एक / दुइ / तीन

Counting

Level 1Sounds Like ēka, du'i, tīna

Numbers come before the noun, and the noun stays the same.

How It Works

Put the number before the noun. The noun does not change.

NumberExample
एकएक भाई
दुइदुइ भाई
तीनतीन किताब
चारचार लोग
पाँचपाँच साइकिल

The count continues with छह, सात, आठ, नौ and दस. Note that two is दुइ, with ु, and not the Hindi दो.

एक also works as a: एक साइकिल means a bicycle. Awadhi has no word for the.

Small counts are written as words in a sentence, and prices and years as digits, such as 50 रुपया.

Examples (5)

  1. एक भाई

    One brother.

    एक comes before the noun.

  2. दुइ भाई

    Two brothers.

    The noun भाई does not change.

  3. तीन किताब

    Three books.

    किताब stays the same.

  4. हमरे घर मा चार लोग अहैं।

    There are four people in my house.

    चार comes before लोग.

  5. हमरे पास एक साइकिल अहै।

    I have a bicycle.

    एक can mean a.

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एक / दुइ / तीनLevel 1Counting

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Numbers are the answers to केतना.