Numbers 1 is the nineteenth skill (assuming read left to right) in the Hebrew language tree. It has seven lessons that teach the numbers 0 through 20, as well as a few related terms.
Grammar Notes[]
A general note on numbers[]
Numbers in Hebrew generally have gender just like adjectives. Unlike adjectives, they come before the nouns they modify:
- עשר שמלות = ten dresses
- עשרה מע׳לים = ten coats
Notice that the masculine form is the longer form - usually the feminine form of something is longer - and that when a number appears on its own, it will be the feminine version of the number.
One[]
אחת and אחד are special in that they come after the noun they modify, like other adjectives:
- ילדה אחת = one girl
Two[]
שתיים and שניים lose the ים at the end when they come before nouns:
- שתי בננות = two bananas
Eleven to Nineteen[]
All of these numbers are formed by combining "ten" with "one", "ten" with "two" etc. The first number agrees in gender, but the "ten" will be the opposite gender. Notice the change in vowel pattern (עשרה - 'esre and עשר - 'asar).
- חמש עשרה = fifteen (fem.)
- חמישה עשר = fifteen (masc.)
Zero and Twenty[]
These two numbers are neutral; that is, they do not reflect gender, just like numbers in English.
More/Less Than[]
-מ means "from", but it can also mean "than".
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- לספור = to count
- אחת = one (fem.)
- אחד = one (masc.)
- שתיים = two (fem.)
- שניים = two (masc.)
- שלוש = three (fem.)
- יותר = more
Lesson 2[]
- שלושה = three (masc.)
- ארבע = four (fem.)
- ארבעה = four (masc.)
- חמש = five (fem.)
- חמישה = five (masc.)
- פחות = less
- מדי = too
Lesson 3[]
- מספר = number
- שש = six (fem.)
- שישה = six (masc.)
- שבע = seven (fem.)
- שבעה = seven (masc.)
- שמונֶה = eight (fem.)
- שמונָה = eight (masc.)
Lesson 4[]
- הרבה = a lot
- תשע = nine (fem.)
- תשעה = nine (masc.)
- עשר = ten (fem.)
- עשרה = ten (masc.)
- אחת עשרה = eleven (fem.)
- אחד עשר = eleven (masc.)
Lesson 5[]
- שתיים עשרה = twelve (fem.)
- שניים עשר = twelve (masc.)
- שלוש עשרה = thirteen (fem.)
- שלושה עשר = thirteen (masc.)
- ארבע עשרה = fourteen (fem.)
- ארבעה עשר = fourteen (masc.)
Lesson 6[]
- חמש עשרה = fifteen (fem.)
- חמישה עשר = fifteen (masc.)
- שש עשרה = sixteen (fem.)
- שישה עשר = sixteen (masc.)
- שבע עשרה = seventeen (fem.)
- שבעה עשר = seventeen (masc.)
Lesson 7[]
- שמונֶה עשרה = eighteen (fem.)
- שמונָה עשר = eighteen (masc.)
- תשע עשרה = nineteen (fem.)
- תשעה עשר = nineteen (masc.)
- עשרים = twenty
- אפס = zero
References[]
Duolingo Lesson: www.duolingo.com/skill/he/Numbers-1