Gujarati Numbers and Everyday Practical Phrases
Practical Gujarati vocabulary for numbers, shopping, and everyday situations, useful for both learners and visitors.
Numbers and a handful of practical everyday phrases cover a disproportionate share of real, daily communication needs — worth learning solidly and early, whether you're a language learner or a visitor connecting with Gujarati-speaking family or communities.
Gujarati numerals
Gujarati numerals have their own distinct visual forms, separate from both Devanagari and Western Arabic numerals — worth learning to recognise directly, since they appear constantly on price tags, addresses, and everyday printed material.
Counting basics
Ek (1), be (2), tran (3), char (4), paanch (5), chha (6), saat (7), aath (8), nav (9), dus (10) — the foundation for prices, quantities, and everyday counting.
Shopping and bargaining phrases
Aa shu chhe? (what is this?), kimmat shu chhe? (what's the price?), bhaav ochho karo (please reduce the price) — genuinely practical phrases for shopping and markets, where some negotiation is often a normal, expected part of the transaction.
Telling time
Atyare ketla vaagya chhe? (what time is it now?), alongside basic time-of-day vocabulary: savaar (morning), bapore (afternoon), sanj (evening), raat (night).
Everyday courtesy in practical situations
Maaf karo (excuse me/sorry), madad karso? (will you help me?) — practical phrases for navigating everyday situations politely, beyond the basic greetings covered in our starter vocabulary article.
Why this vocabulary deserves early, deliberate focus
Numbers and practical everyday phrases show up in nearly every real interaction — shopping, travel, daily errands — far more frequently than many other early vocabulary categories, making them a high-value area to prioritise.
A quick practice approach
Rather than memorising numbers in isolation, practice them attached to real quantities — prices you see, times on a clock — so the vocabulary anchors to something concrete rather than floating as an abstract list.
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English Gujarati Dictionary
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