
Unsplash: Polina Kuzovkova
In a way, numbers live in our heads without paying rent. We use numbers to tell time, to go shopping, to measure something, to cook and bake tasty food, and in many, many other situations. You name an activity and there is probably some aspect of it that involves numbers. That’s the way it is. Numbers are everywhere and everywhere, whether we like it or not.
When it comes to learning something new, like a language, knowing how to count is essential. And that’s because counting is one of the most important things you’ll ever do when it comes to mastering Bahasa Indonesia. To get started with this simple skill, here is a guide to counting from 1 or satu to 100 or seratus.
- 0: no (no)
- 1: one (one)
- 2: two (doowah)
- 3: three (three)
- 4: four (four)
- 5: five (five)
- 6: enam (enam)
- 7: seven (seven)
- 8: eight (eight)
- 9: nine (nine)
- 10: ten (ten)
- 11: eleven (eleven)
- 12: twelve (doowah belas)
- 13: thirteen (thirteen)
- 14: fourteen (fourteen)
- 15: fifteen (fifteen)
- 16: sixteen (sixteen)
- 17: seventeen (seventeen)
- 18: eighteen (eighteen)
- 19: nineteen (nineteen)
- 20: twenty (doowah twenty)
- 21: twenty-one (doowah twenty-one)
- 22: twenty-two (doowah ten doowah)
- 23: twenty three (doowah thirty three)
- 24: twenty-four (doowah twenty-four)
- 25: twenty five (doowahty five)
- 26: twenty-six (doowah twenty-six)
- 27: twenty seven (doowah twenty seven)
- 28: twenty eight (doowahty eight)
-
29: twenty-nine (doowah twenty-nine)
- 30: thirty (thirty)
- 31: thirty one (thirty one)
- 32: thirty two (thirty doowah)
- 33: thirty-three (thirty-three)
- 34: thirty-four (thirty-four)
- 35: thirty-five (thirty-five)
- 36: thirty-six (thirty-six)
- 37: thirty-seven (thirty-seven)
- 38: thirty-eight (thirty-eight)
-
39: thirty-nine (thirty-nine)
- 40: forty (forty)
- 41: forty one (forty one)
- 42: forty two (forty doowah)
- 43: forty three (forty three)
- 44: forty-four (forty-three)
- 45: forty five (forty five)
- 46: forty-six (forty-six)
- 47: forty-seven (forty-seven)
-
48: forty-eight (forty-eight)
-
49: forty nine (forty nine)
- 50: fifty (fifty)
- 51: fifty-one (fifty-one)
- 52: fifty-two (fifty doowah)
- 53: fifty three (fifty three)
- 54: fifty four (fifty four)
- 55: fifty-five (fifty-five)
- 56: fifty-six (fifty-six)
- 57: fifty-seven (fifty-seven)
- 58: fifty-eight (fifty-eight)
-
59: fifty-nine (fifty-nine)
- 60: sixty (sixty)
- 61: sixty one (sixty one)
- 62: sixty two (sixty doowah)
- 63: sixty three (sixty three)
- 64: sixty-four (sixty-four)
- 65: sixty-five (sixty-five)
- 66: sixty-six (sixty-six)
- 67: sixty-seven (sixty-seven)
- 68: sixty-eight (sixty-eight)
-
69: sixty-nine (sixty-nine)
- 70: Seventy (seventy)
- 71: seventy-one (seventy-one)
- 72: seventy two (seventy doowah)
- 73: seventy-three (seventy-three)
- 74: seventy-four (seventy-four)
- 75: seventy-five (seventy-five)
- 76: seventy-six (seventy-six)
- 77: seventy-seven (seventy-seven)
-
78: seventy-eight (seventy-eight)
-
79: seventy-nine (seventy-nine)
- 80: eighty (eighty)
- 81: eighty-one (eighty-one)
- 82: eighty two (eighty doowah)
- 83: eighty-three (eighty-three)
-
84: eighty-four (eighty-four)
- 85: eighty-five (eighty-five)
- 86: eighty-six (eighty-six)
-
87: eighty-seven (eighty-seven)
-
88: eighty-eight (eighty-eight)
-
89: eighty-nine (eighty-nine)
- 90: ninety (ninety)
-
91: ninety one (ninety one)
-
92: ninety two (ninety doowah)
-
93: ninety three (ninety three)
-
94: ninety-four (ninety-four)
-
95: ninety-five (ninety-five)
-
96: ninety-six (ninety-six)
-
97: ninety-seven (ninety-seven)
-
98: ninety-eight (ninety-eight)
-
99: ninety-nine (ninety-nine)
- 100: one hundred (one hundred)