Zero
1 — 10
11 — 20
Tens: 20 — 100
Hundreds & Thousands
Building Any Number
🧮 How to Combine Numbers
21 = ሀያ አንድ haya and (twenty + one)
35 = ሠላሣ አምስት selasa amist (thirty + five)
57 = አምሳ ሰባት amsa seba (fifty + seven)
99 = ዘጠና ዘጠኝ zetena zetegn (ninety + nine)
145 = አንድ መቶ አርባ አምስት and meto arba amist (one hundred + forty + five)
1,250 = አንድ ሺህ ሁለት መቶ አምሳ and shi hulet meto amsa
Ordinal Numbers
📋 1st, 2nd, 3rd...
| # | Amharic | Romanization | Meaning |
|---|
| 1st | ፊተኛ | fitegna | first |
| 2nd | ሁለተኛ | huletegna | second |
| 3rd | ሦስተኛ | sostegna | third |
| 4th | አራተኛ | arategna | fourth |
| 5th | አምስተኛ | amstegna | fifth |
| Last | መጨረሻ | mechereshe | last / final |
Numbers in Phrases
| ዋጋው ስንት ነው? | Wagaw sint new? | How much does it cost? |
| አምሳ ብር ነው | Amsa bir new | It costs 50 birr |
| ስንት ዓመት ሆነህ? | Sint amet honehi? | How old are you? |
| ሠላሳ ዓመቴ ነው | Selasa amete new | I am 30 years old |
| አስር ሰዓት ነው | Asir seat new | It is 10 o'clock |
| ሁለት ኪሎ ሜትር | Hulet kilo metir | Two kilometers |
Days & Time
| እሁድ | Ihud | Sunday |
| ሰኞ | Segno | Monday |
| ማክሰኞ | Maksegno | Tuesday |
| ረቡዕ | Rebu | Wednesday |
| ሓሙስ | Hamus | Thursday |
| ዓርብ | Arb | Friday |
| ቅዳሜ | Qidame | Saturday |
| ዛሬ | Zare | today |
| ትናንት | Tinant | yesterday |
| ነገ | Nege | tomorrow |
| አሁን | Ahun | now |
| ጠዋት | Tewat | morning |
| ከሰዓት | Keseat | afternoon |
| ሌሊት | Lelit | night |
📅 Ethiopian Calendar: Ethiopia has its own 13-month calendar — 12 months of 30 days plus one short month of 5–6 days (called ጳጉሜ Pagume). Ethiopia is currently 7–8 years behind the Gregorian calendar!