Numbers 1–10
संख्याएँ १–१०
Hindi numbers are famously irregular — almost every number from eleven to ninety-nine (ग्यारह, बाईस, पैंतालीस...) is basically its own word to memorize, with no clean recurring pattern. French numbers 1–10 are refreshingly simple by comparison, and even the teens (11–16), which break French's usual logic, are still far more predictable than Hindi's equivalents. Enjoy this easy stretch before the real French quirks show up in the next lesson.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
Where the compounding breaks
onze, douze, treize... (11, 12, 13 — not obviously 'ten-one', 'ten-two')
ग्यारह, बारह, तेरह (11, 12, 13 — हिंदी में भी ये पूरी तरह स्वतंत्र शब्द हैं)
Hindi doesn't even pretend to compound its numbers — ग्यारह (11), बारह (12), and तेरह (13) are each entirely separate words with no visible 'ten' hiding inside them, and this unpredictability continues all the way up to निन्यानवे (99). French numbers 11–16 (onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize) are similarly opaque — they don't visibly contain dix (ten) — so you'll need to memorize them as standalone words, much as you already do throughout Hindi. The good news: French compounding logic becomes visible again from 17 onward (dix-sept = 'ten-seven'), a level of regularity Hindi never quite reaches even at higher numbers.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| French | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| un | uhn | एकek | one |
| deux | duh | दोdo | two |
| trois | twah | तीनtīn | three |
| quatre | KAH-truh | चारcār | four |
| cinq | sank | पाँचpāñc | five |
| six | sees | छहchah | six |
| sept | set | सातsāt | seven |
| huit | weet | आठāṭh | eight |
| neuf | nuhf | नौnau | nine |
| dix | dees | दसdas | ten |