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Lesson 2A1
Numbers 1–10
സംഖ്യകൾ 1–10
Malayalam numbers past ten are built by joining smaller number-words together — a habit German shares too, though the pieces get assembled in a different order.
Grammar Comparison
വ്യാകരണ താരതമ്യം
Numbers as compounds, built in reverse order
German
13 = dreizehn (drei + zehn, 'three-ten')
Malayalam
13 = പതിമൂന്ന് (പത്ത് + മൂന്ന്, 'ten-three')
Malayalam builds its teens by fusing the word for 'ten' with a units-word — 13 is literally 'ten-three'. German does the identical fusing for 13–19, just in the opposite order: dreizehn is 'three-ten'. Once you know eins through zehn, recognizing German's teens is mostly a matter of remembering the pieces are swapped, not learning a new pattern.
Vocabulary
വാക്കുകൾ
| German | Pronunciation | Malayalam | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| eins | eyens | ഒന്ന്onnu | one |
| zwei | tsvy | രണ്ട്randu | two |
| drei | dry | മൂന്ന്moonu | three |
| vier | feer | നാല്naalu | four |
| fünf | fuenf | അഞ്ച്anchu | five |
| sechs | zex | ആറ്aaru | six |
| sieben | ZEE-ben | ഏഴ്ezhu | seven |
| acht | ahkt | എട്ട്ettu | eight |
| neun | noyn | ഒൻപത്onpathu | nine |
| zehn | tsayn | പത്ത്patthu | ten |