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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Hindi

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Hindi words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

Indian hundred and two thousand rupee notes fanned out
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
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All 10 Hindi phrases in this lesson

एकek
One

Ek chai, ek ticket, ek minute: you will use ek constantly. "Ek minute" (with the English word) is the universal Indian "hang on".

दोdoh
Two
तीनteen
Three
चारchaar
Four
पाँचpaanch
Five
छहchheh
Six
सातsaat
Seven
आठaath
Eight
नौnau
Nine
दसdas
Ten

Twenty is bees, fifty pachaas. The bargaining numbers worth knowing cold: das (10), bees (20), pachaas (50), sau (100).

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