Sepuluh
Ten
Now you know all the numbers from one to ten! Try counting down.
Complete your Indonesian number foundation with "Sepuluh" meaning Ten. With all numbers from one to ten in Bahasa Indonesia mastered, you now have the building blocks for all higher numbers, prices, and quantities you will encounter in Indonesia.
💬Example Sentences
Sepuluh menit lagi kita sampai.
We'll arrive in ten more minutes.
Saya tinggal di Indonesia sudah sepuluh tahun.
I've lived in Indonesia for ten years.
Hitung mundur dari sepuluh!
Count down from ten!
🏭Cultural Context
The number ten is a milestone in Indonesian number learning because all higher numbers are built from these first ten. "Sebelas" (eleven) is "se-" (one) + "belas" (teen), "dua puluh" (twenty) is "two tens," and so on. This logical structure makes Indonesian numbers remarkably easy to learn compared to languages with irregular number systems. The prefix "se-" in "sepuluh" means "one," so "sepuluh" literally means "one ten." This same prefix appears throughout Indonesian: "sehari" (one day), "setahun" (one year), "sedikit" (a little, literally "one bit"). Understanding this pattern accelerates your learning significantly.