Le cifre base su cui si costruiscono tutti i successivi numeri sono:
0 | nought* |
1 | one |
2 | two |
3 | three |
4 | four |
5 | five |
6 | six |
7 | seven |
8 | eight |
9 | nine |
10 | ten |
Zero in inglese viene indicato in diversi modi:
Esclusi 11 e 12 i numeri si costruiscono aggiungendo il suffisso -teen (13 si ha la trasformazione di three in thir, 15 si ha la trasformazione di five in fif, 18 perde una t).
11 | eleven |
12 | twelve |
13 | thirteen |
14 | fourteen |
15 | fifteen |
16 | sexteen |
17 | seventeen |
18 | eighteen |
19 | nineteen |
Le decine da 20 a 90 si costruiscono aggiungendo il suffisso -ty (20 si ha la trasformazione di two in twen, 30 si ha la trasformazione di three in thir, 50 si ha la trasformazione di five in fif).
20 | twenty |
30 | thirty |
40 | fourty |
50 | fifty |
60 | sixty |
70 | seventy |
80 | eighty |
90 | ninety |
Dal 21 al 99 le decine si collegano alle unità.
21 | twentyone |
22 | twentytwo |
23 | twentythree |
24 | twentyfour |
25 | twentyfive |
26 | twentysix |
27 | twentyseven |
28 | twentyeight |
29 | twentynine |
Dal 100 in poi si ha:
100 | one hundred |
101 | one hundred and one |
102 | one hundred and two |
123 | one hundred and twentythree |
234 | two hundred and thirtyfour |
1000 | one thousand |
1001 | one thousand and one |
1234 | one thousand two hundred and thirtyfour |
2345 | two thousand three hundred and fourtyfive |
12345 | twelve thousand three hundred and fourtyfive |
23456 | two hundred and thirtyfour thousand four hundred and fiftysex |
106 | one milion |
109 | one bilion |
1TH | first |
2TH | second |
3TH | third |
4TH | fourth |
5TH | fifth |
6TH | sixth |
7TH | seventh |
8TH | eighth |
9TH | ninth |
10TH | tenth |
11TH | eleventh |
12TH | twelfth |
13TH | thirteenth |
... | ...th |
19TH | nineteenth |
20TH | twentieth |
30TH | thirtieth |