September 8, 2008 at 7:30 am
· Filed under Hindi Resources, Uncategorized ·Tagged hindi, Hindi counting
- 0 — शून्य — shoonya OR सिफ़र — sifar
- 1 — एक — ek (sounds like “k” pronounced in reverse)
- 2 — दो — do (“d” spoken with tongue touching the back of your incisor teeth)
- 3 — तीन — teen (“t” spoken with tongue touching the back of your incisor teeth)
- 4 — चार — char (“ch: as in “cherry”, “ar” as “r”)
- 5 — पांच — paanch (“paa” as in “papa” and “n” is nasalized)
- 6 — छः — chhe
- 7 — सात — saat
- 8 — आठ — aath
- 9 — नौ — nau
- 10 — दस — dus
- 11 — ग्यारह — gyaarah
- 12 — बारह — baarah
- 13 — तेरह — terah
- 14 — चौदह — chaudah
- 15 — पन्द्रह — pandrah
- 16 — सोलह — solah
- 17 — सत्रह — satrah
- 18 — अठारह — athaarah
- 19 — उन्नीस — unnees
- 20 — बीस — bees
- 21 — इक्कीस — ikkees
- 22 — बाईस — baaees
- 23 — तेईस — te-ees
- 24 — चौबीस — chaubees
- 25 — पच्चीस — pacchees (hold the “ch”)
- 26 — छब्बीस — chhabbees (hold the “b”)
- 27 — सत्ताईस — sattaaees (hold the “t”)
- 28 — अट्ठाईस — atthaaees (hold the “th”)
- 29 — उनतीस — untees
- 30 — तीस — tees
- 31 — इकत्तीस — ikatees
- 32 — बत्तीस — battees
- 33 — तैंतीस — taintees
- 34 — चौंतीस — chauntees
- 35 — पैंतीस — paintees (ai like the “a” in “pan”)
- 36 — छत्तीस — chhattees
- 37 — सैंतीस — saintees (ai like the “a” in “pan”)
- 38 — अड़तीस — ardtees (“rd” is like Spanish “r” but pronounced retroflexively; this is the “retroflex flap”)
- 39 — उनतालीस — untaalees
- 40 — चालीस — chaalees
- 50 — पचास — pachass
- 60 — साँठ — saanth (hold the “aan”)
- 70 — सत्तर — sattar (hold the “t”)
- 80 — अस्सी — asee (hold the “s”)
- 90 — नब्बे — nabbe (hold the “b”)
- 100 — सौ — sau OR एक सौ — ek sau
- 200 — दो सौ — do sau
- 300 — तीन सौ — teen sau
- 400 — चार सौ — char sau
- 500 — पांच सौ — paanch sau
- 600 — छः सौ — chhe sau
- 700 — सात सौ — saat sau
- 800 — आठ सौ — aath sau
- 900 — नौ सौ — nau sau
- 1,000 — हज़ार — hazaar OR एक हज़ार — ek hazaar
- 100,000 — एक लाख़ — ek lakh
- 10,000,000 — ek crore
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