Learn numbers 11 through 20 and what numbers mean to students
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Neha: "Namaste," I'm Neha, and welcome to the Absolute Beginner Series, Lesson 6, Hindi Numbers from 11-20. |
| Maya: "Namaste," I'm Maya. |
| Neha: In this lesson, you'll learn how to count numbers from 11 to 20. |
| Maya: The conversation takes place at a roadside. |
| Neha: It's between two strangers, Riya and Manisha. |
| Maya: Riya is asking for directions and they will be speaking formal Hindi since they don't know each other. |
| Neha: Let's listen to their conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| रिया (riyaa): मकान नम्बर बीस कहाँ है? (makaaN Nambar biiS kahaan hai?) |
| मनीषा (maNiisaa): वह यहाँ से थोड़ा दूर है। (vah yahaan Se THodaa Duur hai.) |
| रिया (riyaa): क्या बस वहाँ जाएगी? (kyaa baS vahaan jaayegii?) |
| मनीषा (maNiisaa): जी हाँ। बस नम्बर बारह लीजिए। (jii haan. baS Nambar baarah Liijiye.) |
| Maya: Now let's listen to the same conversation at a slow speed. |
| रिया (riyaa): मकान नम्बर बीस कहाँ है? (makaaN Nambar biiS kahaan hai?) |
| मनीषा (maNiisaa): वह यहाँ से थोड़ा दूर है। (vah yahaan Se THodaa Duur hai.) |
| रिया (riyaa): क्या बस वहाँ जाएगी? (kyaa baS vahaan jaayegii?) |
| मनीषा (maNiisaa): जी हाँ। बस नम्बर बारह लीजिए। (jii haan. baS Nambar baarah Liijiye.) |
| Neha: Let's now listen to the conversation with English translation. |
| रिया (riyaa): मकान नम्बर बीस कहाँ है? (makaaN Nambar biiS kahaan hai?) |
| Neha: "Where is house number 20?" |
| मनीषा (maNiisaa): वह यहाँ से थोड़ा दूर है। (vah yahaan Se THodaa Duur hai.) |
| Maya: "It's a little far from here." |
| रिया (riyaa): क्या बस वहाँ जाएगी? (kyaa baS vahaan jaayegii?) |
| Neha: "Will the bus go there?" |
| मनीषा (maNiisaa): जी हाँ। बस नम्बर बारह लीजिए। (jii haan. baS Nambar baarah Liijiye.) |
| Maya: "Yes. Please take bus number 12." |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Neha: In Lesson 5, we learned how to count Hindi numbers from 0 to 10. |
| Maya: And now we'll continue with numbers from 11 to 20. |
| Neha: They're all extremely important to know since our everyday life is flooded with numbers! |
| Maya: That's so true. We use it on addresses, on phone numbers, for determining prices. |
| Neha: You know, in India, numbers play such a big role in the lives of students. |
| Maya: How do you mean? |
| Neha: You see, unlike in most American and British education systems where students are graded A, B, C, and D, in most of the South Asian countries, they are graded by their percentage, or marks they get in their exams. |
| Maya: Really? |
| Neha: Yes, and the competition is very fierce among students to get higher marks so that they can get into prestigious colleges. |
| Maya: That's the same anywhere right? I guess though in most other countries they look at things other than your marks or numbers. |
| Neha: It is also a matter of family pride and parents often compare each other's children's marks and rankings in class. |
| Maya: Wow, there must be so much pressure on all those students to get good marks. |
| Neha: Yes, I suppose so. |
| Maya: Ok, let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Maya: The first word we shall see is... |
| Neha: मकान (makaaN). |
| Maya: house. |
| Neha: मकान (makaaN), मकान (makaaN). |
| Maya: Next is... |
| Neha: नम्बर (Nambar). |
| Maya: number. |
| Neha: नम्बर (Nambar), नम्बर (Nambar). |
| Maya: Next is... |
| Neha: बीस (biiS). |
| Maya: twenty. |
| Neha: बीस (biiS), बीस (biiS). |
| Maya: Next is... |
| Neha: कहाँ (kahaan). |
| Maya: where. |
| Neha: कहाँ (kahaan), कहाँ (kahaan). |
| Maya: Next is... |
| Neha: दूर (Duur). |
| Maya: far. |
| Neha: दूर (Duur), दूर (Duur). |
| Maya: Next is... |
| Neha: बस (baS). |
| Maya: bus. |
| Neha: बस (baS), बस (baS). |
| Maya: Next is... |
| Neha: थोड़ा (THodaa). |
| Maya: little. |
| Neha: थोड़ा (THodaa), थोड़ा (THodaa). |
| Maya: Next is... |
| Neha: बारह (baarah) |
| Maya: twelve. |
| Neha: बारह (baarah), बारह (baarah). |
| Maya: Next is... |
| Neha: जाएगा (jaayegaa). |
| Maya: (will) go. |
| Neha: जाएगा (jaayegaa), जाएगा (jaayegaa). |
| Maya: Last is... |
| Neha: लीजिए (Liijiye). |
| Maya: please take |
| Neha: लीजिए (Liijiye), लीजिए (Liijiye). |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Maya: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Maya: नम्बर (Nambar) is an English word that has been adopted by the Indians and is commonly used by everyone. |
