Hindi: Errata, Words 1 to 100

In the course of stumbling through the top 100 most commonly used words in Hindi, I got some helpful advice regarding my mistakes and omissions. Now it’s time to finally put that advice into play and update the first ten posts of ten words each…

1 to 10

8. अपने
ap-ne
(adjective) ours (plural form of अपना)

11 to 20

11. होता
ho-taa
(verb) happening - singular masculine imperfective aspect of होना

14. हुए
hu-e
(verb) becoming - plural masculine perfective aspect of होना

19. रहा
ra-haa
(auxiliary verb) masculine singular form of continuous aspect auxiliary verb

21 to 30

25. अपनी
ap-nii
(adjective) her own; hers - feminine form of अपना

26. होती
ho-tii
(verb) happening - singular feminine imperfective aspect of होना

31 to 40

32. रहे
ra-he
(auxiliary verb) masculine plural form of continuous aspect auxiliary verb

35. रही
ra-hii
(auxiliary verb) feminine singular form of continuous aspect auxiliary verb

36. होने
ho-ne
(verb) oblique infinitive form of होना

38. हुई
hu-ii
(verb) becoming - singular feminine perfective aspect of होना

41 to 50

OK

51 to 60

51. गये
ga-ye
(verb) plural perfective aspect of जाना, to go

53. आदि
a-di
(noun) et cetera 

58. उन्होंने
un-hon-ne
(pronoun) oblique case of they 

61 to 70

65. उनकी
un-kii
(adjective) theirs; his - formal

71 to 80

OK

81 to 90

OK

91 to 100

92. उनका
un-a-kaa
(adjective) theirs; his - formal

96. इसका
is-a-kaa
(adjective) his - informal

 

Vinay, Pradeep, thank you again for all of your help. And now, on to something more practical: not just words, but sentences.

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