Hindi Classroom:Essential Vocabulary

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Days of the week

आज  (aag) – today इतवार (itvaar)  / रविवार (ravivaar) – Sunday सोमवार (somvaar) – Monday Speak Hindi मंगलवार (mangalvaar) – Tuesday बुधवार (buudhvaar) – Wednesday गुरुवार (guuruuvaar) – Thursday शुक्रवार (shuukravaar) – Friday शनिवार (shanivaar) शनीचर (sanichar) – Saturday Learn to speak Hindi

Numbers

0 — शून्य SHOONYA 1 — एक EK ( Sounds like, “k” pronounced in reverse) 2 — दो DO (D spoken with tongue touching the back of your incissor teeth) 3 — तीन TEEN (T spoken with tongue touching the back of your incissor 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 Spoken Hindi in Coimbatore 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

Months of the year

जनवरी (janvari) – January फरवरी (farvari) – February मार्च (marc) – March अप्रैल (aprail) – April मई (mai) – May जून (jun) – June जुलाई (julai) – July अगस्त (agast) – AugustSpoken Hindi सितम्बर (sitambar) – September अक्तूबर (aktubar) – October नवम्बर (navambar) – November दिसम्बर (disambar) – December  

Question Words

Who?  – कौन (kaun) What? – क्या (kyaa) Why? – क्यों (kyon) How? – कैसा  (kaisaa) When? – कब (kab)Spoken Hindi Where? – कहाँ  (kahaan) How many? – कितने  (kitne) Whose? – किसका (kiskaa) How much? – कितना (kitnaa)

Colours

Red – लाल laal Green – हरा ha-raa Black – काला kaa-laa White – सफेद safed Blue – नीला niila Orange – नारंगी Naa-rangii or संतरी sun-tha-rii]]>

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