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Numbers in Hebrew can be a bit difficult, as one must remember a different form for both genders, but with a little work they're not impossible!
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Cardinal
The cardinal numbers must agree with the noun in gender and definiteness, but not number.
Counting & Stand Alone Numbers
0 אפס efes
1 אחת achat
2 שתיים shtayim
3 שלוש shalosh
4 ארבע arba'
5 חמש chamesh
6 שש shesh
7 שבע sheva'
8 שמונה shmoneh
9 תשע teshah
10 עשר eser
Feminine
You're in luck! The feminine numbers are exactly like the numbers used when counting, however when "two" is used with a noun, it changes from שתיים shtayim to שתי shtey. Additionally, remember that all of the numerals come before the noun just like English, except for "one," which goes after it.
Masculine
0 אפס efes
1 אחד echad
2 שני shney
3 שלושה shaloshah
4 ארבעה arba'ah
5 חמישה chamishah
6 שישה shishah
7 שיבעה shiv'ah
8 שמונה shmonah
9 תשעה tishah
10 עשרה esarah
In general, one can assume that the masucline numbers with add an -ה -ah, but many have a stem change, and 1 and 2 are totally different. Another thing to note is that many times an /e/ in the stem will become /i/ in the masculine.
Furthur Numbers
11-19
A compound is formed by taking the number from 1-10 and adding the suffix "עשר" asar for the masculine, or "עשרה" esreh for the feminine.
Examples:
- 12: שתי-עשרה shtey-esreh
15: חמשה-עשר chamishah-asar
19 תשה-עשרה teshah-esreh
20-99
20 עשרים esrim
30 שלושים shaloshim
40 ארבעים arba'im
50 חמשים chamishim
60 ששים shishim
70 שבעים shivim
80 שמונים shmonim
90 תשעים tishim
Ordinal
These numbers are used in instances like "first, second, third etc." Additionally, distinct ordinals only exist for numbers 1-10, beyond that cardinals are used.
Masculine
1st ראשון rishon 2nd שני sheni 3rd שלישי shlishi 4th רביעי rvi'i 5th חמישי chamishi 6th שישי shishi 7th שביעי shvi'i 8th שמיני shmini 9th תשיעי tshi'i 10th עשירי asiri
Feminine
Only two of the feminine ordinal numbers have distinct forms, 1 and 2: ראשונה rishonah and שניה shniyah, after that, the feminine ordinal is formed by adding -ת -t to the masculine ordinal.
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