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Lesson 2
Numbers 1–10
സംഖ്യകൾ 1–10
Malayalam numbers stay transparent well past ten. French breaks that transparency earlier than you'd expect, so it's worth flagging now.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
Where the compounding breaks
French
onze, douze, treize... (11, 12, 13 — not obviously 'ten-one', 'ten-two')
Malayalam
പതിനൊന്ന്, പന്ത്രണ്ട്, പതിമൂന്ന് (11, 12, 13 — clearly 'ten' plus the unit)
Malayalam's teens stay transparent from 11 to 19 — you can always see 'ten' plus the unit inside the word. French numbers 11–16 (onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize) don't visibly contain dix ('ten'), so they must be memorized as standalone words. The compounding logic only becomes visible again from 17 onward (dix-sept = 'ten-seven').
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
| French | Pronunciation | Malayalam | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| un | uhn | ഒന്ന്onnu | one |
| deux | duh | രണ്ട്randu | two |
| trois | twah | മൂന്ന്moonu | three |
| quatre | KAH-truh | നാല്naalu | four |
| cinq | sank | അഞ്ച്anchu | five |
| six | sees | ആറ്aaru | six |
| sept | set | ഏഴ്ezhu | seven |
| huit | weet | എട്ട്ettu | eight |
| neuf | nuhf | ഒൻപത്onpathu | nine |
| dix | dees | പത്ത്patthu | ten |