Learn how to count from 11-100
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| namasTe. meraa naam Preranaa hai. Hi everybody! I’m Prerana. |
| Welcome to HindiPod101.com’s “Tiin minat mein hinDi siikhiye.” The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Hindi. |
| In the last lesson, we learned the numbers from one to ten. Have you forgotten? Here I'll tell you again: |
| ek, Do, Tiin, chaar, paanch, che, saaT, aath, nau, Das |
| And now let’s continue from eleven. |
| gyaarah |
| [slowly] gyaa-rah |
| baarah |
| [slowly] baa-rah |
| Terah |
| [slowly] Te-rah |
| chaudah |
| [slowly] chau-dah |
| panDrah |
| [slowly] pan-Drah |
| solah |
| [slowly] so-lah |
| satrah |
| [slowly] saT-rah |
| athaarah |
| [slowly] a-thaa-rah |
| unniis |
| [slowly] un-niis |
| And finally we have: |
| biis |
| [slowly] bi-is |
| Okay, now repeat after me. I'll say the numbers and give you time to repeat each one. |
| 11. gyaarah |
| 12. baarah |
| 13. Terah |
| 14. chauDah |
| 15. panDrah |
| 16. solah |
| 17. saTrah |
| 18. athaarah |
| 19. unniis |
| 20. bees |
| Hindi numbers from 1 to 100 are quite irregular with no definite pattern. So the only way to learn them is to memorize them. It might seem daunting at first, but you’ll soon recognize a rough pattern. |
| Let’s get started with the tens! |
| Tiis |
| chaaliis |
| pachaas |
| saath |
| saTTar |
| assii |
| nabbe |
| sau |
| While you have to memorize many of the numbers, there is a trick that will make memorizing them incredibly easy! |
| Notice that “thirty” is tees and “forty” is caalees. Do you remember what “three” and “four” are in Hindi? Well, let me remind you. “Three” is teen and “four” is caar. As you can see, the sound tee of teen which is “three” is used in Tiis or “thirty”. |
| [slowly] Ti-in |
| [slowly] Ti-is |
| Similarly, the sound caa in chaar which is “four” is used in chaaliis or “forty”. |
| [slowly] cha-ar |
| [slowly] chaa-liis |
| “Five” in Hindi is paanch, while “fifty” is pachaas. The common sound is pa. |
| However, this does not apply to all numbers. “Sixty” in Hindi is saath while “six” is chah. As you can see, there is no common sound. |
| [slowly] chah |
| [slowly] saath |
| The last thing to learn in this lesson is how to form compound numbers above twenty. You already know that the number patterns in Hindi are quite irregular. So, you might be wondering if you have to memorize each and every compound number. The answer is, yes, you do. However, we’re going to make your life a bit easier with our brilliant tip! |
| For any number between 20 and 99, you read a variation of the number in the ones followed by the number in the tens. Let’s try it out! |
| How would you say “thirty four” in Hindi? |
| You first say a variation of four followed by a variation of thirty. So, thirty four is literally read as four - thirty which is chaunTiis. Here, chaun is a variation of the number 4 or chaar and Tiis is 30. |
| [slowly] chaun-Tiis |
| “Sixty one” is iksath which is literally read as one- sixty. ik is a variation of ek for 1, while sath is a variation of saath for 60. |
| [slowly] ik-sath |
| Let’s look at one more number, “ninety five”. In Hindi, it is panchaanabe which is literally read as five-ninety. panchaa is a variation of paanch for “five” and nabe is a variation of nabbe for “ninety.” |
| [slowly] pan-chaa-nab-be |
| After only two lessons, you are now able to count to one hundred in Hindi! |
| In the next lesson we are going to put your number knowledge to use! Do you have all the skills you need to go shopping in India? If not, I'll be waiting for you in our next “Tiin minat mein hinDi siikhiye.” Shukriyaa aur fir milenge. |
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