Lesson 7A1

Numbers 11–100

எண்கள் 11–100

Past twenty, English numbers follow the same tens-then-units order Tamil uses — a rare case where English's word order matches your instinct exactly.

Grammar Comparison

Tens before units, same as Tamil

English

twenty-one (tens word first, then unit — 'twenty' + 'one')

Tamil (English explanations)

இருபத்தி ஒன்று (இருபது + ஒன்று — 'twenty' + 'one', same order)

English states the tens word first and the unit second — 'twenty-one', not 'one-and-twenty' — exactly matching Tamil's இருபத்தி ஒன்று pattern. This is one of the places where English and Tamil word order line up exactly, so you can build these numbers on instinct rather than memorizing a new order.

Vocabulary

twentyTWEN-tee

Tamil (English explanations): இருபதுirubadhu

thirtyTHUR-tee

Tamil (English explanations): முப்பதுmuppadhu

fortyFOR-tee

Tamil (English explanations): நாற்பதுnāṟpadhu

fiftyFIF-tee

Tamil (English explanations): ஐம்பதுaimpadhu

sixtySIKS-tee

Tamil (English explanations): அறுபதுaṟupadhu

seventySEV-en-tee

Tamil (English explanations): எழுபதுeḻupadhu

eightyAY-tee

Tamil (English explanations): எண்பதுeṇpadhu

ninetyNYN-tee

Tamil (English explanations): தொண்ணூறுtoṇṇūṟu

one hundredwun HUN-dred

Tamil (English explanations): நூறுnūṟu

twenty-oneTWEN-tee wun

Tamil (English explanations): இருபத்தி ஒன்றுirubatthi oṉṟu

English	Pronunciation	Tamil (English explanations)
twenty	TWEN-tee	இருபதுirubadhu
thirty	THUR-tee	முப்பதுmuppadhu
forty	FOR-tee	நாற்பதுnāṟpadhu
fifty	FIF-tee	ஐம்பதுaimpadhu
sixty	SIKS-tee	அறுபதுaṟupadhu
seventy	SEV-en-tee	எழுபதுeḻupadhu
eighty	AY-tee	எண்பதுeṇpadhu
ninety	NYN-tee	தொண்ணூறுtoṇṇūṟu
one hundred	wun HUN-dred	நூறுnūṟu
twenty-one	TWEN-tee wun	இருபத்தி ஒன்றுirubatthi oṉṟu

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