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Today we cover the Hindi numbers from 1-50. Below you can see the Hindi numeral and how to write the name of the number in Hindi as well as the pronunciation. Here is the format:

<English Number> - <Hindi Number> - <Hindi number spelled out> <pronunciation of the Hindi number>

1 – –EK ( Sounds like, “k” pronounced in reverse)

2 – DO (D spoken with tongue touching the back of your incisor teeth)

3 — TEEN (T spoken with tongue touching the back of your incisor teeth)

4 – CHAR (CH as in “cherry”,AR as “r”)

5 – PAANCH (PAA as in “papa” and N is nasalized)

6 — CHHE

7 – SAAT

8 — AATH

9 – NAU

10 – DUS

11 – GYAARAH

12 – BAARAH

13 – TERAH

14 — CHAUDAH

15 – PANDRAH

16 – SOLAH

17 – SATRAH

18 – ATHAARAH

19 – UNNEES

20 — BEES

21 – IKKEES

22 – BAAEES

23 – TE-EES

24 – CHAUBEES

25 – PACCHEES (hold the “ch”)

26 – CHHABBEES (hold the “b”)

27 – SATTAAEES (hold the “t”)

28 – ATTHAAEES (hold the “TH”)

29 – UNTEES

30 – TEES

31 — IKATEES

32 — BATTEES

33 – TAINTEES

34 – CHAUNTEES

35 – PAINTEES (ai like the “a” in “pan”)

36 — CHHATTEES

37 — SAINTEES (ai like the “a” in “pan”)

38 — ARDTEES (”rd” is like Spanish “r” but pronounced retroflexively; this is the “retroflex flap”)

39 – UNTAALEES

40 — chaalees

41 – Ekatalees

42– bayaalees

43 — taiNntaalees/taiNtaalees

44 — chaovaalees

45 — paiNntaalees/paiNtaalees

46 — chhiyaalees

47 — saiNntaalees/saiNtaalees

48 — ADdataalees

49 — Unachaas

50 — pachaas

Related ISpeakHindi episodes

(we have covered the numbers many times…)

July 8, 2008 - #272 - Numbers 1-10

Numbers 0-10 (May 20, 2008)

Numbers 11-20 (May 29, 2008)

Numbers 21-30 (June 8, 2008)

Counting 1-5 (1/2/2008)

Counting 6-10 (1/3/2008)

Counting 11-15 (1/4/2008)

Counting 16-20 (1/5/2008)

Counting 21-25 (1/6/2008)

Counting 26-30 (1/7/2008)

Counting 31-35 (1/8/2008)

September 30, 2007 - learning to count in Hindi

Other Resources on the web

Hindi Number on HindiDevanagari.com