Numbers

1. Пӗр — Икӗ — Виҫӗ

   Pĕr — Ikĕ — Viçĕ

   One – Two – Three

   Usage

   Counting from one to three.

   Grammar Note

   3 is written виҫӗ in modern spelling (the ordinal is виҫҫӗмӗш). A noun after a numeral stays singular (икӗ ҫын = two people).

2. Тӑватӑ — Пилӗк — Ултӑ

   Tăvată — Pilĕk — Ultă

   Four – Five – Six

   Usage

   Counting from four to six.

   Grammar Note

   Modern spellings are тӑватӑ, пилӗк, ултӑ (spellings with doubled consonants — тӑваттӑ, пиллӗк, улттӑ — also occur). The spelling пилӗк also means "waist".

3. Ҫичӗ — Сакӑр — Тӑхӑр

   Çichĕ — Sakăr — Tăkhăr

   Seven – Eight – Nine

   Usage

   Counting from seven to nine.

   Grammar Note

   Modern spellings are ҫичӗ, сакӑр, тӑхӑр (the spellings ҫиччӗ and тӑххӑр also occur).

4. Вунӑ — Ҫирӗм — Вӑтӑр

   Vună — Çirĕm — Vătăr

   Ten – Twenty – Thirty

   Usage

   Ten, twenty and thirty.

   Grammar Note

   вунӑ shortens to вун before another numeral (вун икӗ = 12). ҫирӗм is 20 and вӑтӑр is 30; they differ from Tatar егерме and утыз.

5. Ҫӗр — Пин — Миллион

   Çĕr — Pin — Million

   Hundred – Thousand – Million

   Usage

   Hundred, thousand and million.

   Grammar Note

   ҫӗр "hundred" is a homograph of ҫӗр "earth" and "night". пин is "thousand"; миллион is a loan (also described as пин хут пин, "a thousand times a thousand").

6. Халӗ миҫе сехет?

   Khalĕ miçe sekhet?

   What time is it?

   Usage

   To ask the current time.

   Grammar Note

   "миҫе сехет?" asks "what hour?". There is no present-tense copula; the words alone form the question. Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.

7. Паян миҫемӗш числа?

   Payan miçemĕsh chisla?

   What is today's date?

   Usage

   To ask today's date.

   Grammar Note

   The Russian-Chuvash dictionary gives паян миҫемӗш числа for "какое сегодня число". миҫе "how many" + the ordinal -мӗш.

8. Ҫулталӑкра вун икӗ уйӑх.

   Çultalăkra vun ikĕ uyăkh.

   There are twelve months in a year

   Usage

   A sentence stating the number of months in a year; also good number practice.

   Grammar Note

   12 is written as two words, вун икӗ (10 + 2). Month names take уйӑх "month" (e.g. пуш уйӑхӗ).

9. Ҫурри — Чӗрӗк

   Çurri — Chĕrĕk

   Half – Quarter

   Usage

   Half and quarter.

   Grammar Note

   чӗрӗк means "a quarter"; the Russian-Chuvash dictionary has чӗрӗк сехет "a quarter of an hour". A longer way is тӑваттӑмӗш пайӗ "the fourth part". The homograph чӗрӗк also means "scrap, fragment".

10. Ноль

    Nol

    Zero

    Usage

    Used to say the number zero.

    Grammar Note

    A loan from Russian (dictionary example: ноль тулли, виҫҫӗ вуннӑмӗш = 0.3). Chuvash has no native word for zero.

11. Пӗрремӗш — Иккӗмӗш — Виҫҫӗмӗш

    Pĕrremĕsh — Ikkĕmĕsh — Viççĕmĕsh

    First – Second – Third

    Usage

    The ordinal numbers for first, second, third.

    Grammar Note

    Ordinals are made with -мӗш, and the stem changes slightly (пӗр → пӗрремӗш, икӗ → иккӗмӗш, виҫӗ → виҫҫӗмӗш).

12. Эпӗ ҫирӗм ҫичӗ ҫулта.

    Epĕ çirĕm çichĕ çulta.

    I'm 27 years old

    Usage

    To state your age.

    Grammar Note

    Age is given as "ҫул + locative -та" (at … years), matching the question "Эсир миҫе ҫулта?" (how old are you?). 27 is two words, ҫирӗм ҫичӗ (20 + 7). Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.

13. Кӑҫал эпӗ ҫирӗм сакӑр ҫул тултаратӑп.

    Kăçal epĕ çirĕm sakăr çul tultaratăp.

    I turn 28 this year

    Usage

    To say which age you reach this year.

    Grammar Note

    ҫул тултар- "to reach (an age)" is attested in the dictionary and in real text, where it appears in the past (75 ҫул тултарнӑ). Here the present -атӑп is used for "turn … this year". Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.

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