So, want to impress your friends by being about to count in the most widely spread planned language? Let’s start by counting to 10… I’ll even throw in some memory hints for free! And yes, I’m a software developer, so I’ll start counting at zero. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Ok, that was just as easy as learning any other language, but here is where Esperanto’s logical nature really helps. For fun, I’ll teach you the ordinal numbers. Let’s compare English with Esperanto here:<\/p>\n
| English cardinal<\/th>\n | English ordinal<\/th>\n | Esperanto cardinal<\/th>\n | Esperanto ordinal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| one<\/td>\n | first<\/td>\n | unu<\/td>\n | unua<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| two<\/td>\n | second<\/td>\n | du<\/td>\n | dua<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| three<\/td>\n | third<\/td>\n | tri<\/td>\n | tria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| four<\/td>\n | fourth<\/td>\n | kvar<\/td>\n | kvara<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| five<\/td>\n | fifth<\/td>\n | kvin<\/td>\n | kvina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| six<\/td>\n | sixth<\/td>\n | ses<\/td>\n | sesa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| seven<\/td>\n | seventh<\/td>\n | sep<\/td>\n | sepa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| eight<\/td>\n | eighth<\/td>\n | ok<\/td>\n | oka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| nine<\/td>\n | ninth<\/td>\n | na\u016d<\/td>\n | na\u016da<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| ten<\/td>\n | tenth<\/td>\n | dek<\/td>\n | deka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\nNumbers 11-1.000.000<\/h2>\nThe numbers stay logical. Check out the following examples:<\/p>\n
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