Friday, December 10, 2021

Hindi - Six, seven, eight, nine, ten

We learned in Hindi that 1-5 is एक (ek), दो (do), तीन (teen), चार (chaar), पांच (paanch).

Now let's count up to ten!

6 छह (chhah) - sounds like ch-ay - 文A

7 सात (saat) - sounds sah-t - 文A

8 आठ (aath) - sounds like ah-t - 文A

9 नौ (nau) - sounds like no-ah - 文A

10 दस (das) - sounds like dah-s - 文A


hindi devanagari
(from: wikipedia - devanagari)

Do you remember how to say it in other languages?

Swahili: sita, saba, nane, tisa, kumi

Russian: шесть (shest'), семь (sem'), восемь (vosem'), девять (devyat'), десять (desyat')

Norwegian: seks, syv, åtte, ni, ti

Greek: έξι, εφτά, οχτώ, εννέα, δέκα

ASL: Six, seven, eight, nine, ten

Italian: sei, setto, otto, nove, dieci

German: seis, sieben, acht, neun, zehn

Spanish: seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez

French: six, sept, huit, neuf, dix