numerot
The Finnish phrase for numbers is numerot.
The word numerot refers specifically to the symbols or digits used to write down a numerical value.
Which one should you use?
While numerot is used for the symbols themselves, the word luvut is the more common way to say numbers when you are referring to mathematical values or quantities.
How does it change in a sentence?
The partitive plural form numeroita is used when you are referring to an unspecified amount of numbers or when the numbers function as the object of certain verbs.
Did you know?
- In Finnish, the word for 'number' (as in quantity), luku, is also the word used for a 'chapter' in a book or a 'lesson' in a textbook.
- The Finnish language uses a very logical, additive system for building numbers, where 'twenty-one' is essentially 'twenty and one' (kaksikymmentäyksi).
- The word numero is a loanword from Latin, whereas the native Finnish word for number or value is luku.
Examples in context
- Nämä numerot ovat väärin.These numbers are wrong.
- Kirjoita numerot selkeästi.Write the numbers clearly.
- Numerot ovat tässä listassa.The numbers are in this list.
Example conversation
Anna and Mikko are checking a printed document.
- AnnaMikko, tarkista nämä numerot.Mikko, check these numbers.
- MikkoOvatko numerot oikein?Are the numbers correct?
- AnnaEn ole varma vielä.I am not sure yet.
- MikkoMinä katson ne läpi.I will look through them.
