How to Count in Tagalog From 1 to 10,000

Counting in Tagalog or Filipino is very similar to counting in English. Aside from 1 to 10 and 11 to 20, most numbers are just combined translations of their Tagalog equivalents in thousands, hundreds and ones place. Below are the translation of the numbers from 1 through 10,000. Note, however, that in the Philippines numbers greater than 10 are often said in English. 

Counting From 1 to 10 in Tagalog

one – isa                                            

two – dalawa

three – tatlo

four – apat

five – lima

six – anim

seven – pito

eight – walo

nine – siyam

ten – sampu

For 11 to 19, you add the word “labing” in front and then add the Tagalog of 1 through 9. So, eleven, twelve, and thirteen, will have the following Tagalog transalation respectively: labing isa, labing dalawa and labing tatlo.

Counting by Tens in Tagalog from 10 to 90

ten - sampu

twenty – dalawampu

thirty – tatlumpu

forty – apatnapu

fifty – limampu

sixty – animnapu

seventy – pitumpu

eighty – walumpu

ninety – syamnapu

In saying numbers greater than 20 and less than 100, we combine the Tagalog of the numbers in tens and then ones by adding “at” which means “and”. For example, thirty one is tatlumpu at isa (thirty and one) or contracted as tatlumpu’t isa.  Fifty three is translated as limpamu’t tatlo.

Counting Hundres from 100 to 900

one hundred – isang daan

two hundred – dalawang daan

three hundred - tatlong daan

four hundred – apat na raan

five hundred – limang daan

six hundred – anim na raan

seven hundred – pitong daan

eight hundred – walong daan

nine hundred – siyam na raan

For thousands, it is the same as hundreds, we only replace “daan” and “raan” with “libo” making 1000, 2000, and 3000, “isang libo”, “dalawang libo” and “tatlog libo” respectively.

Counting in Tagalog from 1 through 10000

To combine the numbers, we just append the words in thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. Here are a numbers and their corresponding Tagalog translations.

1536 – isang libo limang daan tatlumpu’t anim

9036 – siyam na libo tatlumpu’t anim

5009 – limang libo at syam or limang libo’t syam (again “at” means “and”)

7903 – pitong libo siya na raan at tatlo