गोटे

Counting People with गोटे

Level 2Sounds Like gōṭē

गोटे counts people.

How It Works

गोटे can stand alone when the group is clear: पाँच गोटे आएल (Five people came). Or it can come before a noun: चारि गोटे लोक (four people).

Use कतेक गोटे to ask how many people: कतेक गोटे आएल?

For two, three and four people together, you can also say दुनू गोटे, तीनू गोटे, चारू गोटे.

पाँच गोटे आएल।
Five people came.
गोटे counts people.
सभ गोटे एतय आउ।
Everyone come here.
सभ गोटे means everyone.
हमर घर मे सात गोटे छी।
There are seven of us in my house.
The to be word is छी for हम.
दू गोटे बाहर छथि।
Two people are outside.
छथि is for respected people.
कतेक गोटे आएल?
How many people came?
कतेक asks the count.

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गोटेLevel 2Counting People with गोटे

गोटे counts people where -टा counts things, so -टा comes first.

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