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गिनती ११ से २० तक Counting 11 to 20

गिनती ११ से २० तक (Gintī gyārah se bīs tak ~ Counting 11 from 20 to)

11 ~ ११ ग्यारह (gyārah)

12 ~ १२ बारह (bārah)

13 ~ १३ तेरह (terah)

14 ~ १४ चौदह (chaudah)

15 ~ १५ पंद्रह (pandrah)

16 ~ १६ सोलह (solah)

17 ~ १७ सत्रह (satrah)

18 ~ १८ अठरह (aTharah)

19 ~ १९ उन्नीस (unnīs)

20 ~ २० बीस (bīs)


Some Sentences Using ‘To Be’ Verbs

Here are some more sentences using ‘To be’ verbs. You can use the previous posts ‘To Be’ Verbs and Hindi Sentence Structure as reference.

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Hindi Sentence Structure

English is an SVO(Subject-Verb-Object) language while Hindi is an SOV(Subject-Object-Verb) language.

Let’s look at the first example.

hindi-structure1

See the colour groups for faster understanding. Let’s see one more example.

hindi-structure2

Note:

1. A ‘to be’ helping verb is required in most of the Hindi sentences.

2. In Devanagari, there is no concept that ‘a sentence starts with a capital letter’ or ‘a proper noun starts with a capital letter’. All letters are of same size for all words.


honā होना To Be

These are the most basic Hindi sentences using ‘to be’ forms with first person, second person & third person pronouns.

मैं हूं। maiň hūň. I am.
हम हैं। ham haiň. We are.
तू है। tu hai. You are. (Informal)
तुम हो। tum ho. You are. (Little formal/Plural)
आप हैं। āp haiň. You are. (Formal/Plural)
वह है। vah hai. *vo hai.( In spoken)* He/She/It is.
वे हैं। ve haiň. *vo hai.( In spoken)* They are. (Formal/Plural)