Faroese 101

NOTE: The numbers 1 to 3 have three gender forms in Faroese, and this gender form changes depending upon whether the number is attached to a masculine, feminine, or neuter word. Only numbers one to three have these gender forms. In addition the numbers one to three change for the four grammatical cases.


half
hálvt (holvt)

third
triðjingur (tree-ying-ur)

quarter
fjórðingur (fyoh-ring-ur)

less
minni (min-ni)

more
meiri/fleiri (mu-ee-ri/flu-ee-ree)

Cardinal

Examples:
(m) Ein maður (ayn ma-ur) "a/one man".
(f) Ein kvinna (ayn kvin-a) "a/one woman".
(n) Eitt barn (aytt bahrn) "a/one child".

1
ein, (masculine) (ayn)
ein, (feminine) (ayn)
eitt, (neuter) (aytt)

2
tveir, (masculine) (tvay-r)
tvær, (feminine) (tya-r)
tvey, (neuter) (tv-u-ee)

3
tríggir, (masculine) (truee-gir)
tríggjar, (feminine) (truee-jar)
trý, (neuter) (truee)

4
fýra (fuee-ra)

5
fimm (fim)

6
seks (sehks)

7
sjey (shay)

8
átta (otta)

9
níggju (nwi-joo)

10
tíggju (twi-joo)

11
ellivu (ehl-ee-voo)

12
tólv (tohlv)

13
trettan (tret-an)

14
fjúrtan (fyoor-tan)

15
fimtan (fim-tan)

16
sekstan (sex-tan)

17
seytan (suhy-chan)

18
átjan (och-an)

19
nítjan (nuee-chan)

20
tjúgu (choo-u)

21
einogtjúgu (ayn-o-choo-u)

22
tveirogtjúgu (tvay-ro-choo-u)

23
tríggirogtjúgu (truee-gi-ro-choo-u)

30
tretivu (tret-i-voo)

40
fjøruti (fyuh-root-ee)

50
fimti (fim-tee)

60
seksti (sex-tee)

70
sjúti (shoo-tee)

80
áttati (ott-a-tee)

90
níti (nuee-ti)

100
hundrað (hund-ra)

101
hundrað og ein (hund-ra o ayn)

200
tvey hundrað (tvuee hund-ra)

300
trý hundrað (truee hund-ra)

400
fýra hundrað (fuee-ra hund-ra)

1000
túsund (too-sund)

2000
tvey túsund (tvuee too-sund)

100,000
hundrað túsund (hund-ra too-sund)

1,000,000
millión (mee-hlion)

1,000,000,000
miljarður (meel-yar-ur)

1,000,000,000,000
billión (bee-hlion)

Ordinal

1th
fyrsti ( feer-stee )

2th
annar ( an-ar )

3th
triði ( tree-ee )

4th
fjórði ( fjohr-ee )

5th
fimti ( feem-ti )

6th
sætti ( syat-ee )

7th
sjeyndi ( shuen-dee )

8th
áttandi ( o-tand-ee )

9th
níggjundi ( nuee-jund-ee )

10th
tíggjundi ( tuee-jund-ee )

11th
ellivti ( ehl-eev-tee )

12th
tólvti ( tohlv-tee )

13th
trettandi ( tret-and-ee )

14th
fjúrtandi ( fyoort-and-ee )

15th
fimtandi ( fim-tand-ee )

16th
sekstandi ( sex-and-ee )

17th
seytjandi ( suee-chand-ee )

18th
átjandi ( o-chand-ee )

19th
nítjandi ( nuee-chand-ee )

20th
tjúgundi ( choo-und-ee )

21th
tjúgundi og fyrsti ( choo-und-ee o feer-stee )

22th
tjúgundi og annar ( choo-und-ee o an-ar )

23th
tjúgundi og triði ( choo-und-ee o tree-ee )

30th
tretivundi ( tret-iv-und-ee )

40th
fjørutandi ( fyuhr-ut-and-ee )

50th
fimtandi ( fim-tand-ee )

60th
sekstandi ( sex-tand-ee )

70th
sjútandi ( shoo-tand-ee )

80th
áttandi ( o-tand-ee )

90th
nítandi ( nuee-tand-ee )

100th
hundraðandi ( hund-ra-and-ee )

200th
tveyhundraðandi ( tvuhy-hund-ra-and-ee )

300th
trýhundraðandi ( truee-hund-ra-and-ee )

1000th
túsundandi ( too-sund-and-ee )

2000th
tveytúsundandi ( tvuhy-too-sund-and-ee )

1,000,000th
milliónandi ( meehl-ion-and-ee )

1,000,000,000th
túsund milliónandi ('' too-sund meehl-ion-and-ee )

1,000,000,000,000th
billiónandi ( beehl-ion-and-ee )

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