Learn how to count to ten
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Namaste! Hello and welcome to Hindi Survival Phrases brought to you by HindiPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to India. You will be surprised at how far a little Hindi will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by HindiPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Survival Phrases lesson 16 - Counting in Hindi 1 to 10 |
| This lesson is very straightforward as we're going to cover counting zero through ten. Let's jump right in. |
| The first number is read in English followed by the Hindi word. |
| “Zero” - 0 (SHoonya) |
| “One” - १ (ek) |
| “Two” - २ (Do) |
| “Three” - ३ (Tiin) |
| “Four” - ४ (CHaar) |
| “Five” - ५ (paanCH) |
| “Six” - ६ (CHHeh) |
| “Seven” - ७ (saaT) |
| “Eight” - ८ (aaTh) |
| “Nine” - ९ (nau) |
| “Ten” - १० (Das) |
| In Hindi, we also use "one," or ek, as the indefinite article "a"/"an" before nouns. |
| For example, "one man" is ek aaDmii. |
| ek aaDmii. |
| Let's break down these two words and hear them one more time: ek aaDmii. |
| ek aaDmii. |
| The number comes first, followed by the thing. To say "two men," you will say: do aaDmii. |
| In this case, aadmii is also the plural of aaDmii. |
| In Hindi, nouns have singular and plural forms, and they can be feminine or masculine. |
| If there are "five men," you have: paanch aaDmii. |
| Numbers can be very useful, especially when shopping in India. Let's imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. For example, imagine you would like to buy two shawls in a nice shop. |
| "I would like to buy two shawls." - Do SHalen lenaa CHaahoongaa. |
| Do SHalen lenaa CHaahoongaa. |
| Do SHalen lenaa CHaahoongaa. |
| Let's break down these words and hear them one more time: Do SHalen lenaa CHaahoongaa. |
| Do SHalen lenaa CHaahoongaa. |
| Do is the number "two," followed by shalen, which is the plural for the object "shawl," and finally, lenaa CHaaoongaa is the Hindi expression for "I would like." |
| If you are a female, you will have to replace CHaahoongaa with CHaahoongii. |
| CHaahoongii |
| Do shalen lenaa CHaahoongii. |
| Do shalen lenaa CHaahoongii. |
| What do you say when you want to buy a nice necklace? |
| "I would like to buy a necklace." - ek haar KHariiDnaa CHaahTaa hoon. |
| ek haar KHariiDnaa CHaahTaa hoon. |
| The verb for "to buy" is KHariiDnaa. |
| Let's break down this word and hear it one more time: KHariiDnaa |
| KHariiDnaa |
| In this case, we use ek, since we are referring to haar "necklace" in the singular form: haar is a feminine singular noun. |
| Let's hear it slowly one more time: haar |
| haar |
| Let’s hear the entire sentence now: ek haar KHariiDnaa CHaahTaa hoon. |
| ek haar KHariiDnaa CHaahTaa hoon. |
| Now that was how a man would say it. If you are a woman, you will have to replace CHaahTaa hoon with CHaahTii hoon. |
| ek haar KHariiDnaa CHaahTii hoon. |
| ek haar KHariiDnaa CHaahTii hoon. |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so गुड लक! (guud Lak!), which means "good luck" in Hindi. |
| "One man." - ek aaDmii |
| ek aaDmii |
| ek aaDmii |
| "Five men." - paanCH aaDmii |
| paanCH aaDmii |
| paanCH aaDmii |
| "I would like to buy two shawls. (masculine)" - Do shalen lenaa chaahoongaa |
| Do shalen lenaa chaahoongaa |
| Do shalen lenaa chaahoongaa |
| "I would like to buy two shawls. (feminine)" - Do shalen lenaa chaahoongii |
| Do shalen lenaa chaahoongii |
| Do shalen lenaa chaahoongii |
| "I would like to buy a necklace. (masculine)" - ek haar KHariiDnaa chaahTaa hoon |
| ek haar KHariiDnaa chaahTaa hoon |
| ek haar KHariiDnaa chaahTaa hoon |
| "I would like to buy a necklace. (feminine)" - ek haar KHariiDnaa chaahTii hoon |
| ek haar KHariiDnaa chaahTii hoon |
| ek haar KHariiDnaa chaahTii hoon |
| All right. That’s is going to do it for today. Remember to stop by HindiPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
| फिर मिलेंगे (phir milenge), goodbye! |
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