Lesson 8 Numbers (10-99) If you have mastered counting from one to nine in Lesson 5 you now need to know only two more words (belas and puluh) to be able to count from 10 to 99.
Click to listen A second reading (by Michelle Nor Ismat, a native speaker)
Practice with numbers:Try to say out the numbers below in Malay (put your mouse over the number to see if you got it right). If you are using a tactile screen just touch the number. When you are able to do so without looking at the table above you would have mastered this lesson. In which case give yourself a pat on the back on my behalf! 85
lapan puluh lima 97
sembilan puluh tujuh 64
enam puluh empat 15
lima belas 46
empat puluh enam 23
dua puluh tiga 70
tujuh puluh 35
tiga puluh lima 58
lima puluh lapan 92
sembilan puluh dua More practice with numbers:Try to say the random numbers below (they should change if you come back tomorrow). 27 21 18 54 48 29 73 09 
When satu is added to another word it is often contracted to se and tagged on to the following word. Thus "satu" puluh (one ten or 10) becomes sepuluh.
Berapa umur anda? (How old are you)We are now ready to practise asking and answering questions about a person's age. By the way if there is any centenarian here please kindly excuse me as we have not come to 100 yet! It will be in Lesson 22. To show you how truly sorry I am, I hereby offer to send you a special prize in return for your forgiveness (but you have to show me proof first that you are really a hundred years old!) So let's start with the standard question which is Berapa umur anda? (How old are you?) and the standard answer Saya berumur ____ tahun (I am ____ years old). For more meaningful practice how about making a few sentences of the members of your family? A full list of family members can be found in Lesson 29 (no harm going there now for this purpose). Thus: Emak saya berumur empat puluh tiga tahun. (My mother is 43 years old.) Abang saya berumur sembilan belas tahun. (My elder brother is 19 years old.) Adik perempuan saya berumur tujuh belas tahun. (My younger sister is 17 years old.) Mary berumur lima puluh lapan tahun. (Mary is 58 years old.) Suaminya berumur enam puluh dua tahun. (Her husband is 62 years old.) Please note that you can use the word berusia instead of berumur. Okay if you want to take the easy way out, study the above sentences in Malay and when you have learnt them just look at the English sentences and see if you can translate them into Malay. Or write out your answers if you prefer. Good luck.  
There is practically no difference between Malay and Indonesian for numbers.
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