Counting in Gujarati
એક બે ત્રણ to સો — count, pay and bargain in Gujarati.
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One to ten sings: એક બે ત્રણ ચાર પાંચ છ સાત આઠ નવ દસ — chant it walking, cooking, waiting. Gujarati numbers love rhythm; your tongue learns faster than your brain. Ten numbers, total freedom in every shop.
Teens climb steadily: અગિયાર બાર તેર ચૌદ પંદર સોળ સત્તર અઢાર ઓગણીસ વીસ — eleven to twenty. ઓગણીસ (19) and વીસ (20) open the tens; climb daily and teens become trivial.
Tens multiply power: વીસ ત્રીસ ચાળીસ પચાસ સાઠ સિત્તેર એંસી નેવું સો — 20 to 100. Combine freely: એકવીસ (21), પચ્ચીસ (25), સત્તાવીસ (27) — the tongue-twisters that prove fluency.
Hundreds rule markets: સો (100), બસો (200), હજાર (1000), લાખ (100,000). દોઢસો (150) and અઢીસો (250) charm shopkeepers — halves and quarters in pure Gujarati. Money talks; count it in Gujarati.
Words and phrases for this topic
| English | Gujarati | Sounds like |
|---|---|---|
| One | એક | ek |
| Two | બે | be |
| Three | ત્રણ | tran |
| Four | ચાર | chaar |
| Five | પાંચ | paanch |
| Six | છ | chha |
| Seven | સાત | saat |
| Eight | આઠ | aath |
| Nine | નવ | nav |
| Ten | દસ | das |
| Twenty | વીસ | vees |
| Hundred | સો | so |
| Thousand | હજાર | hazaar |
Language, culture, and common traps
Practice: recall, then use
Use this quick recall drill for Counting in Gujarati. Hide the script and romanisation columns; say the Gujarati form for each cue before revealing its row, then check spelling and sound. The phrase-table speaker buttons provide a model when a matching browser voice is available.
- One
- Seven
- Thousand
Transfer practice. Choose a practical setting—a price, a quantity, an age, or an appointment time—and use the number in a complete request. Say the number once, pause, and repeat it at a natural pace. Check the script form as well as the romanisation; a familiar Arabic numeral is not a substitute for recognising the local form. Start from એક (ek) and decide whether it fits the situation before using it elsewhere.
Context check. For Counting in Gujarati, “Thousand” belongs to a particular setting. A common mistake is to treat an English gloss as universal; read the language-specific note above and ask a fluent speaker when local usage differs.
Check your recall: answer key
- એક ek — One
- સાત saat — Seven
- હજાર hazaar — Thousand
Questions learners ask
એક બે ત્રણ ચાર પાંચ છ સાત આઠ નવ દસ — chant to ten, then અગિયાર બાર તેર ચૌદ પંદર to twenty. Rhythm first, precision follows.
વીસ (20), ત્રીસ (30), ચાળીસ (40), પચાસ (50) — then combine: એકવીસ (21), બત્રીસ (32). Tens plus units, endlessly.
સો (100), હજાર (1000), લાખ (100,000). કેટલા? (how many?) asks; numbers answer. Markets run on these three.