A2 Sentence Structure 1 min read

Ordinal Numbers & Counting Words (اول، دوم، تا، نفر)

Overview

Ordinals add -om (م) suffix: avval/yekom (1st), dovvom (2nd), sevvom (3rd), chaharom (4th)... dahom (10th). Classifiers/counters: ta (تا) for general counting: se ta sib (3 apples), nafar (نفر) for people: panj nafar (5 people), jeld (جلد) for books, dane (دانه) for small objects. Numbers come before the classifier: do ta chai (2 teas).
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