Lesson 73: Twenty through a Hundred
Index · Lesson 72: Eleven through Nineteen · Lesson 74: Smaller and Smallest
Twenty, sixty, seventy, eighty, and ninety are feminine and follow बुद्धिः from Lesson 28: Thought and Night. A hundred is neuter and follows पुस्तकम्. Thirty, forty, and fifty are given here as subject forms. Their other endings wait.
| Subject | Like | Nepali | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | विंशतिः | बुद्धिः | बीस |
| 30 | त्रिंशत् | subject only | तीस |
| 40 | चत्वारिंशत् | subject only | चालीस |
| 50 | पञ्चाशत् | subject only | पचास |
| 60 | षष्टिः | बुद्धिः | साठी |
| 70 | सप्ततिः | बुद्धिः | सत्तरी |
| 80 | अशीतिः | बुद्धिः | असी |
| 90 | नवतिः | बुद्धिः | नब्बे |
| 100 | शतम् | पुस्तकम् | सय |
विंशत्या is “with twenty” or “by twenty.” विंशतौ is “in twenty.” शतेन is “with a hundred.” शते is “in a hundred.”
| Sentence | Meaning |
|---|---|
| विंशतिः छात्राः पठन्ति। | Twenty students study. बीस जना विद्यार्थी पढ्छन्। |
| षष्ट्या सह ते गच्छन्ति। | They go with sixty. षष्ट्या is the with-form, like बुद्ध्या. |
| शतं पुस्तकानि सन्ति। | A hundred books are there. शतम् is written शतं before a consonant. |
| त्रिंशत् जनाः सन्ति। | Thirty people are there. जनः means “a person.” The subject form त्रिंशत् is the form this book uses. |
Practice
- Say विंशतिः, षष्टिः, सप्ततिः, अशीतिः, नवतिः, शतम्.
- Say विंशतिः छात्राः पठन्ति।
- Say शतं पुस्तकानि सन्ति।
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Lesson 74: Smaller and Smallest is लघुतरः and लघुतमः.