It helps you understand the currency, phone numbers, and so on. Learn more about how to say Indonesian numbers for beginners, easy and fast!Understanding the numbers is important especially when you are going to visit the country. For example, US billion (10 6) is called milyar and seribu milyar (10 12) is equivalent to US trillion. Indonesians follow the long scale for big numbers in which every new word is greater than in the US. One million is translated as sejuta or satu juta.

Numbers from eleven to nineteen is constructed by adding ‘belas’ word after the numbers with separated space. Thousands have the same structure as tens and hundreds, using the thousands words (ribu) for example 1000 (seribu), 2000 (dua ribu), 5000 (lima ribu), and so on. Numbers from zero to nine are specific words, namely kosong/nol (0), satu (1), dua (2), tiga (3), empat (4), lima (5), enam (6), tujuh (7), delapan (8), and Sembilan (8).

Hundreds are constructed in the same way as the tens, but using the hundred words (ratus) for example 100 (seratus), 200 (dua ratus), empat ratus (400).

For example dua puluh lima (25), lima puluh tujuh (57), delapan puluh Sembilan (89), and so on.

Numbers from twenty one to ninety-nine, the digits are built by combining the ten and followed with digits and separated by a space.

For example sepuluh (10) se- meaning satu, dua puluh (20), empat puluh (40), lima puluh (50), delapan puluh (80), and so on.

The tens are constructed from multiplier number, then followed with the word ‘puluh’, also separated by a space, and the exception is ten.

Other numbering patterns are the same such as dua belas (12), lima belas (15), delapan belas (18), and sembilan belas (19). The only exception is eleven (11) which is not translated as ‘satu belas’ but ‘sebelas’ (se- meaning one). “Belas’ here equivalent to “teen” in English.

Numbers from eleven to nineteen is constructed by adding ‘belas’ word after the numbers with separated space.

Numbers from zero to nine are specific words, namely kosong/nol (0), satu (1), dua (2), tiga (3), empat (4), lima (5), enam (6), tujuh (7), delapan (8), and Sembilan (8).

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