Saint Lucian Kwéyòl Numbers 1 to 20
Learn to count from 1 to 20 in Saint Lucian Kwéyòl, with real example sentences pulled from the official Saint Lucian Kwéyòl Dictionary.
Counting is one of the first things any learner reaches for, and Saint Lucian Kwéyòl numbers follow a clear pattern once you have the first twelve down: 1 through 12 each have their own word, borrowed from French centuries ago and reshaped into Kwéyòl's own sound system, and the dictionary confirms real, everyday example sentences for most of them below.
Beyond twelve, the dictionary itself thins out. It lists the words for 13 through 20 but doesn't give example sentences for them, so this lesson shows those honestly as bare vocabulary rather than inventing a sentence that was never actually recorded.
| # | Kwéyòl | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | an | I ni an sèl soulyé. He has only one shoe. |
| 2 | dé | Kay sala ni dé lapòt. That house has two doors. |
| 3 | twa | Yo ni twa ti manmay tousèl. They have only three children. |
| 4 | kat | Mwen vlé kat liv sèl. I want four pounds of salt. |
| 5 | senk | Gason-an ni senk sésé. The boy has five sisters. |
| 6 | sis | Gason-an ni sis lanné. The boy is six years old. |
| 7 | sèt | Yo ni sèt mal bouwik. They have seven male donkeys. |
| 8 | ywit | Mwen ni ywit dòla tousèl. I have only eight dollars. |
| 9 | nèf | No example in the dictionary |
| 10 | dis | Yo ni dis panyen mango. They have ten baskets of mangoes. |
| 11 | wonz | Ti manmay-la ni wonz lanné. The child is eleven years old. |
| 12 | douz | Mwen genyen douz zé. I bought twelve eggs. |
| 13 | twèz | No example in the dictionary |
| 14 | katòz | No example in the dictionary |
| 15 | kenz | No example in the dictionary |
| 16 | sèz | No example in the dictionary |
| 17 | disèt | No example in the dictionary |
| 18 | dizwit | No example in the dictionary |
| 19 | diznèf | No example in the dictionary |
| 20 | ven | No example in the dictionary |
Once you can recognize these on sight, the fastest way to make them stick is active recall, not reading the same list again. That's exactly what Konté (count the objects and pick the number) and Mennen Nonm-lan (match each numeral to its Kwéyòl word) are built for.