Language/Iranian-persian/Vocabulary/Count-from-1-to-100
Hi guys!
In this lesson, we're going to learn how to count from 1 to 100 in Persian step by step.
First read this lesson. Try to remember the rules and pronunciation by clicking on the links in the table. Then watch the videos below to review and deepen.
So, let's start! 😎
Table: Numbers 1 to 100 in Persian
Number in English | Number in Persian | Pronunciation |
---|---|---|
1 : One | ۱ : یِک | yek |
2 : Two | ۲ : دو | do |
3 : Three | ۳ : سه | se |
4 : Four | ۴ : چهار | châhâr
châr (slang) |
5 : Five | ۵ : پَنج | panj
paish or pai (slang) |
6 : Six | ۶ : شِش | shesh
shish (slang) |
7 : Seven | ۷ : هَفت | haft |
8 : Eight | ۸ : هَشت | hasht |
9 : Nine | ۹ : نُه | noh |
10 : Ten | ۱۰ : دَه | dah |
11 : Eleven | ۱۱ : یازدَه | yâzdah |
12 : Twelve | ۱۲ : دَوازدَه | davâzdah |
13 : Thirteen | ۱۳ :سیزدَه | sizdah |
14 : Fourteen | ۱۴ : چهاردَه | châhârdah
chârdah (slang) |
15 : Fifteen | ۱۵ : پانزدَه | pânzdah
poonzdah (slang) |
16 : Sixteen | ۱۶ : شانزدَه | shânzdah
shoonzdah (slang) |
17 : Seventeen | ۱۷ : هِفدَه | hefdah
hivdah (slang) |
18 : Eighteen | ۱۸ : هِجدَه | hejdah
hijdah (slang) |
19 : Nineteen | ۱۹ : نوزدَه | noozdah |
20 : Twenty | ۲۰ : بیست | bist |
30 : Thirty | ۳۰ : سی | si |
40 : Forty | ۴۰ : چِهِل | chehel
chel (slang) |
50 : Fifty | ۵۰ : پَنجاه | panjâh |
60 : Sixty | ۶۰ : شَصت | shast |
70 : Seventy | ۷۰ : هَفتاد | haftâd |
80 : Eighty | ۸۰ : هَشتاد | hahstâd |
90 : Ninety | ۹۰ : نَوَد | navad |
100 : Hundred | ۱۰۰ : صَد | sad |
How to memorize those numbers more easily
1-9
The ones you should absolutely know at first to continue this lesson are numbers from 1 to 9.
10-19
Then, 10 to 19 and also 10's multiples would be easier to memorize.
There are some tricks: from 11 to 19, you can see first letters look like 1 to 9! right?
- ۱ یک yek => ۱۱ یازده yazdah (ی - y)
- ۲ دو do => ۱۲ دوازده davazdah (د - d)
- ۳ se => ۱۳ sizdah ( س - s)
and so on...
30-90
Same for 30 to 90:
- ۳ سه se => ۳۰ سی si (س - s)
- ۴ چهار châhâr => ۴۰ چهل chehel (چ - ch)
- ۵ پنج panj => ۵۰ پنجاه panjâh (پ - p)
and so on...
Exceptions
Also, exceptions you should just memorize on their own are: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,20,100
How to count numbers between ten's multiples?
Well that's easy, just put "o" (و) after your multiple then put your number :
Multiple + "o" (و) + number
Example:
- twenty three
- Bist + o + se = Bist o se
- (بیست و سه = بیست + و + سه)