Learn to count larger numbers in Nynorsk
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| In this lesson we’re going to continue with counting from 11 to 100. |
| Let’s just quickly review 0-10. |
| 0 null |
| 1 ein (masculine) |
| ei (feminine) |
| eitt (neuter) |
| 2 to |
| 3 tre |
| 4 fire |
| 5 fem |
| 6 seks |
| 7 sju |
| 8 åtte |
| 9 ni |
| 10 ti |
| ・ |
| Now let’s continue with 11 to 20. |
| 11 elleve |
| (slow) el-le-ve |
| elleve |
| 12 tolv |
| (slow) tolv |
| tolv |
| 13 tretten |
| (slow) tret-ten |
| tretten |
| 14 fjorten |
| (slow) fjor-ten |
| fjorten |
| 15 femten |
| (slow) fem-ten |
| femten |
| 16 seksten |
| (slow) seks-ten |
| seks-ten |
| 17 sytten |
| (slow) syt-ten |
| sytten |
| 18 atten |
| (slow) at-ten |
| atten |
| 19 nitten |
| (slow) nit-ten |
| nitten |
| 20 tjue |
| (slow) tju-e |
| tjue |
| You probably noticed that most of the numbers between tolv – twelve and tjue - twenty; follow the pattern of number plus ten. There are some “gotchas” which you'll have to learn, but these shouldn't be too difficult. |
| ・ |
| Let’s count in tens from ten until one hundred. |
| 10 ti |
| (slow) ti |
| ti |
| 20 tjue |
| (slow) tju-e |
| tjue |
| 30 tretti |
| (slow) tret-ti |
| tretti |
| 40 førti |
| (slow) før-ti |
| førti |
| 50 femti |
| (slow) fem-ti |
| femti |
| 60 seksti |
| (slow) seks-ti |
| seksti |
| 70 sytti |
| (slow) syt-ti |
| sytti |
| 80 åtti |
| (slow) åt-ti |
| åtti |
| 90 nitti |
| (slow) nit-ti |
| nitti |
| Finally, we have hundre, which is “a hundred.” |
| 100 hundre |
| (slow) hun-dre |
| hundre |
| ・ |
| Now that we learned the tens let’s learn counting the numbers that are in between. |
| 21 sounds like this: tjueein. |
| Tjue means “twenty.” |
| (slow) Tjue-e. |
| Tjue. |
| And ein of course means “one.” |
| The whole number is tjueein literally “twenty one.” |
| Let’s make some sentences using numbers now. |
| ・ |
| Here is the first one: |
| “I am 21 years old.” |
| Eg er tjueeitt år gamal. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Eg er tju-e-eitt år ga-mal. |
| Once again: |
| Eg er tjueeitt år gamal. |
| Eg er is the pronoun Eg, meaning “I,” followed by er, meaning “am.” |
| (slow) Eg er. |
| Eg er. |
| The next word, tjueeitt, means “twenty one.” |
| (slow) Tju-e-eitt. |
| Tjueeitt. |
| Finally, we have år gamal, meaning “years old.” |
| (slow) År ga-mal |
| År ga-mal. |
| All together, we have |
| Eg er tjueeitt år gamal. |
| ・ |
| Let’s try making the Nynorsk word for “fifty three.” “Fifty” is femti and “three” is tre. Putting them together, we have femtitre or “fifty three.” |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Fem-ti-tre. |
| And once more: |
| Femtitre. |
| ・ |
| Let’s use femtitre to say “I have fifty three kroner” |
| Eg har femtitre kroner. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Eg har fem-ti-tre kro-ner. |
| Once again: |
| Eg har femtitre kroner. |
| Eg har is the pronoun Eg, meaning “I,” followed by the present form of the verb å ha (har), meaning “to have.” |
| (slow) Eg har. |
| Eg har. |
| The next word, femtitre, of course means “fifty three.” |
| (slow) Fem-ti-tre. |
| Femtitre. |
| The last word kroner, is the name of the Norwegian currency. |
| All together, we have |
| Eg har femtitre kroner. |
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