| Neha: In fact, there are so many English words that have been well integrated into the Hindi language. |
| Maya: Like bus, phone, TV, microwave, computer, in short most of the modern technological inventions. |
| Neha: Yes, but for others, like "number," there is also a Hindi word. |
| Maya: Which is… |
| Neha: अंक (ank). |
| Maya: Actually, this word is also used pretty regularly. So, you can use अंक (ank) or नम्बर (Nambar) interchangeably. |
| Neha: But, you wouldn't say "telephone अंक (ank)" instead of "telephone number." |
| Maya: Even for "house number," you wouldn't say मकान अंक (makaaN ank), you'd say मकान नंबर (makaaN Nambar). |
| Neha: It sounds more natural in these cases to use नम्बर (Nambar) and not अंक (ank) |
| Maya: I guess the trick is to just get used to the natural way of speech. |
| Neha: The more you hear, the more you learn! |
| Maya: Yes, moving on, we have another word, "please take." |
| Neha: लीजिए (Liijiye). |
| Maya: Here the actual word for "please," which is कृपया (kripaya) is not used but is implied in the verb. |
| Neha: कृपया लीजिए (kripayaa Liijiye) literally means, "Please take," but it is not necessary to add कृपया (kripayaa) while speaking. |
| Maya: Adding it or not has the same meaning and effect. |
| Neha: Let's take another sentence, - धीरे बोलिए (DHiire boLiye). |
| Maya: Which means "Please talk slower." |
| Neha: You can also say कृपया धीरे बोलिए (kripayaa DHiire boLiye) to mean the same thing. |
| Maya: But the phrase धीरे बोलिए (DHiire boLiye) on its own without कृपया (kripayaa) has the same meaning and effect. |
Lesson focus |
| Maya: In this lesson, you learn how to count the numbers from 11 to 20. But before we get right into it, why don't we recap numbers from 0 to 10? |
| Neha: Good idea! Okay, listeners, please repeat after me. |
| Maya: zero. |
| Neha: शून्य (suuNy). |
| Maya: One. |
| Neha: एक (ek) |
| Maya: Two. |
| Neha: दो (Do). |
| Maya: Three. |
| Neha: तीन (TiiN). |
| Maya: Four. |
| Neha: चार (caar). |
| Maya: Five. |
| Neha: पाँच (paanc) |
| Maya: Six. |
| Neha: छः (chah). |
| Maya: Seven. |
| Neha: सात (Saat). |
| Maya: Eight. |
| Neha: आठ (aath). |
| Maya: Nine. |
| Neha: नौ (Nau). |
| Maya: Ten. |
| Neha: दस (Das). |
| Maya: Great. Now let's continue with our new numbers. |
| Neha: We'll first say the number in English and then in Hindi, first at natural speed, then a bit slower, and then again at natural native speed. |
| Maya: First is - eleven. |
| Neha: ग्यारह (gyaarah), ग्या-रह (gyaa-rah), ग्यारह (gyaarah). |
| Maya: Twelve. |
| Neha: बारह (baarah), बा-रह (baa-rah), बारह (baarah). |
| Maya: Thirteen. |
| Neha: तेरह (Terah), ते-रह (Te-rah), तेरह (Terah). |
| Maya: Fourteen. |
| Neha: चौदह (cauDah), चौ-दह (cau-Dah), चौदह (cauDah). |
| Maya: Fifteen. |
| Neha: पन्द्रह (paNDrah), पन्-द्रह (paN-Drah), पन्द्रह (paNDrah). |
| Maya: Sixteen. |
| Neha: सोलह (SoLah), सोलह (So-Lah), सोलह (SoLah). |
| Maya: Seventeen. |
| Neha: सत्रह (SaTrah), सत्-रह (SaT-rah), सत्रह (SaTrah). |
| Maya: Eighteen. |
| Neha: अठारह (athaarah), अठा-रह (athaa-rah), अठारह (athaarah). |
| Maya: Nineteen. |
| Neha: उन्नीस (uNNiiS), उन्-नीस (uN-NiiS), उन्नीस (uNNiiS) |
| Maya: And lastly, twenty. |
| Neha: बीस (biiS), बी-स (bii-s), बीस (biis). |
| Maya: Great! Let's go over them one more time. This time, please repeat after Neha. |
| Neha: Ok, are you ready? |
| Maya: First is - eleven. |
| Neha: ग्यारह (gyaarah). |
| Maya: Twelve. |
| Neha: बारह (baarah). |
| Maya: Thirteen. |
| Neha: तेरह (Terah). |
| Maya: Fourteen. |
| Neha: चौदह (cauDah). |
| Maya: Fifteen. |
| Neha: पन्द्रह (paNDrah). |
| Maya: Sixteen. |
| Neha: सोलह (SoLah). |
| Maya: Seventeen. |
| Neha: सत्रह (SaTrah). |
| Maya: Eighteen. |
| Neha: अठारह (athaarah). |
| Maya: Nineteen. |
| Neha: उन्नीस (uNNiiS). |
| Maya: Twenty. |
| Neha: बीस (biiS). |
| Maya: So are you all ready for some examples? |
| Neha: Okay. ग्यारह आदमी (gyaarah aaDamii). |
| Maya: "Eleven men." |
| Neha: उन्नीस किताबें (uNNiiS kiTaaben). |
| Maya: "Nineteen books." |
| Neha: सोलह केले (SoLah keLe). |
| Maya: "Sixteen bananas." |
| Neha: Well, that's all for our lesson. These numbers will come in handy so make sure you memorize them. |
| Maya: There's no other way. But be sure to read the lesson notes for more examples! |
| Marketing |
| Neha: Thank you for listening. |
| Maya: Until next time! |
| Neha: शुक्रिया और फिर मिलेंगे! (sukriyaa aur phir miLenge!) |
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