Numbers 11-100
Grammar Rule in 30 Seconds
Indonesian numbers 11-100 follow a simple 'base + suffix' pattern, making them incredibly easy to learn.
- 11-19 use the suffix '-belas' (e.g., 'tiga' + 'belas' = 'tigabelas').
- 20-99 use the suffix '-puluh' for tens (e.g., 'dua' + 'puluh' = 'duapuluh').
- For numbers like 21-99, add the unit after the ten (e.g., 'duapuluh satu').
Meanings
Cardinal numbers are used to count objects, express age, or state prices in Indonesian.
Counting objects
Quantifying items in a set.
“Ada limabelas orang di sini.”
“Saya membeli tigapuluh apel.”
Indonesian Number Formation
| Number | Base | Suffix | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | tiga | -belas | tigabelas |
| 17 | tujuh | -belas | tujuhbelas |
| 20 | dua | -puluh | duapuluh |
| 40 | empat | -puluh | empatpuluh |
| 55 | lima | -puluh + lima | limapuluh lima |
| 99 | sembilan | -puluh + sembilan | sembilanpuluh sembilan |
Reference Table
| Form | Structure | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Teens | Digit + belas | enambelas (16) |
| Tens | Digit + puluh | enampuluh (60) |
| Compound | Tens + Unit | enampuluh satu (61) |
| Special | 11 | sebelas |
| Special | 10 | sepuluh |
Espectro de formalidad
Saya memiliki duapuluh lima buku. (Daily life)
Saya punya duapuluh lima buku. (Daily life)
Aku punya duapuluh lima buku. (Daily life)
Gue punya duapuluh lima buku. (Daily life)
Number Suffix Logic
Teens
- + belas 11-19
Tens
- + puluh 20-90
Examples by Level
Saya punya sebelas buku.
I have eleven books.
Harganya duapuluh ribu.
The price is twenty thousand.
Ada limabelas orang.
There are fifteen people.
Dia berumur tigapuluh tahun.
He is thirty years old.
Saya membeli empatpuluh lima telur.
I bought forty-five eggs.
Tolong ambilkan duabelas kursi.
Please get twelve chairs.
Apakah ini nomor enampuluh?
Is this number sixty?
Kami menunggu tujuhbelas menit.
We waited seventeen minutes.
Totalnya delapanpuluh dua rupiah.
The total is eighty-two rupiah.
Dia sudah bekerja selama sembilanbelas tahun.
He has worked for nineteen years.
Ada limapuluh enam peserta.
There are fifty-six participants.
Tolong siapkan tigapuluh tiga dokumen.
Please prepare thirty-three documents.
Kapasitas ruangan ini adalah tujuhpuluh lima orang.
The capacity of this room is seventy-five people.
Kami membutuhkan empatbelas staf tambahan.
We need fourteen additional staff.
Jaraknya sekitar sembilanpuluh kilometer.
The distance is about ninety kilometers.
Dia mencetak delapanbelas gol musim ini.
He scored eighteen goals this season.
Proyek ini telah berjalan selama duapuluh empat bulan.
This project has been running for twenty-four months.
Terdapat enam-puluh-tujuh variasi warna.
There are sixty-seven color variations.
Kami mengumpulkan tigabelas data sampel.
We collected thirteen sample data.
Angka tersebut mencapai sembilanpuluh sembilan persen.
That figure reached ninety-nine percent.
Populasi mencapai angka delapanpuluh satu juta jiwa.
The population reached eighty-one million people.
Dia menghabiskan empatpuluh delapan jam untuk riset.
He spent forty-eight hours on research.
Terdapat lima-belas poin utama dalam argumennya.
There are fifteen main points in his argument.
Suhu turun hingga sebelas derajat.
The temperature dropped to eleven degrees.
Easily Confused
Learners mix up 'sebelas' and 'sepuluh'.
Errores comunes
satubelas
sebelas
duapuluh satu
duapuluh satu
limapuluh lima
limapuluh lima
sepuluh satu
sebelas
enambelas
enambelas
tujuhbelas
tujuhbelas
sepuluh puluh
seratus
tigapuluh-tiga
tigapuluh tiga
sebelas belas
sebelas
duapuluh-satu
duapuluh satu
sepuluh-puluh
seratus
Sentence Patterns
Saya punya ___ buku.
Real World Usage
Harganya limapuluh ribu.
Practice aloud
Smart Tips
Always say the ten before the unit.
Pronunciación
Suffix stress
Stress usually falls on the base digit, not the suffix.
Declarative
Saya punya 15 buku. ↘
Falling intonation for statements.
Memorize It
Mnemonic
Belas is for the teens (like a teenager's bell), Puluh is for the tens (like a pulse).
Visual Association
Imagine a teenager (belas) ringing a bell, and a heart monitor (puluh) showing tens.
Rhyme
Teens add belas, tens add puluh, counting Indonesian is easy for you!
Story
Budi is 15 (limabelas). He buys 20 (duapuluh) apples. He gives 5 (lima) to his friend. Now he has 15 (limabelas) left.
Word Web
Desafío
Count backwards from 50 to 11 in 60 seconds.
Notas culturales
Numbers are often written as digits in informal text, but formal writing prefers words.
Malay-Indonesian numerals are Austronesian in origin.
Conversation Starters
Berapa umurmu?
Journal Prompts
Test Yourself
13 is ___.
Score: /1
Ejercicios de practica
1 exercises13 is ___.
Score: /1
Preguntas frecuentes (1)
No, it is 'sebelas'.
In Other Languages
diez, once, doce...
Indonesian uses a suffix system; Spanish uses unique words.
dix, onze, douze...
Indonesian is purely decimal.
elf, zwölf, dreizehn...
Indonesian never reverses the order.
juu-ichi, juu-ni...
Japanese uses a prefix for tens; Indonesian uses a suffix.
ahada 'ashar...
Arabic has gender agreement for numbers; Indonesian does not.
shí-yī (11)...
Chinese uses a prefix for tens; Indonesian uses a suffix.
