Cardinal numbers from 1 to 100
Cardinal numbers from 1 to 100
Can use numbers 1-100 for age, prices, quantities
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Ech sinn dräianzwanzeg Joer al.
I am twenty-three years old.
D'Buch kascht fofzéng Euro.
The book costs fifteen euros.
Mir sinn zwielef Leit.
We are twelve people.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
D'Zuelen vun 1 bis 20:
| 1 = eent | 6 = sechs | 11 = eelef | 16 = siechzéng |
| 2 = zwee | 7 = siwen | 12 = zwielef | 17 = siwwenzéng |
| 3 = dräi | 8 = aacht | 13 = dräizéng | 18 = uechtzéng |
| 4 = véier | 9 = néng | 14 = véierzéng | 19 = nonzéng |
| 5 = fënnef | 10 = zéng | 15 = fofzéng | 20 = zwanzeg |
Zénger: 30=drësseg, 40=véierzeg, 50=fofzeg, 60=siechzeg, 70=siwwenzeg, 80=achtzeg, 90=nonzeg, 100=honnert.
Kombinéiert: Eener virun Zénger mat an: 21 = eenanzwanzeg, 35 = fënnefandrësseg.
Common Error Patterns
Putting tens before ones
Ones come first: 25 = fënnefanzwanzeg (five-and-twenty), not *zwanzegfënnef
Ech sinn dräianzwanzeg Joer al.
I am twenty-three years old.
Numbers: ones before tens with 'an': dräi-an-zwanzeg = three-and-twenty.
D'Buch kascht fofzéng Euro.
The book costs fifteen euros.
Fofzéng = fifteen. Kascht = costs (3rd person of kaschten).
Mir sinn zwielef Leit.
We are twelve people.
Zwielef = twelve — note the Luxembourgish spelling differs from German zwölf.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises