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Thursday, January 10, 2013

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Numbers
Cardinals
EnglishHindiTransliteration
Zero (0)शुन्य/सिफर (०)śunya/siphara
One (1)एक (१)ēk
Two (2)दो (२)do
Three (3)तीन (३)tīn
Four (4)चार (४)chār
Five (5)पांच (५)pānch
Six (6)छः (६)chaḥ
Seven (7)सात (७)sāat
Eight (8)आठ (८)āaṭ
Nine (9)नौ (९)nau
Ten (10)दस (१०)das
Eleven (11)ग्यारह (११)gyārah
Twelve (12)बारह (१२)bārah
Thirteen (13)तेरह (१३)tērah
Fourteen (14)चौदह (१४)chaudah
Fifteen (15)पंद्रह (१५)pandrah
Sixteen (16)सोलह (१६)solah
Seventeen (17)सत्रह (१७)satrah
Eighteen (18)अट्ठारह (१८)aṭṭhārah
Nineteen (19)उन्निस (१९)unnis
Twenty (20)बीस (२०)bīs
Hindi cardinal numbers up to 100 have no specific standardization. Up to 20, the numbers are unique. After that each tenth number (such as 30, 40 etc) is unique. The rest of the numbers take the form of prefix of incremental digit and the base of preceding tenth number. However these prefixes and bases vary slightly and random manner. Although the pattern isn't regular, don't worry too much. They're just slightly different and with some practice you'd soon get the hang of it. Here are the numbers from 21 to 100. Try to follow them and find any similar pattern.
EnglishHindiTransliteration
Twenty one (21)इक्किस (२१)ikkīsa
Twenty two (22)बाईस (२२)bāīsa
Twenty three (23)तेईस (२३)tēīsa
Twenty four (24)चौबिस(२४)chaubīsa
Twenty five (25)पच्चिस (२५)pachchīsa
Twenty six (26)छब्बिस (२६)chabbīsa
Twenty seven (27)सत्ताईस (२७)sattāīsa
Twenty eight (28)अट्ठाईस (२८)aṭṭhāīsa
Twenty nine (29)उनतीस (२९)unatīsa
Thirty (30)तीस (३०)tīsa
Thirty one (31)इकतीस (३१)ikatīsa
Thirty two (32)बत्तीस (३२)battīsa
Thirty three (33)तैंतीस (३३)taiṃtīsa
Thirty four (34)चौंतीस (३४)chauṃtīsa
Thirty five (35)पैंतीस (३५)paiṃtīsa
Thirty six (36)छ्त्तीस (३६)chattīsa
Thirty seven (37)सैंतीस (३७)saiṃtīsa
Thirty eight (38)अड़तीस (३८)aṛatīsa
Thirty nine (39)उनचालीस (३९)unchālīsa
Forty (40)चालीसchālīsa (४०)
Forty one (41)इकतालीस (४१)ikatālīsa
Forty two (42)बयालीस (४२)bayālīsa
Forty three (43)तैंतालीस (४३)taiṃtālīsa
Forty four (44)चौंतालीस (४४)chauṃtālīsa
Forty five (45)पैंतालीस (४५)paiṃtālīsa
Forty six (46)छियालीस (४६)chiyālīsa
Forty seven (47)सैंतालीस (४७)saiṃtālīsa
Forty eight (48)अड़तालीस (४८)aṛatālīsa
Forty nine (49)उनचास (४९)unacāsa
Fifty (50)पचास (५०)pacāsa
Fifty one (51)इक्याबन (५१)ikyābana
Fifty two (52)बावन (५२)bāvana
Fifty three (53)तिरेपन (५३)tirēpana
Fifty four (54)चौबन (५४)chaubana
Fifty five (55)पचपन (५५)pachapana
Fifty six (56)छप्पन (५६)chappana
Fifty seven (57)सत्तावन (५७)sattāvana
Fifty eight (58)अट्ठावन (५८)aṭṭhāvana
Fifty nine (59)उनसठ (५९)unasaṭha
Sixty (60)साठ (६०)sāṭha
Sixty one (61)इकसठ (६१)ikasaṭha
Sixty two (62)बासठ (६२)bāsaṭha
Sixty three (63)तिरसठ (६३)tirasaṭha
Sixty four (64)चौंसठ (६४)chauṃsaṭha
Sixty five (65)पैंसठ (६५)paiṃsaṭha
Sixty six (66)छियासठ (६६)chiyāsaṭha
Sixty seven (67)सड़सठ (६७)saṛasaṭha
Sixty eight (68)अड़सठ (६८)aṛasaṭha
Sixty nine (69)उनहत्तर (६९)unahattara
Seventy (70)सत्तर (७०)sattara
Seventy one (71)इकहत्तर (७१)ikahattara
Seventy two (72)बहत्तर (७२)bahattara
Seventy three (73)तिहत्तर (७३)tihattara
Seventy four (74)चौहत्तर (७४)chauhattara
Seventy five (75)पचहत्तर (७५)pachahattara
Seventy six (76)छिहत्तर (७६)chihattara
Seventy seven (77)सतहत्तर (७७)satahattara
Seventy eight (78)अठहत्तर (७८)aṭhahattara
Seventy nine (79)उनासी (७९)unāsī
Eighty (80)अस्सी (८०)assī
Eighty one (81)इक्यासी (८१)ikyāsī
Eighty two (82)बयासी (८२)bayāsī
Eighty three (83)तिरासी (८३)tirāsī
Eighty four (84)चौरासी (८४)chaurāsī
Eighty five (85)पचासी (८५)pachāsī
Eighty six (86)छियासी (८६)chiyāsī
Eighty seven (87)सतासी (८७)satāsī
Eighty eight (88)अठासी (८८)aṭhāsī
Eighty nine (89)नवासी (८९)navāsī
Ninety (90)नब्बे (९०)nabbē
Ninety one (91)इक्यानबे (९१)ikyānabē
Ninety two (92)बानवे (९२)bānavē
Ninety three (93)तिरानवे (९३)tirānavē
Ninety four (94)चौरानवे (९४)chaurānavē
Ninety five (95)पचानवे (९५)pachānavē
Ninety six (96)छियानवे (९६)chiyānavē
Ninety seven (97)सत्तानवे (९७)sattānavē
Ninety eight (98)अट्ठानवे (९८)aṭṭhānavē
Ninety nine (99)निन्यानवे (९९)ninyānavē
(One) hundred (100)(एक) सौ (१००)(ēka) sau
Two hundred (200)दो सौ (१००)do sau
Five hundred (500)पांच सौ (१००)pāncha sau
Once you have got through the numbers 1-100 the rest of the numbers are regular. For example if we need seven hundred sixty seven it will be सात सौ सड़सठ (sāta sau saṛasaṭha).
Another point to be noted in Hindi in case of cardinal numbers is that Hindi (and all other Indic languages) often use quantities like lakh and crore which are less common in English speaking countries. The opposite is true for quantities like million, billion (We are talking about the US billion which is 1 followed by 9 zeros, not the UK billion which is 1 followed by 12 zeros!), zillion etc. Let's roll on to bigger quantities now!
EnglishHindiTransliteration
One thousand (1000)एक हज़ारēka hazāra
Five thousand (5000)पांच हज़ारpāṃca hazāra
Ten thousand (10,000)दस हज़ारdasa hazāra
Hundred thousand/One lakh (100,000)एक लाखēka lākha
One million/Ten lakh (1,000,000)दस लाखdasa lākha
Ten million/One crore (10,000,000)एक करोड़ēka karoṛa
Hundred million/Ten crore (100,000,000)दस करोड़dasa karoṛa
One billion (1,000,000,000)एक अरबēka araba
Hundred billion (100,000,000,000)एक खरबēka kharaba
Ordinals
Hindi ordinals are a piece of cake once you are thorough with the cardinals. Only the first six ordinals are unique
EnglishHindiTransliteration
First (1st)पहला/प्रथम (१ला/१म)pahalā/prathama
Second (2nd)दूसरा/द्वितीय (२रा/२य)dusarā/dvitīya
Third (3rd)तीसरा/तृतीय (३रा/३य)tisarā/tr̥tīya
Fourth (4th)चौथा/चतुर्थ (४था/४र्थ)cauthā/caturtha
Fifth (5th)पांचवां/पंचम (५वां/५म)pāṃcavāṃ/paṃcama
Sixth (6th)छठा/षष्ठ (६ठा/६ष्ठ)chaṭhā/ṣaṣṭha
Seventh (7th)सातवां/सप्तम (७वां/७म)sātavāṃ/saptama
Eighth (8th)आठवां/अष्टम (८वां/८म)āṭhavāṃ/aṣṭama
Ninth (9th)नौवां/नवम (९वां/९म)nauvāṃ/navama
Tenth (10th)दसवां/दशम (१०वां/१०म)dasavāṃ/daśama
Fourteenth (14th)चौदहवां (१४वां)caudahavāṃ
Seventy eighth (78th)अठहत्तरवां (७८वां)aṭhahattaravāṃ
Hundredth (100th)सौवां (१००वां)sauvāṃ

shunya ek do teen char panch chhah saat aath nao 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
As you would have noticed by now that in Hindi 'वां' acts just like 'th' in English which you can add to the end of cardinal numbers to form the corresponding ordinal numbers. If you're wondering about the irregularities of the second options, then let us just tell you that they are the Sanskrit ordinal numbers that are used often in Hindi. You just have to remember ten of them (for they sometimes appear in texts/speeches). After ten, any ordinal numbers you would encounter would be most likely in the general form of ordinal number+vāṃ

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