Numbers

1. هڪ، ٻه، ٽي

   Hiku, bba, ṭe

   One, two, three

   Usage

   For counting.

   Grammar Note

   ٻ is implosive; ٽ is retroflex.

2. چار، پنج، ڇهه

   Chāri, panja, chhaha

   Four, five, six

   Usage

   For counting.

   Grammar Note

   ڇ is aspirated (chh).

3. ست، اٺ، نو، ڏهه

   Sata, aṭha, nava, ddaha

   Seven, eight, nine, ten

   Usage

   For counting.

   Grammar Note

   ڏ is an implosive (dd).

4. يارهن، ٻارهن، پندرهن، ويهه

   Yārahana, bbārahana, pandrahã, vīha

   Eleven, twelve, fifteen, twenty

   Usage

   11, 12, 15 and 20.

   Grammar Note

   The teens are irregular; learn each one.

5. سؤ، هزار، لک

   Saũ, hazāru, lakha

   Hundred, thousand, hundred thousand

   Usage

   100, 1000 and 100,000.

   Grammar Note

   لک (lakh) is the South Asian unit.

6. پنج سؤ روپيا

   Panja saũ rupayā

   Five hundred rupees

   Usage

   States an amount.

   Grammar Note

   روپيا is the plural of روپيو.

7. هڪ ڀيرو، ٻه ڀيرا، ٽي ڀيرا

   Hiku bhero, bba bherā, ṭe bherā

   Once, twice, three times

   Usage

   States a number of times.

   Grammar Note

   The plural of ڀيرو is ڀيرا.

8. مهرباني ڪري ٽي ڪلو انب ڏيو

   Mihirbānī kare ṭe kilo anbu ddiyo

   Please give me three kilos of mangoes

   Usage

   Orders fruit by the kilo.

   Grammar Note

   ڪلو is an English loanword. This is a composed sentence: it is built from checked words and regular Sindhi grammar, not copied from a phrasebook, so a native speaker may phrase it slightly differently.

9. منهنجي عمر پنجويهه سال آهي

   Munhinjī umira panjvīha sālu āhe

   I am twenty-five years old

   Usage

   States your age.

   Grammar Note

   عمر is feminine. This is a composed sentence: it is built from checked words and regular Sindhi grammar, not copied from a phrasebook, so a native speaker may phrase it slightly differently.

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