23. Numbers 2-1

Numbers 20 to 99

• Basque counts by twenties.
• Numbers from 20 to 99 are formed from the base multiple (hogei(20), berrogei(2 x 20, 40), hirurogei(3 x 20, 60), and laurogei(4 x 20, 80)
• with ta attached and numbers 1-19 added so twenty one (hogeita bat) is twenty(hogei) + ta + one(bat).
• Thirty (hogeita hamar) is twenty (hogei) + ta + ten (hamar).

Vocabulary 1

• hogei: twenty
• hogeita hamar: thirty (20 + 10)
• berrogei: forty (2 x 20)
• berrogeita hamar: fifty (40 + 10)
• hirurogei: sixty (3 X 20)
• hirurogeita hamar: seventy (60 + 10)
• laurogei: eighty (4 x 20)
• laurogeita hamar: ninety (80 + 10)
• bider: times/multiplied by

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