Mongolian Vocabulary
Mongolian Numbers 1–100 (and Beyond)
Mongolian counting is decimal and easy to build: after ten, you say “ten and one” (арван нэг, 11), “ten and two” (арван хоёр, 12), and so on. The tens (20, 30, 40…) are separate words, and 80 (наян) is not related to 8 (найм), so learn it on its own.
Several numbers change form before a noun (гурав → гурван ном, арав → арван хүн), and the noun stays singular after a number: хоёр ном, not “two books” with a plural ending. Ordinals such as first and second are made with -дугаар/-дүгээр.
Word List
| Mongolian | Romanization | English |
|---|---|---|
| тэг | teg | zero |
| нэг | neg | one |
| хоёр | khoyor | two |
| гурав | gurav | three |
| дөрөв | döröv | four |
| тав | tav | five |
| зургаа | zurgaa | six |
| долоо | doloo | seven |
| найм | naim | eight |
| ес | yes | nine |
| арав | arav | ten |
| арван нэг | arvan neg | eleven |
| арван хоёр | arvan khoyor | twelve |
| хорь | khori | twenty |
| хорин нэг | khorin neg | twenty-one |
| гуч | guch | thirty |
| дөч | döch | forty |
| тавь | tavi | fifty |
| жар | jar | sixty |
| дал | dal | seventy |
| наян | nayan | eighty |
| ерэн | yeren | ninety |
| зуу | zuu | one hundred |
| мянга | myanga | one thousand |
| сая | saya | one million |
| нэгдүгээр | negdügeer | first |
| хоёрдугаар | khoyordugaar | second |
| гуравдугаар | guravdugaar | third |
Romanization is simplified to help you read along; it is not an official standard.
Example Sentences
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Температур тэг градус байна.
The temperature is zero degrees.
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Надад нэг ах бий.
I have one older brother.
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Надад хоёр дүү бий.
I have two younger siblings.
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Би гурван ном авсан.
I bought three books.
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Манай гэр бүлд дөрвөн хүн бий.
There are four people in our family.
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Бид тав хоног аялсан.
We travelled for five days.
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Зургаан цагт уулзъя.
Let's meet at six o'clock.
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Долоо хоногт долоон өдөр бий.
A week has seven days.
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Найман цагт сургууль эхэлдэг.
School starts at eight o'clock.
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Есөн цагт ажилдаа явдаг.
I go to work at nine o'clock.
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Арав хүртэл тоолъё.
Let's count to ten.
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Манай ангид арван нэг сурагч бий.
There are eleven students in our class.
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Жилд арван хоёр сар бий.
A year has twelve months.
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Хорин хүн ирсэн.
Twenty people came.
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Би хорин нэг өдөр хүлээсэн.
I waited twenty-one days.
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Гучин минут хүлээнэ үү.
Please wait thirty minutes.
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Дөчин хүн цугларсан.
Forty people gathered.
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Энэ ном тавин мянган төгрөг.
This book costs fifty thousand tugriks.
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Нэг цагт жаран минут бий.
An hour has sixty minutes.
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Өвөө маань далан настай.
My grandfather is seventy years old.
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Эмээ маань наян настай.
My grandmother is eighty years old.
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Шалгалтад ерэн оноо авсан.
I got ninety points on the exam.
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Нэг зуунд зуун жил бий.
A century has one hundred years.
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Мянган хүн цугларсан.
A thousand people gathered.
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Улаанбаатарт нэг сая гаруй хүн амьдардаг.
More than a million people live in Ulaanbaatar.
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Тэр нэгдүгээр байр эзэлсэн.
He/She took first place.
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Би хоёрдугаар давхарт амьдардаг.
I live on the second floor.
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Гуравдугаар сард хавар эхэлдэг.
Spring begins in March (the third month).
Useful Phrases
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Энэ хэд вэ?
Ene khed ve?
How much is this?
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Хэдэн настай вэ?
Kheden nastai ve?
How old are you / is he or she?
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Хэдэн цаг болж байна вэ?
Kheden tsag bolj baina ve?
What time is it?
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Утасны дугаар чинь хэд вэ?
Utasny dugaar chini khed ve?
What is your phone number?
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Нэгээс арав хүртэл тоолъё.
Negees arav khürtel toolyo.
Let's count from one to ten.
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