In this interesting article we are going to teach you the numbers in Basque. We offer you a detailed list of ordinal and cardinal numbers. It should be noted that numbering is part of the grammar of the language of the Basque Country. One of the main advantages of learning numbers is that this terminology It is used in almost all daily activities in the areas where it is spoken.
To have a wide knowledge of this language, it is important that you master the grammar and pronunciation of words. The cardinal numbers indicate the number of elements that can be counted, that is: three books, four houses, five blocks, etc.
Ordinal numbers, on the other hand, present the position of an element, that is, the fifth place, fourth floor, the first place, etc.
List of numbers in Basque
Cardinal numbers
zenbakiak numbers
- one: bat
- two: bi
- three: hiru
- four: lau
- five: bost
- six: yes
- seven: zazpi
- eight: zortzi
- nine: bederatzi
- ten: hamar
- eleven: hamaika
- twelve: hamabi
- thirteen: hamahiru
- fourteen: hamalau
- fifteen: hamabost
- sixteen: hamasei
- seventeen: hamazazpi
- eighteen: Hemezortzi
- nineteen: hemeretzi
- twenty: hogei
- one hundred: ehun
- thousand: mila
- million: millioi
Examples of use
- My daughter is three years old: Nire praises hiru urte dauzka
- My house has four bedrooms: Nire etxea lau logela da
- Four minutes until my mother arrives: Lau minutu geratzen dira loves heldu arte
- I'm going to buy twenty shirts and ten pants: Hogei kam camiseta eta hamar prakak erosi behar ditut
- My family consists of ten siblings: Nire senideak hamar anaiek osatzen dute
- I have seven days of keeping a diet:: Zazpi egun igaro ditut diet mantenduz
- I will buy a thousand pairs of shoes to start a new business: Milaka bikote oinetakoak erosi ditut Negozio berri bat hasteko.
- I believe that our company will generate a million euros of profitability: You dut gure konpainiak milioi bat errentagarritasun izango dituela
Ordinal Basque numbers
- first: lehen
- second: bigarren
- third: hirugarren
- fourth: laugarren
- fifth: bosgarren
- sixth: seigarren
- seventh: zazpigarren
- eighth: zortzigarren
- ninth: bederatzigarren
- tenth: hamargarren
- eleventh: hamaikagarren
- twelfth: hamabigarren
- thirteenth: hamahirugarren
- fourteenth: hamalaugarren
- fifteenth: hamabosgarren
- sixteenth: hamaseigarren
- seventeenth: hamazazpigarren
- eighteenth: hamazortzigarren
- nineteenth: hemeretzigarren
- twentieth: hogeigarren
- once: behin
- twice: bi aldiz
Examples of use
- The first to reach the finish line will win the gold medal: Lehen helburua lortzeko urrezko dominates lortuko du
- Second place will win the silver medal: Bigarren postuak zilarrezko dominates irabazi du
- The third quarter I will be able to finish my career: Hirugarren hiruhilekoan umi lasterketa amaitu ahal izango dut
- The fourth year in a row that I have achieved all my goals: Laugarren urtez jarraian lortu dut nire helburu guztiak
- The fifth month of the year is May: Urteko bosgarren hilabetea maiatzaren da
- The sixth semester we hope to obtain the best results: Seigarren seihilekoan emaitzarik onenak lortu nahi ditugu
- My parents are celebrating their twentieth anniversary of marriage: Nire gurasoak ezkonduaren hogeigarren urteurrena ospatzen ari dira
- I think you should charge the machine once: You dut makina kargatu beharko zenuke behin
- Only twice can you go wrong: Bakarrik bi aldiz oker joan zaitezke
