your telephone number?
A: Nomor telepon saya dua tiga empat nol nol lima satu - number telephone my 2340051 - My telephone number is 2340051 To ask for country and area code:
Q: Kode daerah berapa? - code area how much? - What is the area code?
A: Dua satu. Itu kode Jakarta. - two one. That Jakarta. - Two one. That is Jakarta
Q: Kode negara berapa? - code country how much? - What is the country code?
A: Kode negara enam dua. - country code six two - Country code is six two. Nomor telepon saya ada delapan angka. - number telephone my has eights digits - My telephone number has eight digits.
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