Modern Hindi Grammar - Indian Institute of Language Studies (IILS)

3. MORPHOLOGY

tIna iklaao caavala ti:n kilo ca:val three kilograms of rice
dao Pyaalao caaya do pya:le ca:y two cups of tea
kuC baaotla Sahd kuch botal šahad some bottles of honey
k[- iklaao dUQa kai: kilo du:dh several kilos of milk

Collective Adjectives

Some regular numerals can be replaced by collective adjectives like
jaaoD,a jora: ‘pair,’ caaOkD,a cøkra: ‘four,’ pMjaa panja: ‘five,’ C@ka chakka:

‘six,’ dja-na darjan ‘dozen,’ baIsaI bi:si:/ kaoD,I kori: ‘score,’ saOMkD,a s ́~kra:
‘hundred.’ They are treated as nouns and may be qualified by the
regular numerals.

dao jaaoD,o kpD,o do jore kapre two pairs of clothes
tIna dja-na saoba ti:n darjan seb three dozens of apples

The saOMkD,a s ́~kra: is also used in the sense of ‘per hundred.’

baIsa Épe saOMkD,a bi:s rupye s ́~kra: twenty rupees per hundred

3.3.6.3. Fractions

Fractions are expressed as follows:

ek baTo caar/pava ek bate ca:r/pa:v one quarter
(pa:v is used mainly for denoting weights)
ek baTo tIna/itha[- ek bate ti:n/tiha:i: one-third
ek baTo dao/AaQaa ek bate do/a:dha: half
tIna baTo caar/paOna ti:n bate ca:r/pøn three quarters

ek sahI ek baTo
caar/saaOvaa

ek sahi: ek bate

ca:r/sava:

one and a quarter

ek sahI ek baTo dao DoZ, ek sahi: ek bate do/derh one and a half
dao sahI ek baTo dao Z,a[- do sahi: ek bate
do/dha:i:

two and a half

paOnao dao pøne do two less by a quarter

paOnao tIna pøne ti:n three less by a
quarter
saaZ,o tIna sa:rhe ti:n three and a half