Numbers

1. এক

   Ek

   One

   Usage

   The number 1; when counting things it fuses with a classifier into এটা or এজন

   Grammar Note

   This is the bare form used in reciting numbers. With a classifier it shortens, as in এটা for things and এজন for people

2. দুই

   Dui

   Two

   Usage

   The number 2; with a classifier it becomes দুটা or দুজন

   Grammar Note

   The bare form changes when counting, as in দুটা and দুজন

3. তিনি

   Tini

   Three

   Usage

   The number 3; with a classifier it becomes তিনিটা or তিনিজন

   Grammar Note

   It ends in ি, so the spelling differs from the Bengali number; learn it as its own word

4. চাৰি

   Sari

   Four

   Usage

   The number 4; counted as চাৰিটা or চাৰিজন

   Grammar Note

   It ends in ি and uses the Assamese-only letter ৰ; do not bring in the Bengali spelling

5. পাঁচ

   Pãs

   Five

   Usage

   The number 5, with a nasalised vowel; counted as পাঁচটা

   Grammar Note

   The mark ঁ nasalises the vowel, and চ is read /s/

6. ছয়

   Soy

   Six

   Usage

   The number 6; ছ is read /s/

   Grammar Note

   ছ is read /s/ and য় stands for the glide /y/, so the word sounds like soy

7. সাত

   Xat

   Seven

   Usage

   The number 7; counted as সাতটা

   Grammar Note

   A Sanskrit-based numeral in which স is pronounced as a back fricative close to /x/

8. আঠ

   Ath

   Eight

   Usage

   The number 8; counted as আঠটা

   Grammar Note

   It ends in the aspirated ঠ (/th/); the Bengali number is spelled differently

9. ন

   N

   Nine

   Usage

   The number 9, written with a single letter; নৱ is a different word meaning 'new'

   Grammar Note

   Assamese nine is the single letter ন; the Bengali form is not used, and it is unrelated to নতুন and নৱ 'new'

10. দহ

    Doh

    Ten

    Usage

    The number 10, common in prices and quantities

    Grammar Note

    It ends in হ; the Bengali number for ten is spelled differently

11. কুৰি

    Kuri

    Twenty

    Usage

    The number 20, which has a word of its own

    Grammar Note

    A separate word for twenty, unrelated to the words in neighbouring languages; it uses the Assamese ৰ

12. এশ

    Ex

    One hundred

    Usage

    The number 100, often heard in prices

    Grammar Note

    A single word for 100, listed in Xobdo; it is not split into এক and শ

13. হাজাৰ

    Hajar

    One thousand

    Usage

    The number 1000, used in larger sums

    Grammar Note

    Put the numeral in front, as in দহ হাজাৰ টকা 'ten thousand rupees'; the ৰ is the Assamese letter

14. দাম কিমান?

    Dam kiman?

    How much does it cost?

    Usage

    The basic price question; learn the numbers above so that you can follow the answer

    Grammar Note

    কিমান asks for an amount, as Bengali 'how much' does; Assamese কত is a different word and should not be used

15. মোৰ বয়স সাতাইশ বছৰ

    Mor boyox xataix bosor

    I'm 27 years old

    Usage

    A frame for giving your age in an introduction; swap the number for your own

    Grammar Note

    Numbers above twenty are not built regularly and must be learned one by one. সাতাইশ is 27, a rarely attested form. The copula is dropped: 'my age + number + years'

16. এই বছৰ মোৰ বয়স আঠাইশ হ'ব

    Ei bosor mor boyox athaix hob

    I turn 28 this year

    Usage

    Tells which age you reach this year, handy around birthdays

    Grammar Note

    হ'ব is the future of হোৱা, 'will be'. আঠাইশ is 28; Xobdo lists the variant আঠাইছ, but the form with শ is the one attested more often in text

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