When learning a new language, one of the most important things to learn is its numbers. Before we start with the Turkish numbers, let’s have a quick revision on what we already know about numbers in English.
In English, in order to say any number, we need to know:
0 – zero | 1 – one | 2 – two | 3 – three | 4 – four |
5 – five | 6 – six | 7 – seven | 8 – eight | 9 – nine |
10 – ten | 11 – eleven | 12 – twelve | 13 – thirteen | 14 – fourteen |
15 – fifteen | 16 – sixteen | 17 – seventeen | 18 – eighteen | 19 – nineteen |
20 – twenty | 30 – thirty | 40 – forty | 50 – fifty | 60 – sixty |
70 – seventy | 80 – eighty | 90 – ninety | 100 – hundren | 1000 – thousand |
1000000 – million | 1000000000 – billion | |||
And then we can say any number by putting together some of the ones above, for example:
125 = 100 (one hundred) + 20 (twenty) + 5 (five) = one hundred twenty five
1985 = 1000 (one thousand) + 900 (nine hundred) + 80 (eighty) + 5 (five) = one thousand nine hundred eighty five
2022 = 2000 (two thousands) + 20 (twenty) + 2 (two) = two thousandss twenty two
Now, coming to Turkish, the Turkish numbers are relatively easy. They’re even easier than English as the numbers between 11 and 19 are also the combinations of 10+1, 10+2, 10+3, and so on..
So to begin with, we have to memorize the following numbers:
0 – sıfır | 1 – bir | 2 – iki | 3 – üç | 4 – dört |
5 – beş | 6 – altı | 7 – yedi | 8 – sekiz | 9 – dokuz |
10 – on | 20 – yirmi | 30 – otuz | 40 – kırk | 50 – elli |
60 – altmış | 70 – yetmiş | 80 – seksen | 90 – doksan | 100 – yüz |
1000 – bin | 1000000 – milyon | 1000000000 – milyar | ||
Now, if we want to continue, we will just put numbers together, for example:
125 = 100 (yüz) + 20 (yirmi) + 5 (beş) = yüz yirmi beş
1985 = 1000 (bin) + 900 (dokuz yüz) + 80 (seksen) + 5 (beş) = bin dokuz yüz seksen beş
2022 = 2000 (iki bin) + 20 (yirmi) + 2 (iki) = iki bin yirmi iki
Note that when we are referring to 100 or 1000 we don’t have to mention the number “bir”, it’s enough to say (yüz) to mean (one hundred) without having to state the “one”. However, when saying (two hundreds, three hundreds, two thousands, three thousands), we definetely have to specify the number, i.e.: (iki yüz, üç yüz, iki bin, üç bin).
Now let’s practice:
19: ____________________ 26: ____________________ 34: ____________________ 47: ____________________ 52: ____________________ | 63: ____________________ 71: ____________________ 88: ____________________ 95: ____________________ 138: ____________________ |
Now, let’s make it a bit harder:
1825: ____________________ 1714: ____________________ | 2567: ____________________ 248079: ____________________ |
19: on dokuz 26: yirmi altı 34: otuz dört 47: kırk yedi 52: elli iki | 63: altmış üç 71: yetmiş bir 88: seksen sekiz 95: doksan beş 138: yüz otuz sekiz |
1825: bin sekiz yüz yirmi beş 1714: bin yedi yüz on dört | 2567: iki bin beş yüz altmış yedi 248079: iki yüz kırk sekiz bin yetmiş dokuz |
Thank you for the detailed explanation
Very helpful 👌
I’m yirmi yedi years old! I was born in bin dokuz yüz doksan beş! My favourite number is üç and yirmi bir cz yirmi bir is my birthdate!!😃😊😊
You did a great job at this! 👏🏻👏🏻
Very nicely explained! You really did made it quite easy!👌🏻💯