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View the most common Hindi words as a Google Spreadsheet.

Common words in Hindi, numbers 11 through 20:
11. होता (ho-taa) - v. happening - singular masculine imperfective aspect of होना

• होना (ho-naa) - v. to be; to exist; to be present

12. था (thaa) - v.i. imperf. was
13. दिया (di-yaa) - n. light; lamp; lantern; candle
14. हुए (hu-e) - v. becoming - plural masculine perfective aspect of होना
15. कोई (ko-ii) - pron. 1. someone; anyone. 2. some
16. रूप (ruup) - n. form; shape; appearance; aspect
17. से (se) - prep. by means of; by; with
18. मैं (main) - pron. I
19. रहा (ra-haa) - aux. v. masculine singular form of continuous aspect auxiliary verb
20. हुआ (hu-aa) - v.i. became; came about; was

I discovered the spreadsheet containing the most frequently used words from the Hindi Google Group, a list which is apparently derived from Resource Center for Indian Language Technology Solutions at IIT-Mumbai (I can’t verify this because the .aci files will not open on my computer).

The version above, saved as a Google Spreadsheet, is a version that I have modified from the original. I’m not quite sure how I am going to use it yet, but my version will evolve as my language studies evolve. If you are interested in tracking the changes, follow the RSS feed for the spreadsheet. When I develop a strategy for developing the spreadsheet and studying Hindi from the top words down, I will write a post about it here.

View the most common Hindi words as a Google Spreadsheet.

Common words in Hindi, numbers 1 through 10:
1. में (men) - prep. in, into
2. है (hai) - v. is [singular, as in: he/she/it is]
3. हैं (hain) - v. are [plural, as in: they/we are]
4. नहीं (na-hiin) - adv. no
5. लिए (li-e) - perf. adv. holding; taking with one
6. गया (ga-yaa) - perf. part. gone; past
7. तथा (ta-thaa) - 1. conj. and. 2. adv. in the same way as
8. अपने (ap-ne) - adj. ours, plural form of अपना

• अपना (ap-naa) - adj. one’s, one’s own

9. कुछ (kuchh) - pron. something
10. साथ (saath) - 1. n. company; something accompanying. 2. adv. with; along; in the company of

I discovered the spreadsheet containing the most frequently used words from the Hindi Google Group, a list which is apparently derived from Resource Center for Indian Language Technology Solutions at IIT-Mumbai (I can’t verify this because the .aci files will not open on my computer).

The version above, saved as a Google Spreadsheet, is a version that I have modified from the original. I’m not quite sure how I am going to use it yet, but my version will evolve as my language studies evolve. If you are interested in tracking the changes, follow the RSS feed for the spreadsheet. When I develop a strategy for developing the spreadsheet and studying Hindi from the top words down, I will write a post about it here.

Edit (12 August 2008): I’ve fixed the translation for अपने as part of correcting errors in the first 100 words. Thanks for the help, Pradeep.