The 6th lesson teaches counting in cardinal and ordinal numbers in Bengali. I also included a vocabulary list about school and finally common daily phrases. I will try to give examples using both vocabulary and grammar. That way it will be easy for you to see the words when they are separate and when they are in a sentence. Going through the whole page should take about 30 min. Make sure to read the pronunciation and hear the audio as well. If you have any question about this course, please email me directly at Bengali Classes.
Numbers
Knowing how to count in Bengali is essential and should be one of first things to learn. By simply knowing numbers from 1 to 9 you could express large numbers in a simplified way. Cardinal numbers are for counting such as "1, 2, 3 ...". Ordinal numbers represent order or rank such as "1st, 2nd, 3rd ...".
Below is a list of the first 20 cardinal and ordinal numbers that you might come across or use very often. The table contains 3 columns (English, Bengali, and Audio). Make sure you repeat each word after hearing it by either clicking on the audio button or by reading the pronunciation. That should help with memorization as well as improving your pronunciation.
Numbers in Bengali
Numbers
Bengali
Audio
One
এক Ēka
First
প্রথম prathama
Two
দুই du'i
Second
সেকেন্ড sēkēnḍa
Three
তিন tina
Third
তৃতীয় tr̥tīẏa
Four
চার cāra
Fourth
চতুর্থ caturtha
Five
পাঁচ pām̐ca
Fifth
পঞ্চম pañcama
Six
ছয় chaẏa
Sixth
ষষ্ঠ ṣaṣṭha
Seven
সাত sāta
Seventh
সপ্তম saptama
Eight
আট্ āṭ
Eighth
অষ্টম aṣṭama
Nine
নয় naẏa
Ninth
নবম nabama
Ten
দশ daśa
Tenth
দশম daśama
Eleven
এগারো ēgārō
Eleventh
একাদশতম ēkādaśatama
Twelve
বারো bārō
Twelfth
দ্বাদশ dbādaśa
Thirteen
তেরো tērō
Thirteenth
ত্রয়োদশতম traẏōdaśatama
Fourteen
চোদ্দো cōddō
Fourteenth
চতুর্দশতম caturdaśatama
Fifteen
পনেরো panērō
Fifteenth
পঞ্চদশতম pañcadaśatama
Sixteen
ষোল ṣōla
Sixteenth
ষষ্ঠদশতম ṣaṣṭhadaśatama
Seventeen
সতেরো satērō
Seventeenth
সপ্তদশতম saptadaśatama
Eighteen
আঠারো āṭhārō
Eighteenth
অষ্টাদশতম aṣṭādaśatama
Nineteen
ঊনিশ ūniśa
Nineteenth
উনবিংশতম unabinśatama
Twenty
বিশ/কুড়ি biśa/kuṛi
Twentieth
বিংশতম binśatama
Thirty three (31)
তেত্রিশ tētriśa
One hundred (100)
একশ ēkaśa
Three hundred and sixty (360)
তিনশ ষাট tinaśa ṣāṭa
One thousand (1000)
এক হাজার ēka hājāra
Two thousand and fourteen (2014)
দুই হাজার চোদ্দ du'i hājāra cōdda
One million
দশ লক্ষ daśa lakṣa
Once
একবার ēkabāra
Twice
দুবার dubāra
Now we will try to implement some of the numbers above into full Bengali sentences. That way you will be able to use the word not only by itself but embedded in a structure.
Bengali Numbers in a Sentence
Numbers
Bengali
Audio
I'm 30 years old
আমার তিরিশ বছর বয়স āmāra tiriśa bachara baẏasa
I have 2 sisters and 1 brother
আমার দুই বোন আর এক ভাই আছে āmāra du'i bōna āra ēka bhā'i āchē
English is my first language
ইংরাজি আমার প্রথম ভাষা inrāji āmāra prathama bhāṣā
Her second language is Spanish
ওনার দ্বিতীয় ভাষা স্পেনীয় ōnāra dbitīẏa bhāṣā spēnīẏa
Questions?
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Vocabulary List about School
Below is a list of 26 words related to school and classrooms. If you can memorize them by heart, you will be able communicate to a teacher/students many objects in your class.
School Words in Bengali
School
Bengali
Audio
Answer
উত্তর uttara
Book
বই ba'i
Books
বইগুলো ba'igulō
Chair
চেয়ার cēẏāra
Desk
ডেস্ক ḍēska
Dictionary
অভিধান abhidhāna
Laptop
ভাষাগুলি bhāṣāguli
Library
পাঠাগার pāṭhāgāra
Notebook (paper notebook)
খাতা khātā
Page
পৃষ্ঠা pr̥ṣṭhā
Paper
কাগজ kāgaja
Pen
পেন pēna
Pencil
পেন্সিল pēnsila
Question
প্রশ্ন praśna
School
বিদ্যালয় bidyālaẏa
Student
ছাত্র chātra
Teacher
শিক্ষক śikṣaka
University
বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় biśbabidyālaẏa
Daily Conversation in Bengali
Finally, a couple bonus sentences that you might find useful. For a complete list of commonly used sentences, please visit our Bengali Phrases page. Enjoy!
Common Expressions in Bengali
English
Bengali
Audio
I have a question
আমার একটা প্রশ্ন আছে āmāra ēkaṭā praśna āchē
To listen
শোনা śōnā
To read
পড়া paṛā
To speak
বলা balā
To think
ভাবা bhābā
To understand
বোঝা bōjhā
To write
লেখা lēkhā
What's the name of that book?
ঐ বইটার নাম কি? ai ba'iṭāra nāma ki?
What do you do for a living?
আপনি কি কাজ করেন? Āpani ki kāja karēna?
I'm a (teacher / artist / engineer)
আমি একজন (শিক্ষক/শিল্পী/ইঞ্জিনিয়ার) Āmi ēkajana (śikṣaka/śilpī/iñjiniẏāra)
Oh! That's good!
আচ্ছা! খুব ভালো! ācchā! Khuba bhālō!
Can I practice with you?
আমি কি আপনার সঙ্গে অনুশীলন করতে পারি? Āmi ki āpanāra saṅgē anuśīlana karatē pāri?
Fun Facts
Language Quote: Approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours and around 4,000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year.
Congratulations! You finished your 6th lesson in Bengali about numbers, and school terms. Are you ready for the next lesson? We recommend Bengali Lesson 7. You can also simply click on one of the links below or go back to our Learn Bengali homepage.