Numbers

1. איינס, צוויי, דרײַ

   Eyns, tsvey, dray

   One, two, three

   Usage

   Counting forms. Before a noun, "one" is "איין". Numerals have no gender

   Grammar Note

   Unlike Hebrew there are no masculine and feminine forms; the same form goes with every noun

2. פֿיר, פֿינף, זעקס

   Fir, finf, zeks

   Four, five, six

   Usage

   Counting forms. These numerals keep the same form before a noun

   Grammar Note

   "פֿיר" is also spelled the same as a verb form (such as the imperative "lead"); it is a different word from the numeral

3. זיבן, אַכט, נײַן

   Zibn, akht, nayn

   Seven, eight, nine

   Usage

   Counting forms. "נײַן" (nine) and "ניין" (no) differ in spelling and in pronunciation

   Grammar Note

   "נײַן" is read with "ay", the answer "ניין" with "ey"

4. צען, צוואַנציק, הונדערט

   Tsen, tsvantsik, hundert

   Ten, twenty, one hundred

   Usage

   Ten, twenty and one hundred

   Grammar Note

   Compound numbers put the units first, as in German: 32 is "צוויי און דרײַסיק"

5. וויפֿל דאָלאַר קאָסט דאָס?

   Vifl dolar kost dos?

   How many dollars does this cost?

   Usage

   For checking a price in dollars; point at the item

   Grammar Note

   The question word comes first and the verb second. The noun after "וויפֿל" stays in the form "דאָלאַר". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

6. דרײַ פֿאַר הונדערט

   Dray far hundert

   Three for one hundred

   Usage

   Used when bargaining for a bulk price: three for one hundred

   Grammar Note

   "פֿאַר" is the preposition meaning "in exchange for". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

7. מײַן טעלעפֿאָן־נומער איז...

   Mayn telefon-numer iz...

   My phone number is...

   Usage

   The opening for giving your phone number; read the digits one by one

   Grammar Note

   "טעלעפֿאָן" and "נומער" are joined by a maqaf "־"

8. זונטיק, נײַן אַ זייגער

   Zuntik, nayn a zeyger

   On Sunday at nine o'clock

   Usage

   Gives a day and an hour together to fix an appointment

   Grammar Note

   The hour is given as number + "אַ זייגער", and the weekday stands alone like an adverb. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

9. איך דאַרף נאָך צוויי

   Ikh darf nokh tsvey

   I need two more

   Usage

   For asking for a few more of something

   Grammar Note

   "דאַרפֿן" means "need, have to"; it is not the German "may". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

10. איך בין זיבן און צוואַנציק יאָר אַלט

    Ikh bin zibn un tsvantsik yor alt

    I am 27 years old

    Usage

    The basic way to give your age; change only the number

    Grammar Note

    Age is "איך בין … יאָר אַלט". Twenty-seven is said as "seven and twenty". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

11. הײַיאָר ווער איך אַכט און צוואַנציק יאָר אַלט

    Hayor ver ikh akht un tsvantsik yor alt

    I turn 28 this year

    Usage

    Says what age you will reach this year

    Grammar Note

    "ווערן" means "to become". The verb stays second, so after "הײַיאָר" comes "ווער איך". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

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