I considered writing out the translation of all numbers from 1 to 100 here, but I realized that most readers, myself included, probably wouldn't absorb that much information in one go. So instead, here are numbers 1 through 20, with a few other important ones thrown in there.
Numbers 0 through 9:- sifr = zero
- ek = one
- doh = two
- teen = three
- chaar = four
- paanch = five
- cheh = six
- saat = seven
- aat = eight
- nau = nine
Numbers 10 through 19:- dus = ten
- giyaara = eleven
- baara = twelve
- tera = thirteen
- chauda = fourteen
- pandra = fifteen
- sola = sixteen
- satra = seventeen
- ataara = eighteen
- unnees = nineteen
Some more useful numbers:- bees = twenty
- tees = thirty
- chaalees = forty
- pachaas = fifty
- saath = sixty
- sattar = seventy
- assee = eighty
- navve = ninety
- sau = one-hundred
You might notice that the words for seven and sixty are very much alike. The difference in pronunciation lies in the letter T. In "saat" ("seven"), the T is pronounced the way you would pronounce it in English. In "saath" ("sixty"), the T is a much harder sound that results from rolling the bottom of your tongue forward along the roof of your mouth. Generally, we don't distinguish in this blog when to use which (because you'll naturally learn the more subtle pronunciations through conversation), but in this case, mispronouncing the word could lead to a different meaning.
We will come back to numbers in a later lesson (filling in those that we missed), but for now, this should be more than enough for us to continue with our lesson tomorrow: time!
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