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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
இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு
Tens before units, same as Tamil
English
twenty-one (tens word first, then unit — 'twenty' + 'one')
Tamil
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
சொற்கள்
| English | Pronunciation | Tamil |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |