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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’ll be surprised at how far a little Hindi will go. |
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Lesson focus |
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| Survival Phrases lesson 17, Counting in Hindi 10 to 40. |
| Today, we are going to continue with counting as we cover numbers from 11 to 40. |
| Let's just quickly review 0 to 10. |
| “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) |
| Now, let's see how to proceed from 11 to 20. |
| 11 - gyaarah |
| gyaarah |
| gyaarah |
| 12 - baarah |
| baarah |
| baarah |
| 13 - Terah |
| Terah |
| Terah |
| 14 - CHauDah |
| CHauDah |
| CHauDah |
| 15 - panDrah |
| panDrah |
| panDrah |
| 16 - solah |
| solah |
| solah |
| 17 - saTrah |
| saTrah |
| saTrah |
| 18 - aTHarah |
| aTHarah |
| aTHarah |
| 19 - unniis |
| unniis |
| unniis |
| 20 - biis |
| biis |
| biis |
| As you may have noticed, you have the second figure pronounced first and then the first figure pronounced second. In English, the same thing happens with numbers from 13 to 19, but in Hindi, this happens with all the numbers up to 99. Now that we know how it works, let's see the numbers from 21 to 30. |
| 21 - ikkiis |
| ikkiis |
| ikkiis |
| 22 - baaiis |
| baaiis |
| baaiis |
| 23 - Teiis |
| Teiis |
| Teiis |
| 24 - CHaubiis |
| CHaubiis |
| CHaubiis |
| 25 - paCHiis |
| paCHiis |
| paCHiis |
| 26 - CHHabbiis |
| CHHabbiis |
| CHHabbiis |
| 27 - saTTaaiis |
| saTTaaiis |
| saTTaaiis |
| 28 - aTTHaaiis |
| aTTHaaiis |
| aTTHaaiis |
| 29 - unTiis |
| unTiis |
| unTiis |
| 30 - Tiis |
| Tiis |
| Tiis |
| In Hindi, you will have to memorize numbers up to 100. You can always say the English numbers instead if you can't remember. Even Indians do this often. Now, let's see the numbers from 31 to 40. |
| 31 - ikaTTiis |
| ikaTTiis |
| ikaTTiis |
| 32 - baTTiis |
| baTTiis |
| baTTiis |
| 33 - TenTiis |
| TenTiis |
| TenTiis |
| 34 - CHaunTiis |
| CHaunTiis |
| CHaunTiis |
| 35 - paenTiis |
| paenTiis |
| paenTiis |
| 36 - CHHaTTiis |
| CHHaTTiis |
| CHHaTTiis |
| 37 - senTiis |
| senTiis |
| senTiis |
| 38 - aRTiis |
| aRTiis |
| aRTiis |
| 39 - unTaaliis |
| unTaaliis |
| unTaaliis |
| 40 - CHaaliis |
| CHaaliis |
| CHaaliis |
| You will definitely hear some of these numbers when visiting India or talking to your Indian friends. Let’s say you will meet your friend at a hotel, so that the two of you can go to a museum. You might use some of the following phrases in a conversation. |
| If your friend wants to meet at 11 A.M., he might say, “Please meet at 11 A.M.” In Hindi, that’s KRipyaa muJHe subah gyaarah baje miliye. |
| KRipyaa muJHe subah gyaarah baje miliye |
| KRipyaa muJHe subah gyaarah baje miliye |
| Here, KRipyaa means “please” in English. |
| KRipyaa |
| KRipyaa |
| And muJHe means “me” or “I’ in English. |
| muJHe |
| muJHe |
| Subah means “morning” in English. |
| subah |
| subah |
| And gyaarah, as you know, is “11” and baje means “o’clock.” |
| So, gyaarah baje means “11 o’clock.” |
| gyaarah baje |
| gyaarah baje |
| Miliye is the polite formal form of the verb [*], which means “to meet.” |
| miliye |
| miliye |
| If you want to know where the No. 18 bus stops, you might ask someone, “Where does the No.18 bus stop?” which in Hindi is aTHaarah nambar kII bas kahan rukTii hai? |
| aTHaarah nambar kII bas kahan rukTii hai? |
| aTHaarah nambar kII bas kahan rukTii hai? |
| Of course, aTHaarah, means “18” and nambar is the same as “number” in English. |
| So, aTHaarah nambar means “No. 18.” |
| aTHaarah nambar |
| aTHaarah nambar |
| And bas is the same as “bus” in English. |
| bas |
| bas |
| Kahan means “where.” |
| kahan |
| kahan |
| And rukTii hai literally means “where stop” in English. |
| rukTii hai |
| rukTii hai |
| So, aTHaarah nambar kII bas kahan rukTii hai means “Where does the No. 18 bus stop?” |
| Now, if you ask your friend how long it takes to get to the museum, your friend might say… |
| "It takes 22 minutes by train" which in Hindi is tren se baaiis minat lagTe hain |
| tren se baaiis minat lagTe hain |
| tren se baaiis minat lagTe hain |
| In this sentence, tren se means “by train.” |
| tren se |
| tren se |
| And baaiis, as we know, is “22” and minat is the same is “minutes” in English. |
| So, baaiis minat means “22 minutes.” |
| baaiis minat |
| LagTe hain means “it takes” in English. |
| lagTe hain |
| lagTe hain |
| Or he might say, "It takes 37 minutes by bus," which in Hindi is bas se sainTees minat lagTe hain |
| bas se sainTees minat lagTe hain |
| bas se sainTees minat lagTe hain |
| As you might have noticed, this sentence is quite similar to the previous sentence, except the train has been replaced by bus and the time taken has changed. |
| So, bas se means “by bus.” |
| bas se |
| bas se |
| And sainTees, as you know, is “37” and minat is “minutes.” |
| sainTees minat |
| sainTees minat |
| And last, you have lagTe hain, which means “it takes.” |
| lagTe hain |
| lagTe hain |
| Finally, you have spent a great day at the museum. A docent comes to warn you though that the museum will close soon, and he’ll say, "The museum closes in 40 minutes," which in Hindi is sangrahaalay chaaliis minat mein banD ho jaayegaa. |
| sangrahaalay chaaliis minat mein banD ho jaayegaa |
| sangrahaalay chaaliis minat mein banD ho jaayegaa |
| Now, sangrahaalay means “museum” in English. |
| sangrahaalay |
| sangrahaalay |
| Chaaliis, as we know, is “40.” |
| Chaaliis minat means “40 minutes.” |
| chaaliis minat |
| chaaliis minat |
| And last, we have banD ho jaayegaa, which means “it will close.” |
| banD ho jaayegaa |
| banD ho jaayegaa |
| So, sangrahaalay chaaliis minat mein banD ho jaayegaa means “The museum” will close in 40 minutes.” |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrases and you're responsible for shouting it out loud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so गुड लक! (guud Lak!), which means "good luck" in Hindi. |
| “Please meet me at 11 A.M.” - KRipyaa muJHe subah gyaarah baje miliye |
| KRipyaa muJHe subah gyaarah baje miliye |
| KRipyaa muJHe subah gyaarah baje miliye |
| “Where does the No.18 bus stop?” - aTHaarah nambar kII bas kahan rukTii hai? |
| aTHaarah nambar kII bas kahan rukTii hai? |
| aTHaarah nambar kII bas kahan rukTii hai? |
| “It takes 22 minutes by train.” - tren se baaiis minat lagTe hain |
| tren se baaiis minat lagTe hain |
| tren se baaiis minat lagTe hain |
| “It takes 37 minutes by bus.” - bas se sainTees minat lagTe hain |
| bas se sainTees minat lagTe hain |
| bas se sainTees minat lagTe hain |
| “The museum closes in 40 minutes.” - sangrahaalay chaaliis minat mein banD ho jaayegaa |
| sangrahaalay chaaliis minat mein banD ho jaayegaa |
| sangrahaalay chaaliis minat mein banD ho jaayegaa |
| All right. That’s 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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