Numbers 100 to 1000 and prices

A1 — Үгийн сан

Hundreds and thousands (зуу, мянга), the joining forms numbers take before a noun or a bigger number, and saying prices in tögrög.

Examples

Энэ тав мянган төгрөг. — This is five thousand tugriks.
Гурван зуун хорин нэг хүн байна. — There are three hundred twenty-one people.
Нэг мянга, хоёр мянга, арван мянга. — One thousand, two thousand, ten thousand.

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Numbers 100 to 1000 and prices

Hundreds and thousands (зуу, мянга), the joining forms numbers take before a noun or a bigger number, and saying prices in tögrög.

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Энэ тав мянган төгрөг.

This is five thousand tugriks.

Гурван зуун хорин нэг хүн байна.

There are three hundred twenty-one people.

Нэг мянга, хоёр мянга, арван мянга.

One thousand, two thousand, ten thousand.

Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?

Numbers 100 to 1000

Number	Mongolian	Number	Mongolian
100	зуу (нэг зуу)	600	зургаан зуу
200	хоёр зуу	700	долоон зуу
300	гурван зуу	800	найман зуу
400	дөрвөн зуу	900	есөн зуу
500	таван зуу	1000	мянга (нэг мянга)

The joining form

Most Mongolian numbers have two forms: one for counting on its own (гурав, тав, зуу) and a joining form with -н that is used before a noun or before a bigger number (гурван, таван, зуун):

гурав (three, alone) → гурван зуу (three hundred)
зуу (a hundred) → зуун төгрөг (a hundred tögrög)
мянга (a thousand) → таван мянган төгрөг (five thousand tögrög)

Дөрөв → дөрвөн and ес → есөн follow the same idea; хоёр (two) has a single form. English has nothing like this, so the slip is to use the counting form before a noun: *тав ном instead of таван ном.

Compound numbers

Big comes first, units last, with no "and": таван зуун тавь (550), гурван зуун хорин нэг (321). Every part except the last is in its joining form.

Prices

The currency is the төгрөг (₮). Энэ хэд вэ? or Энэ хэдэн төгрөг вэ? - How much is this? Таван мянган төгрөг. - Five thousand tögrög. At the Naran Tuul market in Ulaanbaatar you might hear Хоёр мянга таван зуу (2,500) for a bag of ааруул (dried curds). Prices are often quoted in thousands, so practise мянга until it comes without thinking.

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Common Error Patterns

Putting units before hundreds (нэг зуу instead of зуун нэг for 101)

Forgetting linking -н in мянган when used attributively

Энэ тав мянган төгрөг.

This is five thousand tugriks.

Prices use noun + мянган (thousand) + төгрөг (tugrik).

Гурван зуун хорин нэг хүн байна.

There are three hundred twenty-one people.

Combine hundreds + tens + units: гурван зуун (300) + хорин (20) + нэг (1).

Нэг мянга, хоёр мянга, арван мянга.

One thousand, two thousand, ten thousand.

Мянга (1000) stays invariable; multiplier precedes it.

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When do you use Numbers 100 to 1000 and prices?: Most Mongolian numbers have two forms: one for counting on its own ( гурав, тав, зуу ) and a joining form with -н that is used before a noun or before a bigger number ( гурван, таван, зуун ):
How do you form Numbers 100 to 1000 and prices?: Дөрөв → дөрвөн and ес → есөн follow the same idea; хоёр (two) has a single form. English has nothing like this, so the slip is to use the counting form before a noun: *тав ном instead of таван ном . Big comes first, units last, with no "and": таван зуун тавь (550), гурван зуун хорин нэг (321). Every part except the last is in its joining form. The currency is the төгрөг (₮). Энэ хэд вэ? or Энэ хэдэн төгрөг вэ? - How much is this? Таван мянган төгрөг. - Five thousand tögrög. At the Naran Tuul market in Ulaanbaatar you might hear Хоёр мянга таван зуу (2,500) for a bag of ааруул (dried curds). Prices are often quoted in thousands, so practise мянга until it comes without thinking.

Numbers 100 to 1000

Number

Mongolian

Number

Mongolian

100

зуу (нэг зуу)

600

зургаан зуу

200

хоёр зуу

700

долоон зуу

300

гурван зуу

800

найман зуу

400

дөрвөн зуу

900

есөн зуу

500

таван зуу

1000

мянга (нэг мянга)

The joining form

гурав (three, alone) → гурван зуу (three hundred)

зуу (a hundred) → зуун төгрөг (a hundred tögrög)

мянга (a thousand) → таван мянган төгрөг (five thousand tögrög)

Compound numbers

Big comes first, units last, with no "and": таван зуун тавь (550), гурван зуун хорин нэг (321). Every part except the last is in its joining form.

Prices

Frequently asked questions

When do you use Numbers 100 to 1000 and prices?

Most Mongolian numbers have two forms: one for counting on its own ( гурав, тав, зуу ) and a joining form with -н that is used before a noun or before a bigger number ( гурван, таван, зуун ):

How do you form Numbers 100 to 1000 and prices?

Дөрөв → дөрвөн and ес → есөн follow the same idea; хоёр (two) has a single form. English has nothing like this, so the slip is to use the counting form before a noun: *тав ном instead of таван ном . Big comes first, units last, with no "and": таван зуун тавь (550), гурван зуун хорин нэг (321). Every part except the last is in its joining form. The currency is the төгрөг (₮). Энэ хэд вэ? or Энэ хэдэн төгрөг вэ? - How much is this? Таван мянган төгрөг. - Five thousand tögrög. At the Naran Tuul market in Ulaanbaatar you might hear Хоёр мянга таван зуу (2,500) for a bag of ааруул (dried curds). Prices are often quoted in thousands, so practise мянга until it comes without thinking.