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Lesson 6A1
Numbers 1–10
ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಗಳು 1–10
German numbers past 20 are built by joining smaller number-words together — a habit Kannada speakers already have (ಹದಿಮೂರು = ಹತ್ತು + ಮೂರು, 'ten-three').
Grammar Comparison
ವ್ಯಾಕರಣ ಹೋಲಿಕೆ
Numbers as compounds
German
13 = dreizehn (drei + zehn, 'three-ten')
Kannada
13 = ಹದಿಮೂರು (ಹತ್ತು + ಮೂರು, 'ten-three')
Both languages fuse a units-word with a tens-word, just in reverse order: German says 'three-ten', Kannada says 'ten-three'. Once you know eins–zehn, recognizing 13–19 in German is mostly pattern-matching, exactly like reading ಹದಿ- numbers in Kannada.
Vocabulary
ಪದಗಳು
einseyens
- Kannada
- ಒಂದುondu
- English
- one
zweitsvy
- Kannada
- ಎರಡುeradu
- English
- two
dreidry
- Kannada
- ಮೂರುmooru
- English
- three
vierfeer
- Kannada
- ನಾಲ್ಕುnaalku
- English
- four
fünffuenf
- Kannada
- ಐದುaidu
- English
- five
sechszex
- Kannada
- ಆರುaaru
- English
- six
siebenZEE-ben
- Kannada
- ಏಳುeelu
- English
- seven
achtahkt
- Kannada
- ಎಂಟುentu
- English
- eight
neunnoyn
- Kannada
- ಒಂಬತ್ತುombattu
- English
- nine
zehntsayn
- Kannada
- ಹತ್ತುhattu
- English
- ten