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This is the third post of the three-part blog post on how to count in Indonesian. Be sure to check out how to count from 0 to the hundreds before going through the lesson below! :)
Counting Thousands → ... + Ribu + (...)
To count in the thousands, use what you have known about counting from 0 to the hundreds in Indonesian and add the word Ribu.
e.g. 5,000 = Lima ribu
e.g. 12,000 = Dua belas ribu
e.g. 512,000 = Lima ratus dua belas ribu
An exception for this is the word for 1,000, which is read as Seribu instead of Satu Ribu.
e.g. 1,001 = Seribu satu
e.g. 1,011 = Seribu sebelas
e.g. 1,111 = Seribu seratus sebelas
Other examples:
e.g. 234,000 = Dua ratus tiga puluh empat ribu
e.g. 567,890 = Lima ratus enam puluh tujuh ribu delapan ratus sembilan puluh
Counting Millions → ... + Juta + (...)
The word for "million" in Indonesian is juta and its usage is similar to how you'd use the word ribu. Let's explore some examples.
e.g. 1,000,000 = Satu juta
e.g. 3,000,000 = Tiga juta
e.g. 10,000,000 = Sepuluh juta'
e.g. 50,700,900 = Lima puluh juta tujuh ratus ribu sembilan ratus
e.g. 864,200,000 = Delapan ratus enam puluh empat juta dua ratus ribu
Counting Billions → ... + Milyar + (...)
Next is milyar, which means "billion".
e.g. 1,000,000,000 = Satu milyar
e.g. 14,000,000,000 = Empat belas milyar
e.g. 82,000,600,000 = Delapan puluh dua milyar enam ratus ribu
Your Turn
Why don't you practice writing out these numbers in the comment section below?
- 1,025
- 320,900
- 7,000,506
- 54,000,103
- 9,500,000,000
Final Review
If you have gone through all three of my blog posts on how to count in Indonesian, you should now know how to count from 0 to the billions! Here's a summary of the words and numbers you should remember:
0 = Nol / Kosong
1 = Satu
2 = Dua
3 = Tiga
4 = Empat
5 = Lima
6 = Enam
7 = Tujuh
8 = Delapan
9 = Sembilan
10 = Sepuluh
11 = Sebelas
12–19 = ... + Belas
20–99: = ... + Puluh + (...)
... Hundred = ... Ratus
... Thousand = ... Ribu
... Million = ... Juta
... Billion = ... Milyar
