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Lesson 6A1
Numbers 1–10
எண்கள் 1–10
German numbers past 20 are built by joining smaller number-words together — a habit Tamil speakers already have (பதினொன்று = பத்து + ஒன்று, 'ten-one').
Grammar Comparison
இலக்கண ஒப்பீடு
Numbers as compounds
German
13 = dreizehn (drei + zehn, 'three-ten')
Tamil
13 = பதிமூன்று (பத்து + மூன்று, 'ten-three')
Both languages fuse a units-word with a tens-word, just in reverse order: German says 'three-ten', Tamil says 'ten-three'. Once you know eins–zehn, recognizing 13–19 in German is mostly pattern-matching, exactly like reading பதி- numbers in Tamil.
Vocabulary
சொற்கள்
| German | Pronunciation | Tamil | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| eins | eyens | ஒன்றுoṉṟu | one |
| zwei | tsvy | இரண்டுiraṇṭu | two |
| drei | dry | மூன்றுmūṉṟu | three |
| vier | feer | நான்குnāṉku | four |
| fünf | fuenf | ஐந்துaindhu | five |
| sechs | zex | ஆறுāṟu | six |
| sieben | ZEE-ben | ஏழுēḻu | seven |
| acht | ahkt | எட்டுeṭṭu | eight |
| neun | noyn | ஒன்பதுoṉbadhu | nine |
| zehn | tsayn | பத்துpaththu | ten |